Exchange migration

2008-06-27 Thread James Rankin
Just wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction as to how to attack this Exchange issue I have, I am not really an Exchange admin at any level, but unfortunately everyone else at my current employer knows even less than me :-( We are in the process of migrating away from a very

Backup Errors

2008-06-27 Thread Benjamin Zachary - Lists
I have a 2000 SBS server, that's running Backup Exec 11d, and the backup gets an access denied error on the Information Store. If I run the logon account wizard it tests successful, and I double checked the account has full admin rights as well as tried using the administrator account without

RE: Backup Errors

2008-06-27 Thread Michael B. Smith
You really should have a number of event log entries from ntbackup.in the 700 series I think. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:EM/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 7:30 AM To:

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Ehren Benson
Yes, however though the designed it FOR the platform and built into that is some inherent support... Until they come out with Exchange for ESX 2007, such will not be comparing apples to apples. Ehren J. Benson, MCSE Windows Systems Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Exchange migration

2008-06-27 Thread Ehren Benson
I believe you are correct about the trust, there is no way to directly migrate (mailbox to mailbox via exchange) without one AD being able to talk to and trust the other. There is however a pretty workable solution via the Microsoft Transporter Suite for Internet Mail. Using this you can copy

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Ehren Benson
Thanks for the info, was about to set up my hyperv failover cluster today...lol much easier to update first. Ehren J. Benson, MCSE Windows Systems Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] 517-884-5469 -Original Message- From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26,

Re: Exchange migration

2008-06-27 Thread James Rankin
Thanks, I will put this (and all the other!) suggestions forward to the man in charge and let him decide what he wants me to do. I think a lot of snapshots and backups are in order first though :-) 2008/6/27 Ehren Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I believe you are correct about the trust, there is

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Jason Gurtz
The Kool-Aid is good, get on board, it costs less, well in this case it does. The Kool-aid lacks live VM migration in v1.0 which makes it a non-starter for many at this point. I will say one thing, the VM management interface team has gone above and beyond. They're right up there in the

Room Mailboxes EX2007

2008-06-27 Thread Ehren Benson
Does anyone have any links to any handy resources of exactly how to utilize a room mailbox to manage scheduling for rooms? This would be very useful to us but I'm clueless at how to use them aside from just creating it. I see lots of articles on how to create them but cant seem to find

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Kevin Miller
Some features are worth the money to some people, and there is nothing wrong with that. What does live migration buy you? It is all about options. I just spent an extra 100$ on a seat for my bike to have it heated. That was an option that I wanted! But that might seem useless to others.

RE: Room Mailboxes EX2007

2008-06-27 Thread Robert Peterson
Some links I found useful when swetting up resources. http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF019.html http://www.longwood.edu/helpdesk/contact/exchange_resource_calendar_requ est_form.htm http://kb.iu.edu/data/ajux.html http://www.slipstick.com/calendar/skedresource.asp

Re: Room Mailboxes EX2007

2008-06-27 Thread Sherry Abercrombie
Try a Google search using resource mailbox in Exchange 2007 On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Ehren Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have any links to any handy resources of exactly how to utilize a room mailbox to manage scheduling for rooms? This would be very useful to us but

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Jason Gurtz
Some features are worth the money to some people, and there is nothing wrong with that. What does live migration buy you? There's no denying that Hyper-V is a bargain. Live migration buys satisfaction that hardware maintenance will never be an issue. Apparently slated for v2.0 in a year or

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Davies,Matt
It may be free but would you want to run a production environment on it ? As with any Microsoft product I'll be waiting of SP1.. Vmware's ESX server isn't cheap, but the features it provides are already there and work, once you tie in the full suite from Vmware including virtual centre and

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Martin Blackstone
Matt, what do you use for V2P? -Original Message- From: Davies,Matt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 8:17 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Update: Exchange on VM It may be free but would you want to run a production environment on it ? As with any

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Martin Blackstone
Curious, Does Hyper-V support Linux and other OS flavors? -Original Message- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 7:53 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Update: Exchange on VM I put my VM's on cluster nodes. That allows me to not care about

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Thomas W Shinder
I think we can trust Hyper-V: http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2008/06/25/microsoft-com-powered-by-hyper-v.aspx Not to say that I use it (I've been using VMware for this type of work for the 7 years), but Hyper-V definitely can be trusted for stability and reliability. However,

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Kevin Miller
I am putting up a five node cluster and migrating 30 production servers to Hyper-v this weekend for a banking /insurance company that I work for. I am all for doing Hyper-v in production. Hyper-v is not a built from the ground up product it is built on a 5+ year old bit of technology that

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Davies,Matt
Acronis True Image Echo, with the Acronis Universal restore add on, It's not that cheap, but it works well. Cheers Matt -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 June 2008 16:26 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Update: Exchange on VM

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Kevin Miller
DPM, and Clustering do not count as DR or HA tools? ~Kevinm WLKMMAS powered by 3Sharp, Always WLKMMAS What is your Zombie Plan? -Original Message- From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 8:32 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Update:

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Kevin Miller
http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/virtualmachinemanager/en/us/overview.aspx This little bit of badly named acronym rich software seems to perform a great deal of the management, reporting, provisioning, and hardware to VM conversion stuff that we all want and need. ~Kevinm WLKMMAS

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Jason Gurtz
DPM, and Clustering do not count as DR or HA tools? I don't think whether they count or not is the point; they're certainly proven techniques. The pesky configuration and management overhead/complexity might be the real issue here, particularly for the smaller shops who have the same business

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Kevin Miller
Honestly, are any HA or DR solutions simple to configure and operate? ' Clusters = complicated., I will never deny that. DPM = free baked pie. I DPM think is one of the simplest to use backup software's out here right now.

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Troy Meyer
Kevin, Kool aid? More like 2 pitchers of red-bull. -Original Message- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 9:18 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Update: Exchange on VM Honestly, are any HA or DR solutions simple to configure and

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Kevin Miller
I prefer the No sugar added blue monster... or a nice shot of zippfizz mmm 46,000% you daily intake of b12. Whatever I am drinking today I am sure that it has a Microsoft Logo on it. ~Kevinm WLKMMAS powered by 3Sharp, Always WLKMMAS What is your Zombie Plan? -Original Message- From:

Re: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Salvador Manzo
It depends on your needs. I want to see if this has changed, but the RCs for Hyper-V had a minor problem when clustered and shifting to a second node. The short form of it was, while ESX could seamlessly transfer from one node to the next in a Vmotion move, Hyper-V would take a bit too long

Re: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Kurt Buff
Happy birthday, youngster. :) On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Kevin Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Honestly, are any HA or DR solutions simple to configure and operate? ' Clusters = complicated., I will never deny that. DPM = free baked pie. I DPM think is one of the simplest to use backup

Re: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread John Cook
Happy B day old fart! - Original Message - From: Kevin Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Sent: Fri Jun 27 12:18:29 2008 Subject: RE: Update: Exchange on VM Honestly, are any HA or DR solutions simple to configure and operate? '

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Jason Gurtz
But you have to put up with it because today is my birthday and I get Pie for lunch, and after dinner!! Pie! my weakness. =) ~JasonG -- ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread John Hornbuckle
The beta and RC versions of Hyper-V have proven to be super stable and have great performance. Normally I'd be on board with you for an SP1, but in this case I'm willing to take the plunge. -Original Message- From: Davies,Matt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
The whole I'm waiting for SP1 thing is SO 1990's. -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 12:47 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Update: Exchange on VM The beta and RC versions of Hyper-V have proven to be super stable

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread John Hornbuckle
Well, you've got to admit that SP1 made a pretty big difference with Vista (not that I waited). But with server products, it looks like MS is firing all cylinders. Server 2008 doesn't have an SP1, but seems to be quite a robust and reliable OS. -Original Message- From: Tim Vander

RE: Update: Exchange on VM - hardware

2008-06-27 Thread Ehren Benson
I am going to take this off topic thread one step further :) I made a host cluster with Virtual server 2005 which was complicated but worked great! And I even did it on hardware that was dissimmiar. (by dissimilar I mean they were both dell 2950's but had different procs). My question to you

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Ehren Benson
Broad OS Support Broad support for simultaneously running different types of operating systems, including 32-bit and 64-bit systems across different server platforms, such as Windows, Linux, and others http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/virtualization-consolidation.aspx Ehren

Re: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Steve Ens
Happy Birthday Jason! On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Jason Gurtz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, and make it YOUR day :) -Original Message- From: Jason Gurtz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 13:16 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Update:

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Barsodi.John
Windows Server 2008 RTM'd as SP1. ;) MS is keeping Vista and Svr 2008 on the same codebase. - John Barsodi -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 11:04 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Update: Exchange on VM Well,

script to dump perms on exchange server, storage group databases

2008-06-27 Thread Russ Patterson
Hello all - I'm googling away, but thought this group could save a lot of time - we need to get a list of non-default permissions given on Exchange servers (2k3 and 2k7,) and their storage groups and databases. No need to filter out the defaults, we just need to see a list - anyone have anything

RE: script to dump perms on exchange server, storage group databases

2008-06-27 Thread Campbell, Rob
AD permissions? From: Russ Patterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 1:39 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: script to dump perms on exchange server, storage group databases

Re: script to dump perms on exchange server, storage group databases

2008-06-27 Thread Russ Patterson
Actually, both AD Exchange would be cool (probably not in the same script) :) On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Campbell, Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AD permissions? -- *From:* Russ Patterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, June 27, 2008 1:39 PM

RE: script to dump perms on exchange server, storage group databases

2008-06-27 Thread Michael B. Smith
It's on my blog. Search on permissions. http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:EM/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Russ Patterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 2:52 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin

Re: script to dump perms on exchange server, storage group databases

2008-06-27 Thread Russ Patterson
I was searching your site as I got your mail - Thanks Michael! On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's on my blog. Search on permissions. http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:EM/MCSE/Exchange MVP

Re: script to dump perms on exchange server, storage group databases

2008-06-27 Thread Russ Patterson
HI Michael - are you thinking of this ? http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2007/11/13/displaying-security-on-active-directory-exchange-and-registry-objects.aspx (Sent for anyone else who might be interested) On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Michael B. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Happy Birthday Kevin. I support you, buddy... just tell me what size to get for ya: http://www.shockabsorber.co.uk/bounceometer/shock.html (Mostly SFW) From: Kevin Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 10:11 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Jason Gurtz
Happy Birthday Jason! No no it's Kevin's! (though we both apparently love pie) :p ~JasonG -- ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Kevin Miller
According to the bra sizing guidelines in this link http://www.barenecessities.com/fit_sizing.asp I am a 54 negative C According to Wikipedia's sizing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bra_size I am a 54D I am not sure that you can get either those over the counter, and I don't see any links on

Re: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Kurt Buff
True - it's better now to wait for SP3. On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Tim Vander Kooi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The whole I'm waiting for SP1 thing is SO 1990's. -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 12:47 PM To:

Data Protector 6.0

2008-06-27 Thread McCready, Robert
Is anybody using Data Protector 6.0 to backup Exchange 2007? Mercy, every time I try to find some specific documentation on the backup/restore procedure from HP, all I get is links to other users asking the same question. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Maglinger, Paul
SFW? Not when you do the demo... Well, my day is shot now... (Did it get warm in here...?) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 12:45 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Update: Exchange on VM Happy Birthday

Re: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Steve Ens
It's funny when you go to the FF+G size... On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Maglinger, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SFW? Not when you do the demo... Well, my day is shot now... (Did it get warm in here...?) -- *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread Maglinger, Paul
Puts a whole new perspective on bouncing the servers... From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 3:20 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Update: Exchange on VM It's funny when you go to the FF+G size... On Fri, Jun 27,

RE: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
See my other message regarding broad support. oh, and VMware trumps Hyper-V on functionality, but not on price http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/062608-vmware-hyperv.html?nwwpkg=hyperv?ap1=rcb From: Ehren Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June

Re: Update: Exchange on VM

2008-06-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Or just skip entire versions, like XP to Windows7. From: Kurt Buff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 1:29 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: Update: Exchange on VM True - it's better now to

RE: Data Protector 6.0

2008-06-27 Thread Pierre Plamondon
Hi, no we use DP 5.5 with exh.2003 but probably in the nest year. I find this: http://h2.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=encc=ustaskId=110prodSeriesId=3241176prodTypeId=12169objectID=c01237037 De : McCready, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: script to dump perms on exchange server, storage group databases

2008-06-27 Thread Ehren Benson
Being a script newbie... How do you actually execute that? Ehren J. Benson, MCSE Windows Systems Administrator Department of Physics and Astronomy Michigan State University 1209 A Biomed Phys Sci [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 517-884-5469 From: Russ