"Is your autodiscover setting up at the dns settings of your hoster?'
not sure I understood the q,
Hoster has autodiscover.domain.com published and it DOES resolve from
outside, it just fails ExCra testing,
internally autodiscover.domain.com doesnt resolve (w2k8 DNS server)
> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 15:35:00 -0700
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Exchange] DB is mandatory on usermailbox /
autodiscover fail
>
> Is your autodiscover setting up at the dns settings of your hoster?
>
> That's where the value is set up for me, I'd start there and check that
> something hasn't happened there first.
>
> Start with the basics.
>
> On 9/2/2014 3:24 PM, J- P wrote:
> > Now i'm wondering if autodiscover is not working because of the DB
> > mandatory error, or vice versa
> >
> >
> > Jean-Paul Natola
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > From: [email protected]
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: RE: [Exchange] DB is mandatory on usermailbox /
autodiscover fail
> > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 17:18:25 -0500
> >
> > I seem to recall troubleshooting something similar and found at the
> > time (on 2k7) that ECP requires Autodiscover to be working properly.
> >
> >
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> > From: [email protected]
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: RE: [Exchange] DB is mandatory on usermailbox /
autodiscover fail
> > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 17:50:57 -0400
> >
> > The Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer is attempting to test
Autodiscover
> > for [email protected].
> > Testing Autodiscover failed.
> >
> > Additional Details
> >
> > Elapsed Time: 2928 ms.
> >
> > Test Steps
> >
> > Attempting each method of contacting the Autodiscover service.
> > The Autodiscover service couldn't be contacted successfully by
> > any method.
> >
> > Additional Details
> >
> > Elapsed Time: 2928 ms.
> >
> > Test Steps
> >
> > Attempting to test potential Autodiscover URL
> > https://domain.com:443/Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml
> > Testing of this potential Autodiscover URL failed.
> >
> > Additional Details
> >
> > Test Steps
> > Attempting to test potential Autodiscover URL
> > https://autodiscover.domain.com:443/Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml
> > Testing of this potential Autodiscover URL failed.
> >
> > Additional Details
> >
> > Test Steps
> > Attempting to contact the Autodiscover service using the HTTP
> > redirect method.
> > The attempt to contact Autodiscover using the HTTP Redirect
> > method failed.
> >
> > Additional Details
> >
> > Test Steps
> > Attempting to contact the Autodiscover service using the DNS SRV
> > redirect method.
> > The Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer failed to contact the
> > Autodiscover service using the DNS SRV redirect method.
> >
> > Additional Details
> >
> > Test Steps
> > Checking if there is an autodiscover CNAME record in DNS for your
> > domain 'domain.com' for Office 365.
> > Failed to validate autodiscover CNAME record in DNS. If your
> > mailbox isn't in Office 365, you can ignore this warnin
> >
> >
> > Jean-Paul Natola
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > From: [email protected]
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: RE: [Exchange] DB is mandatory on usermailbox /
autodiscover fail
> > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 21:40:17 +0000
> >
> > if autodiscover fails, then how does it fail?
> >
> > The system mailbox and discoverysearchmailbox store a number of
> > configuration settings (and don’t ask me to remember them, I don’t),
> > but if you delete them you may potentially change certain Exchange
> > configurations.
> >
> > *From:*[email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *J- P
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 2, 2014 5:35 PM
> > *To:* [email protected]
> > *Subject:* RE: [Exchange] DB is mandatory on usermailbox /
> > autodiscover fail
> >
> > correction ExCra does fail
> >
> >
> > And PrepareAd didnt help
> >
> > any thoughts on this Option?
> >
> > 1- Delete system mailbox from Active Directory using ADSI tools
> >
> > * Click *Start*, click *Run*, type adsiedit.msc, and then click *OK*.
> > * Locate the *Default Naming Context* node, and then locate to the
> > *CN=Users* container.
> >
> > Locate:
> >
> > * "DiscoverySearchMailbox {D919BA05-46A6-415f-80AD-7E09334BB852}"
> > * “System mailbox”
> > * Delete them
> >
> > 2- Run Setup.com /prepareAD, then, System mailboxes will be created
> > 3- SP2 installation will be finish succesfully
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> > Subject: RE: [Exchange] DB is mandatory on usermailbox /
autodiscover fail
> > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 17:10:23 -0400
> >
> > successful with warnings
> >
> > I saw another article that stated to re-run PrepareAd
> >
http://p2v-to-cloud.blogspot.com/2012/08/error-database-is-mandatory-on.html
> >
> > any thoughts?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> > Subject: RE: [Exchange] DB is mandatory on usermailbox /
autodiscover fail
> > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 21:03:17 +0000
> >
> > It always scares me when people say that.
> >
> > If you use exrca.com, what does it say about autodiscover?
> >
> > *From:*[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>
> > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *J- P
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 2, 2014 4:58 PM
> > *To:* [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
> > *Subject:* RE: [Exchange] DB is mandatory on usermailbox /
> > autodiscover fail
> >
> > going through it as I speak, dont see anything new that hasnt been
> > there before-
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> > Subject: RE: [Exchange] DB is mandatory on usermailbox /
autodiscover fail
> > Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 20:51:40 +0000
> >
> > What’s in the event viewer?
> >
> > *From:*[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>
> > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *J- P
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 2, 2014 4:39 PM
> > *To:* [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
> > *Subject:* [Exchange] DB is mandatory on usermailbox /
autodiscover fail
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I got call saying ECP show an error of DataBase is mandatory on
> > usermailbox, the only thing they "claimed" to have done was
attempt to
> > create a public folder then the error "appeared"
> >
> > this is Ex2013 running on 2012
> >
> > I saw many of the hits were restore related which in this case it
is not
> >
> > I certainly am not going to go the "uninstall exchange " route at its
> > a 200gb store with ~100 boxes
> >
> > I tried to get mailbox -arbitration as per this article
> >
http://danblee.com/exchange-2013-error-during-install-database-is-mandatory-on-usermailbox-property-name-database/
> >
> > and no luck- DB's are mounted, status is healthy, mail is flowing ,
> > so i'm kind of stumped.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Jean-Paul Natola
> >
>
>
>
