RE: Administration Advice
Dear Mike, 01. Create an Exchange mailbox on each of your Exchange Servers. 02. Create two Inbox Rules in each mailbox. Rule 01 will send you a reply Rule 02 will send the Help Desk a reply 03. Create a System Distribution List containing all of the mailboxes. 04. Hide the mailboxes. Send an e-mail message to the SDL every morning and just before leaving every day. Rob Garrish Exchange Administrator Wawa Inc. 610-558-8371 -Original Message- From: Michael Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 04:52 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Administration Advice Hello, Myself being relatively new to Exchange 2000 Server Administration, am looking for some very brief advice as to what the top 10 things are to stay on top of, in order to ensure a smooth running system. You can read all the books you want, but there is no better information than hearing first hand from real-world Exchange Administrators. Would some of you be so kind as to reply with a few tips as to what I need to keep my eyes on? For example, log files growing out of control, security issues that I not be aware of, etc. ALSO, there is one thing I am trying to figure out - and that is under a Mailbox Store I created, there is a Mailbox called SystemMailbox with 826 'Total Items' in there. How can I view the contents of that Mailbox? Is this possibly bounced mail messages, or something else? Thank you all VERY much for your replies, Mike _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Administration Advice
1. Kiss appropriate ass 2. test with test lab 3. automate 4. Don't limit yourself to a exchange guru/Unix guru/etc - do all you can but don't take on too much 5. backup everything with a schedule incremental/full/etc. 6. Use the internet to find/research great nt support companies such as sunbelt/sysinternals/etc. 7. USE OWA 8. Learn to love coffee 9. negotiate bonuses with care and determination 10 Join these wonderful geek lists to share/learn/gather info. on IS -Original Message- From: Michael Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 3:52 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Administration Advice Hello, Myself being relatively new to Exchange 2000 Server Administration, am looking for some very brief advice as to what the top 10 things are to stay on top of, in order to ensure a smooth running system. You can read all the books you want, but there is no better information than hearing first hand from real-world Exchange Administrators. Would some of you be so kind as to reply with a few tips as to what I need to keep my eyes on? For example, log files growing out of control, security issues that I not be aware of, etc. ALSO, there is one thing I am trying to figure out - and that is under a Mailbox Store I created, there is a Mailbox called SystemMailbox with 826 'Total Items' in there. How can I view the contents of that Mailbox? Is this possibly bounced mail messages, or something else? Thank you all VERY much for your replies, Mike _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Administration Advice
1. Backups. Stay on top of backups and DR. There is a system mailbox for each information store. No need to open it. -Original Message- From: Michael Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 21 January 2002 8:52 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Administration Advice Hello, Myself being relatively new to Exchange 2000 Server Administration, am looking for some very brief advice as to what the top 10 things are to stay on top of, in order to ensure a smooth running system. You can read all the books you want, but there is no better information than hearing first hand from real-world Exchange Administrators. Would some of you be so kind as to reply with a few tips as to what I need to keep my eyes on? For example, log files growing out of control, security issues that I not be aware of, etc. ALSO, there is one thing I am trying to figure out - and that is under a Mailbox Store I created, there is a Mailbox called SystemMailbox with 826 'Total Items' in there. How can I view the contents of that Mailbox? Is this possibly bounced mail messages, or something else? Thank you all VERY much for your replies, Mike _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Administration Advice
From: Michael Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Exchange Discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 3:51 PM Subject: Administration Advice Hello, Myself being relatively new to Exchange 2000 Server Administration, am looking for some very brief advice as to what the top 10 things are to stay on top of, in order to ensure a smooth running system. You can read all the books you want, but there is no better information than hearing first hand from real-world Exchange Administrators. Would some of you be so kind as to reply with a few tips as to what I need to keep my eyes on? For example, log files growing out of control, security issues that I not be aware of, etc. ALSO, there is one thing I am trying to figure out - and that is under a Mailbox Store I created, there is a Mailbox called SystemMailbox with 826 'Total Items' in there. How can I view the contents of that Mailbox? Is this possibly bounced mail messages, or something else? Thank you all VERY much for your replies, Mike True about books vs. first-hand info. Still gotta have books though; I'd recommend anything anything by Paul Robichaux or Tony Redmond. Between them you can pretty much give away anything else. They cover issues such as you are asking above (what to watch and why) as well as many other subjects quite useful and relevant that are reflective of real-world experiences. Both gentlemen frequent the various newsgroups/mailing lists and are current on what admins want and are experiencing. For Outlook the diva is Sue Mosher. Her website, www.slipstick.com, was planned as and has become _the_ first stop for all things client (including OWA). Any book by her on the client-side operations is going to be your best first resource. Answering your question itself almost requires a book (well, it does require a book ;). In short: watch the database growth, the log file growth and monitor the logs for alerts and warnings from the Exchange components. And as painful as it may sound, listen to your users. In the final analysis the whole system is there for their benefit; they'll be the first source of information for performance issues. ;) _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
