RE: OWA users logging into wrong Mailbox
Hello, Bug / Setup quirk: http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/support/e2k3owa.asp (posted earlier to this list by David Lemson, 11/27/03) Brent -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Crowley [MVP] Posted At: Thursday, January 08, 2004 6:31 PM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: OWA users logging into wrong Mailbox Subject: RE: OWA users logging into wrong Mailbox What bug are you aware of? Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MS Exchange List Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 5:25 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: OWA users logging into wrong Mailbox Hello, FWIW: We just had a situation where some users were complaining that when they logged into OWA they were getting other users Mailboxes. I'm aware of a bug like this in 2003, but we're running E2K. Turned out a WEB Cache had been put on one part of a remote network. This did not effect people who came in over https , just http non-ssl connections. Brent _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=; lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
OWA users logging into wrong Mailbox
Hello, FWIW: We just had a situation where some users were complaining that when they logged into OWA they were getting other users Mailboxes. I'm aware of a bug like this in 2003, but we're running E2K. Turned out a WEB Cache had been put on one part of a remote network. This did not effect people who came in over https , just http non-ssl connections. Brent _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
Move E2K servers between AD containers?
Hello, E2K: 2 Servers, same site/group, SP3+September'03 Rollup+recent critical security patch, Scanmail 6.1, native OS: w2K, SP4 + all critical fixes , native The powers that be would like to move all the Servers into a new OU Servers container in AD. They're trying to deploy some policies against the default Computers container the Exchange servers currently exist in, so want the Exchange Servers out of it. It seemed to work OK in the lab after moving and rebooting. I know some of the Exchange Groups can't be moved out of the Default Users container. Any problem moving Exchange Servers between containers? They are not DCs. Thank you, Brent _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Exchange 5.5 restore slow
I experienced this once, and it was because the RAID card was set to NO CACHE for WRITE. A common thing done back in the olden days with Exchange, but not what you want when doing a restore. Brent -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mary McCallum Posted At: Friday, October 17, 2003 4:14 AM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Exchange 5.5 restore slow Subject: Exchange 5.5 restore slow Hi all, Exchange 5.5 SP4, Windows NT 4.0 SP 6, NT Backup I have recently run 2 test restores of my exchange server and the restore of the Information Store has been extremely slow, only .5 Gig per hour. (The store is 11 Gig.) In the past, I've been able to restore in 2.5 hours. Just wondering if anyone has come across this and has any suggestions on how to troubleshoot? Tried different tapes, tape drives and cables... Hardware used - Compaq Proliant, Dual 3 Gig Xeon Proc, 2 Gig RAM, Quantum DLT 8000 Thanks in advance. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Can't recover some deleted public folders
Hello, I've had this happen in our environment, and so far the only thing I can trace it to is PFs created pre-Exchang2K and the upgrade. There are various Q articles that'll recommend ISINTEG, and some other things. You should obviously give those a shot, but they never solved the problem for us. One thing we're able to do is to KILL the recovery process before it hits that corrupt message (or whatever it is). That recovers the folder and all of its messages up to the point you kill it off. It takes some timing and practice to maximize the number of messages you get. Of course you can also DR the PF from the last backup, etc... On Google I remember reading a post from someone that said they just kept trying and trying and it finally recovered. We did quite a bit of that without success. I haven't searched the KB since May for this issue, maybe PSS has gotten around to posting a workound by now. Good luck, if you find success please post it, Brent -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fyodorov, Andrey Posted At: Thursday, October 16, 2003 12:15 PM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Can't recover some deleted public folders Subject: Can't recover some deleted public folders Hi all. We are having a hard time trying to recover some public folders that have been deleted (using Tools-Recover Deleted Items) With Outlook 2000, we get an immediate error message saying that we don't have permissions to do this. (We do have all the permissions needed) With Outlook 2003, the recovery process starts and goes to ~75% and then the error message pops up telling us that we don't have permissions. Funny that while the recovery process is running, we can see the subfolder that is being recovered, and even grab some messages out of it using another instance of Outlook. But once the error message pops up - poof, the subfolder that was being recovered disappears. We know that in some cases antivirus programs could cause something like this, so we made sure to turn them off. What else could be throwing it off? Thanks! _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: A new post in every Public Folder, or how to force a backfill ...
Hello, You're catching up on List posts. :-) I ended up dragging a message into every un-synced folder on the Source server. With a list of every bad PF, it was probably only a couple seconds per folder to drag and drop. Backfill then fired off within an hour or so and everything was fine. If we were at 9,000 PFs we might have accidentally suffered and unrecoverable disaster on the PF store. Especially if it was a sunny day outside. :-) Thank you, Brent -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dumke, Jane Posted At: Monday, October 13, 2003 1:31 PM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: A new post in every Public Folder, or how to force a backfill ... Subject: RE: A new post in every Public Folder, or how to force a backfill ... I found that the only way I could get this done on our site was to dump a listing of the PFs and the # of items in each one for each server, pull them up side by side in Excel and figure out which server had the more complete copy. Then I removed the replica off the incomplete server, and then rereplicated. Horrendous job with 9000+ PFs, but it worked to get them back in sync. Jane Dumke Messaging Manager University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] phone:(715)346-2463 fax:(715)346-4577 -Original Message- From: MS Exchange List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 6:02 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: A new post in every Public Folder, or how to force a backfill ... Hello, E2K (Source Target): SP3+September'03 Rollup, Scanmail 6.1, native OS: w2K, SP3 + all critical fixes , native I'm doing the Ed Crowley Server move. I've got 400 of 1500 Public Folders that haven't replicated completely. It has been over 2 weeks. One thing that seems to force a backfill on a PF is to put a new message/post into the PF. It then seems to figure out it's not up to date and a backfill is kicked off that evening. Most of these PFs do not have an Email address, and are not visible to the Address Book. Any tips on how to send a message to a large number of such folders, or how to force a backfill on them? Notes: -Turning off virus scanning on the Public Folders a week or so ago improved things greatly. -PFs not in sync vary between no messages to just a couple messages off. -No size restrictions on PFs or SMTP. -Active PFs (like this list at 40,000+ messages) sync up just fine. -Source and Target Servers are in the same Server room, plugged into the same Switch. -Hierarchy came across just fine. Just message content has problems. I've done: -ISINTEG and Defrag for Source PF store. -Checked that both Public Folder Stores have proxy addresses set (Q286356) -On the top level folders set propagate settings of Replicas, Replication message priority, and Replication Schedule. Replication Interval is: always run, and Replication message priority is: urgent. With logging turned up I get a lot of these: = Event Type: Error Event Source: MSExchangeIS Public Store Event Category: Replication Errors Event ID: 3093 Date: 9/2/2003 Time: 7:41:51 PM User: N/A Computer: EXCHANGE Description: Error -2147221233 reading property 0x674b0014 on object type tbtMsgFolder from database First Storage Group\Public Information Store (EXCHANGE). == Thanks, Brent _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Exchange 2000 Server Replacement
Hello, That reminds me a couple other things the FAQ didn't go into (e2K): -If you set the old server's mailbox stores to point to the new server's PF, then any remaining users in the old Mailbox store will be unable to see the PFs thru OWA. There are several Q articles on this. -Outlook users that are remote and in off-line mode don't automatically find their moved mailbox. If you can get them to just connect once on-line after the move everything works out. An issue if you've got a lot of remote users. Good Luck, Brent -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MSXLIST (MSX Discussions List) Posted At: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 12:43 AM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Exchange 2000 Server Replacement Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 Server Replacement If you're using public folders, make sure you set the Private Information Store setting to point to the PF server as well. The trick here, as well as the obvious job of setting the new server to point to itself as the PF server, is also to do the less obvious job of setting the old (now empty of mailboxes and PFs server) to also point to the new server as its PF server. -Original Message- From: Dean Cunningham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 October 2003 04:25 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 Server Replacement So long as the server there were homed on is not removed before *all* client profiles on all machines have had outlook opened on them. It goes like this User logs in and runs up outlook (Outlook reads its configuration info Oulook connects to old home server and asks to connect to mailbox Old server says clear off and talk to this new server Outlook talks to new server and gets mailbox Outlook writes new mailbox location to outlook profile. If old mail server is removed and user has not logged in yet, When user goes to log on , outlook can't find the old server and has no idea about the new one. All it means is ya go into outlook/services and put the new server name in. cheers Dean If the old server is the first exchange server check the FAQ for Ed's move server method. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/10/2003 9:38:46 a.m. No need to reconfigure clients. Sincerely, Andrey Fyodorov Systems Engineer Messaging and Collaboration Spherion -Original Message- From: Jeremy T. Slater [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 5:11 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Exchange 2000 Server Replacement Greetings! I am going to throw out a question, showing my obvious exchange ignorance. We have 4 Exchange Mail Servers in our Organization and we need to replace one of them, as the box is old and slow. This server serves about 100 mailboxes. I am assuming I can build out the new server, install exchange and just move the mailboxes to the new server. The only problem I see with this, is having to reconfigure all of the clients to point to the new server. I would really like to keep the server name the same, but don't think it is possible. Any ideas? Thanks, Jeremy --- Jeremy T. Slater Network Administrator MMA Financial, LLC - http://www.mmafin.com 727.373.8153 - Direct 727.461.4801 - Receptionist 727.443.6067 - Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Exchange 2000 Server Replacement
Hello, Some of the things I've encountered with the faq move, and received no help from the faq or list :-): -Some Public Folders not fully syncing. I THINK this was because of Trend Scanmail mucking things up. To resolve things I turned off PF Scanning on both source and target , and then dropped a message in every damn PF (source side) that wasn't synced up. You should allow a couple days for the initial sync. I waited over a week, etc... But, things synced up in a couple hours after dropping in messages. In ESM, Server, Store, PF, you can export the PF item count and bring into Excel. -Some mailboxes won't move. Less than 1%. Corrupt messages usually. ISINTEG doesn't fix things. Track down the messages and delete (get creative in how to delete: OWA, IMAP, Virus scanning turned off,...). -A lot of configuration to copy over (store limits, Maintenance times, SMTP, OWA, Monitors, Backups,...) -Blackberry users have been an annoyance. I've just started testing with those users. Not much written up, guess it's just suppose to work. Would be nice if they'd pay for maintenance! Rights at the Sever level for the Blackberry Admin account are very different between the new and old server... The faq, and it's links, covered the rest that I can recall. A DR server move would've been easier and quicker, but we've been doing that since Exchange 3.0, and we were just looking to leave some of the cruft behind. Good Luck, Brent -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Crowley Posted At: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 3:44 PM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Exchange 2000 Server Replacement Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 Server Replacement http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq_appxa.htm Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeremy T. Slater Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 2:51 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 Server Replacement This will occur at the same time that we are physically moving these folks in to a new office, so maybe its not the best time to go testing DR plans. :o) -Original Message- From: Waters, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 5:36 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 Server Replacement They will move with MAPI, however if you really wanted to keep the same server name, this sounds like a great time to test your DR plans and procedures. -Original Message- From: Jeremy T. Slater [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 5:11 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Exchange 2000 Server Replacement Greetings! I am going to throw out a question, showing my obvious exchange ignorance. We have 4 Exchange Mail Servers in our Organization and we need to replace one of them, as the box is old and slow. This server serves about 100 mailboxes. I am assuming I can build out the new server, install exchange and just move the mailboxes to the new server. The only problem I see with this, is having to reconfigure all of the clients to point to the new server. I would really like to keep the server name the same, but don't think it is possible. Any ideas? Thanks, Jeremy --- Jeremy T. Slater Network Administrator MMA Financial, LLC - http://www.mmafin.com 727.373.8153 - Direct 727.461.4801 - Receptionist 727.443.6067 - Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=; lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=; lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web
RE: Nested Public Folders; recovery of deleted items therein
Hello, Does it start to recovery at all before giving you that error? I had a situation where recovering a deleted PF would begin recovery and then error out. I was able to get most of it back, just by canceling the Recovery before it would error out. Took a couple attempts to get the timing just right. I found one post in Google where a user said they tried and tried and finally it worked out. It never did for me. One post back to the list on my problem said they were never able to recover the PF, and finally went back to tape. Good Luck, Brent -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Matteson Posted At: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 9:44 AM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Nested Public Folders; recovery of deleted items therein Subject: Nested Public Folders; recovery of deleted items therein Good afternoon all: I have a user that has deleted a public folder that had more than one sub-folder. Deleted items retention was set on the public folder store. (E2K with sp's running on top of Win2K SP4) I can see the folder that she deleted when using the Recover Deleted Items tool, but I get an error message saying that I don't have the permissions necessary. I've even gone through the process outlined in KB 811385, but that hasn't worked. Anyone have any suggestions? The folder was replicated to other servers, but I get the same thing when I use a mailbox on the other servers to attempt to recover the public folders. TIA. John Matteson Geac Corporate ISS (404) 239 - 2981 Atlanta, Georgia, USA. _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Public folder Errors
Hello, Since you're quoting Q numbers in other posts, I'm guessing you did the steps in Q307917. This isn't going to help you recover, but I've been moving to a new server myself and although the entire Public Hierarchy came across just fine, some Public Folder content didn't. From ESM I'd export the item count for each PF store and then go into to Excel to see how things matched up. A follow up with OUTLOOK accounts to the different stores verified some didn't sync at all, some were missing a couple messages, etc... It APPEARS that having PF virus scanning on screwed-up the initial Sync of content. For folders that didn't replicate content completely I can drop a message in the PF, and then a backfill will be fired off that evening, and everything is synced up (I'm running with PF Virus scanning turned off currently). FWIW, Brent -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erick Thompson Posted At: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 5:00 PM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Public folder Errors Subject: Public folder Errors First, a little background. I installed Exchange 2000 on a new LAN server, which was the only server in the domain. After some testing, we realized that the server would become quickly overloaded. So, I moved a new server into the domain, made it a domain controller, and installed Exchange but did not transfer the FSMO roles (the first DC is still the file/print server). I moved all the mailboxes over, and turned on replication for the public folders (but I missed some). After a day, I removed Exchange from the first server. However, I think the removal did not go cleanly, as I'm now running into a bunch of errors. Someone on the Exchange gets the following error in Outlook (2000). Unable to update public free/busy data. I've taken a look at the server, and it appears the public folder that stores the info (can't remember the name at the moment) is gone. How can I recreate it? In the event log, I have the error 9127 from MSExchangeSA: OALGen encountered error [0x80004005] while calculating the OALs. This appears to be due to the lack of a Offline Address Book (OAB). How can I recreate it? User created public folders are only available in System Manager on the server, not on any workstation with Exchange tools installed. System Manager on a workstation doesn't display any public folders (including Internet Newsgroups) under First Admin Group-Folders-Public Folders. Under First Admin Group-..-Public Folders Store-Public Folders, I can see the folders, but if I select them, I get class not registered. ID no 80040154 Exchange system manager. The folders don't have much in them, so I can delete them and start over, but I'd like to know what's going on. These folders were replicated from the old server. Thanks, Erick _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
A new post in every Public Folder, or how to force a backfill ...
Hello, E2K (Source Target): SP3+September'03 Rollup, Scanmail 6.1, native OS: w2K, SP3 + all critical fixes , native I'm doing the Ed Crowley Server move. I've got 400 of 1500 Public Folders that haven't replicated completely. It has been over 2 weeks. One thing that seems to force a backfill on a PF is to put a new message/post into the PF. It then seems to figure out it's not up to date and a backfill is kicked off that evening. Most of these PFs do not have an Email address, and are not visible to the Address Book. Any tips on how to send a message to a large number of such folders, or how to force a backfill on them? Notes: -Turning off virus scanning on the Public Folders a week or so ago improved things greatly. -PFs not in sync vary between no messages to just a couple messages off. -No size restrictions on PFs or SMTP. -Active PFs (like this list at 40,000+ messages) sync up just fine. -Source and Target Servers are in the same Server room, plugged into the same Switch. -Hierarchy came across just fine. Just message content has problems. I've done: -ISINTEG and Defrag for Source PF store. -Checked that both Public Folder Stores have proxy addresses set (Q286356) -On the top level folders set propagate settings of Replicas, Replication message priority, and Replication Schedule. Replication Interval is: always run, and Replication message priority is: urgent. With logging turned up I get a lot of these: = Event Type: Error Event Source: MSExchangeIS Public Store Event Category: Replication Errors Event ID: 3093 Date: 9/2/2003 Time: 7:41:51 PM User: N/A Computer: EXCHANGE Description: Error -2147221233 reading property 0x674b0014 on object type tbtMsgFolder from database First Storage Group\Public Information Store (EXCHANGE). == Thanks, Brent _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
New E2K Roll-up fix working OK
Hello, FWIW, the newly released E2K post-SP3 Roll-up fix has been working fine on a production techie server for over a day now. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;813840 E2K: Native, Scanmail 6.1 OS: w2K, SP3 + all critical fixes , native OUTLOOK/MAPI, OWA, POP, IMAP used regularly on this server. YMMV, Brent _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Some Public Folders not Replicating content
Hello, E2K: SP3+March Rollup, Scanmail 6.0 (6.1 on server #2), native OS: w2K, SP3 + all critical fixes , native Single Domain, Single site, Same server room, servers only separated by a Gigabit switch. I've brought up a Second E2K server (Target)and am having problems with Public Folder replication to it. The hierarchy appears to have come across just fine from the Source server. But, some folders have content, and some don't. It has been over 30 hours. I've done: -ISINTEG and Defrag for Source PF store. -Checked that both Public Folder Stores have proxy addresses set (Q286356) -On the top level folders set propagate settings of Replicas, Replication message priority, and Replication Schedule. Replication Interval is: always run, and Replication message priority is: urgent. Looking at the Properties on some of the Folders that haven't replicated content, REPLICATION / DETAILS , it'll show (when looking at Source): SOURCE In Sync , Target Local Modified (when looking at Target): Source Remote Modified, Target In Sync. But, there are no times listed for last received or Avg. Trans. time With logging turned up to maximum I do see the following error regularly: = Event Type: Error Event Source: MSExchangeIS Public Store Event Category: Replication Errors Event ID: 3093 Date: 9/2/2003 Time: 7:41:51 PM User: N/A Computer: EXCHANGE Description: Error -2147221233 reading property 0x674b0014 on object type tbtMsgFolder from database First Storage Group\Public Information Store (EXCHANGE). == Searching Google Groups, it seems like this is an error that can be ignored. I have also come across a couple Google Group posts very similar to my plight, and of course they've gone unresolved. I haven't tried turning off Scanmail, and given the current mass of viruses being sent to us not something I could try and keep the servers available. Thanks, Brent _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Del Items Recovery- Public Folder failure
Hello, OS: W2K SP3 + Security Hot fixes E2K SP3 + 03/03 Store Roll-up Recovering a Public Folder with Recover Deleted Items results in the error: Outlook was unable to recover some or all of the items in this folder. Make sure you have the required permissions to recover items in this folder, and try again. If the problem persists, contact your administrator. Sadly, I am the Administrator. This 1 PF is 3 levels down, messages in it, but no sub-folders. The user that deleted it has Owner rights for the folder it was deleted from and the deleted folder itself. As do Email Admins. The Owner that deleted it gets the same error I do when they try to recover it (I turned dumpster always on for them). The behavior is you can see the folder to recover, it lets you start recovery, you can see the folder appear and messages then start to appear in it (if you're watching from a different Outlook client), and then right at the end you get the above error and it vanishes from the PF structure. It is then in Recover Deleted Items again and ready for another try. What I've done: -I have tested creating, deleting, and recovering other folders with similar Rights, (and ones not similar) etc... and all works fine. -I have run isinteg -s ... -fix -test alltests against the PF store. -I have turned off Virus scanning (Trend Scanmail). -I've searched Google Groups, and it looks like the last couple months there are a quite a few Admins in the same boat as me. The only happy endings I found were one that ran isinteg, and one that just kept trying and trying and finally it worked (feel the power of Admin). One thing that comes to mind is that this PF was probably created back in the Exchange 5.5 days and was on a server upgraded in place to E2K. Any tips? Thanks, Brent _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchangetext_mode=lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Full mailbox rights Send on Behalf
Hello, E2K, W2K SP3 + security fixes That use to work for us too! But last weekend I applied the Store Roll-up Hot fix for E2K post-SP3, and many W2K OS fixes, and we've started getting the same behavior as you see. What Exchange and OS level are you at? Brent -Original Message- From: Erik L. Vesneski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 9:28 AM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Full mailbox rights Send on Behalf Subject: Full mailbox rights Send on Behalf Hi, I have a few users who map to a single mailbox. With that said I have granted them 'Full mailbox rights' to that mailbox however when they send mail as that mailbox they are told they 'do not have permissions' I then went and gave them 'send on behalf' rights and that resolved it. I was under the impression users with 'Full Mailbox Rights' actually would be able to send as that mailbox/user. Could someone enlighten me on this one please? Thanks, Erik L. Vesneski Sr. Systems Specialist ISO - Intel Systems Ph#: 925-685-6161 www.pmigroup.com mailto:[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] _ 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: Full mailbox rights Send on Behalf
Hello, The follow-up replier experiencing similar problems: E2K SP3 + Store Roll-Up Hot fix 811853 W2K SP3 + All Critical Security hotfixes Prior to the above patches and fixes being applied: Users that had FULL Mailbox Access given to them for another Mailbox were able to SEND AS that other Mailbox. That is, change the FROM of an outgoing Email to be that of the other Mailbox. This no longer works for them. We were previously at: E2K SP3 W2K SP2 Since Erik posted on it first, he gets to call PSS first. :-) Please share if you're given a fix ... as nothing is posted in the Public Knowledge Base yet. Thanks, Brent -Original Message- From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 11:39 AM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Full mailbox rights Send on Behalf Subject: Re: Full mailbox rights Send on Behalf Are they supposed to have send as or send on behalf of rights? If it's the former, do they have that right granted explicitly? On 3/26/03 11:28, Erik L. Vesneski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have a few users who map to a single mailbox. With that said I have granted them 'Full mailbox rights' to that mailbox however when they send mail as that mailbox they are told they 'do not have permissions' I then went and gave them 'send on behalf' rights and that resolved it. I was under the impression users with 'Full Mailbox Rights' actually would be able to send as that mailbox/user. Could someone enlighten me on this one please? Thanks, Erik L. Vesneski Sr. Systems Specialist ISO - Intel Systems Ph#: 925-685-6161 www.pmigroup.com mailto:[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] _ 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: the IBM Shark
Hello, I can offer 1 data point of E2K on a SAN: It worked fine for about a year, but then began failing about every 3 weeks. Several of the failures required Disaster Recovery for the DBs. Strangely it always happened just before I was going on a vacation, which does something bad for Quality of Life if you're married, etc... Vendor replaced just about every single piece of hardware over the various failures. On the last one I DR'd to a JBOD we had laying around and everything has been fine since. A relaxing Thanksgiving. I had great hopes for Snapshotting and other such SAN possibilities, but Exchange doesn't support those natively. And they aren't about to spend the money here for higher end Backup software like Comm Vault, etc... So, that SAN got me nothing in added functionality, just a lot of aborted vacations. YMMV, but what added functionality are you hoping to get from the SAN? Are you sure Exchange/OS will actually support it? And from the other E2K shops I know ... it looks like Clustering one way or the other ends up reducing your reliability and up-time. But, if you're own of those Admins without family or interest in vacations there could be merit in these options. Brent -Original Message- From: Hansen, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Friday, December 06, 2002 10:42 AM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: the IBM Shark Subject: RE: the IBM Shark Hehe That would be me. :| We'll see how it goes. -Original Message- From: Schwartz, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 11:02 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: the IBM Shark You keep thinking your happy thoughts. g Who is going to be running your SAN? If you find yourself arguing the difference between spindles and storage space, you're going to have a grand old time. The architecture for the large SAN vendors was based on the limitations in the IBM 3xxx mainframe systems. It was more cost effective to place large amounts of cache in the storage system to accommodate its predictable, read IO operations. You'll find that the typical answer to any issue you have with a large SAN is to throw more hardware at it. -Original Message- From: Hansen, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 12:18 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: the IBM Shark :p that could be solved with proper planning and good lun management. -Original Message- From: Schwartz, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 9:01 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: the IBM Shark You're going to carve up the disks and share spindles with critcal servers running high intensive databases? snicker Good luck. -Original Message- From: Hansen, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 10:52 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: the IBM Shark We plan on using it for our 17 critical servers and to cut the prices of all the disk we have. Mostly Windows/SQL, and some AIX and linux. Out the door we were going to start with 3tb so the rumor of a 3.36tb performance boundary made me a little wary, but I'm not sure if there is any truth to it. e- -Original Message- From: John Allhiser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 8:47 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: the IBM Shark As DASDI for os390/Zos mainframes they're great. Not aware of the exact performance boundary. What do you plan to use them for. -Original Message- From: Hansen, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 9:29 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: OT: the IBM Shark Is anyone here happen to be running a IBM shark or possibly a Hitachi 9900 series SAN? We are looking at both of these and I have heard rumors that the shark has a performance boundary of 3.36 TB. Just curious. e- _ 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] _ 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
RE: Can't delete email
Hello, I get the same thing too sometimes, but I'll get 12002 errors in the APP log when they're being accessed. Seems to be something with OUTLOOK, some MIME formatting, and Scanmail. If I turn off Scanmail I can then MOVE (not delete, delete will still not work) the item from the Inbox to the Deleted items. Then I can Empty the deleted items. Another way to get at them is with POP or IMAP. With either of those protocols I can delete them straight out of the Inbox. OWA gives a similar error to OUTLOOK for me with these messages. E2K, SP3 Happy Thanksgiving, Brent -Original Message- From: Pillai, Raj [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 10:20 AM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Can't delete email Subject: Can't delete email I have an email which one of my users received from Omaha Steaks which cannot be deleted.Get an unknown error when trying to delete. I cannot find the message on my Server, message tracking is turned on. Exchange 2000 sp3. Any ideas? TIA Raj ** This e-mail message, including any attachments, contains information that is confidential, may be protected by the attorney/client or other applicable privileges, and may constitute non-public information. This message is intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient of this message, do not read it; please immediately notify the sender that you have received this message in error and delete this message.Unauthorized use, disclosure, dissemination, distribution, reproduction of this message or the information contained in this message or the taking of any action in reliance on it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Thank you for your cooperation. ** _ 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: Hotmail problems?
Hello, A month or so ago we had similar problems, and Hotmail/MSN said maintenance was being done in our area. After continued bugging for a few days Email finally started flowing again. Knock on wood ... Email is flowing to Hotmail just fine for us. We have quite a few Contacts that forward to individual Hotmail accounts. Brent -Original Message- From: Andrey Fyodorov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 9:14 AM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Hotmail problems? Subject: RE: Hotmail problems? Mine are just bouncing immediately. Then after a few resends I happen to hit a good server and the mail goes. -Original Message- From: Alverson, Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 11:40 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Hotmail problems? Yes, we have a few outbound messages waiting for hotmail to accept them for the last few hours. -Original Message- From: Andrey Fyodorov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 11:11 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Hotmail problems? Hi all. I am having intermittent problems sending to Hotmail. Some of the Hotmail servers seem to reject connections. If I send a message 3-4 times, eventually it hits a good Hotmail server and gets delivered. Has anyone else seen such behavior recently? Sincerely, Andrey Fyodorov Senior Exchange Administrator iNNERHOST - http://www.innerhost.com Complex Hosting in a Global Environment _ 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] _ 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: It all started with a lie - Q313819
Hello, Yes, it does suck. Toss all your cute Excel spreadsheets that made various account management tasks a snap. We've moved to VB scripting for account creation/management. Decrease personal discretionary spending, increase savings, and retire before the next big update. Brent -Original Message- From: Moore, David K [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Thursday, September 19, 2002 1:17 PM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Test Subject: It all started with a lie - Q313819 So, I write this to test the waters and see how others have managed this issue - For many years, going back to 4.0, we used CSV files to create/manage/delete mailboxes within Exchange and this worked well. Then comes along Exchange 2000, which with it's integration of Active Directory and the requirement to use LDIFDE. Ok, no problem I can learn new tools and I learn the silly new LDIF import format and I make it do what I want it to do - mailbox enable an existing AD account. All is well until a few weeks following the mailbox enabling of the accounts, our users discover access to public folders (along with free/busy, off-line address book, etc) can not be had. A call to Microsoft produces the answer that, the attribute of msExchUserAccountControl had not been properly populated into AD. Microsoft writes a script for us that uses CDOEXM to re-set the permissions and while this does resolve the problem for existing users it doesn't resolve the on-going problems. So, Microsoft transferred me between a few groups (it's hard I guess to know what is what when you've got half of your mail system managed by another non-communicative group - Active Directory support) where I landed with an LDIFDE support engineer. This engineer then proceeded to explain that it was not possible to create mailbox enabled AD accounts with LDIFDE and pointed me to an article Q324353 [XADM: Users Cannot Access Public Folders or Delegate Mailboxes on a Separate Server] which states: If you want to use LDIFDE/ADSI to create users, Microsoft recommends that you use LDIFDE/ADSI to create only the user accounts, and then use Active Directory Users and Computers to create the mailboxes. to which I replied that Microsoft does support it and the answer can be found in Q313819 - [HOW TO: Create Mailbox-Enabled Account Using LDIFDE in Exchange 2000 Server] and after a bit of discussion Microsoft decided that it really sucks. It all seems to boil down to the fact that no one knows how the encoding of msExchUserAccountControl is done (in PSS that is) and without the ability to set that attribute at creation time, the RUS does not properly setup the account and Microsoft has no intentions to support this, even with the Q article on how to do it. So, my question? Simple - has anyone managed to use LDIFDE to create and mailbox enable or just to mailbox enable an existing account in AD and had it work properly, namely the use of public folders? I don't know about others that have a long history with Exchange but, do some of you feel that Exchange has made some real steps backward from the functionality that Exchange 5.5 had? And a word of warning to those still on 5.5 - if it aint' broken, don't fix it. Thanks, david moore Chevron Phillips Chemical _ 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: E2K: OUTLOOK Can't open this item SP3 bug?
Hello, Scanmail does appear to be involved/effected. When the Scanmail services are stopped, these problem messages can then be deleted in OUTLOOK. It STILL can not be opened and read in OUTLOOK, but it can be deleted and moved between folders, which isn't possible with the Services running. We're running the latest versions of Scanmail for E2K, and Scan engine. Strange. I've certainly had a couple instances in the last few years where Scanmail will stop allowing access to Email attachments for a majority of users ... but this is just a few users of over 1,100 on this box, and just a handful of messages out of a ~million. When I have another maintenance window I'll see what happens after a reboot and the Scanmail services set to disabled (Come up clean without Scanmail having run at all). If full access in OUTLOOK is available to these message, I'll send off a bug report to Trend. Thank you, Brent -Original Message- From: Ali Wilkes (IT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Monday, September 09, 2002 11:26 AM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: E2K: OUTLOOK Can't open this item SP3 bug? Subject: RE: E2K: OUTLOOK Can't open this item SP3 bug? This is the exact same error I see with many versions of exchange when NAI Groupshield has taken a dump. Stopping and starting groupshield helps, but usually the sender has to resend the e-mail after. I would suggest this is a problem with Scanmail, not sp3. Did you check with TM to see if they updated their software for SP3? -Original Message- From: Young, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Monday, September 09, 2002 12:19 PM Posted To: List - Exchange Server List Conversation: E2K: OUTLOOK Can't open this item SP3 bug? Subject: RE: E2K: OUTLOOK Can't open this item SP3 bug? Brent, If you stop Scanmail can you read the mails then or do you still have the problem? Apologies if you've already tried this. regards Phil _ 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] _ 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]
E2K: OUTLOOK Can't open this item SP3 bug?
OS: Win2K, SP2, IIS Roll-up, (+most Critical Windows Update published hotfixes) E2K: Native, SP3, Trend 6.0 Scanmail Single Native Domain, Single Exchange Server, 1 SG, 4 Mailbox DBs, 1 PF DB Hello, Not sure if this is a new bug introduced with E2K SP3, or just my bad luck with E2K. Some users are unable to open/delete/move/reply/forward... some Messages with OUTLOOK (various versions) or E2K OWA. The error they get in OUTLOOK is: Can't open this item On the Server side an error is logged in the App log: === Event Type: Error Event Source: MSExchangeIS Event Category: Content Engine Event ID: 12002 Date: 9/4/2002 Time: 1:38:05 PM User: N/A Computer: EXCHANGE Description: Error 8004011B-8000 occurred while processing message from 'SearchStorage.com'. === Combing through the App log it looks like we've got at least 9 different Messages with this problem. I CAN access them with an IMAP client, view it, and delete it. It is then deleted on the Server side mailbox. Since this problem started I have run ISINTEG against all databases, and even compacted the databases (ya, ya, I know, but it is documented a compact will get rid of various DB problems Q314917, Q195856, and I had an Open maintenance window). This did not get rid of the problem, and a user has gotten a new message since then with this problem. The problem messages I have looked at are of type Content-Type: multipart/alternative and contain both a text/plain and text/html versions of the email. Guessing a content conversion problem with MAPI and SP3 ... but haven't heard anyone else complain of something similar. I have looked at Q232323 and Q296598, but they didn't seem to apply. Anyone else seeing this with SP3? Thanks, Brent _ 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: Exchange 5.5 to 2000 Upgrade horror story
Hello, I did in-place upgrades from Exchange Betas to E2K over the last 5+ years. They all worked fine except for 5.5 to E2K. I spent 3+ months labbing the in-place upgrade and got things seemingly to work just fine. (I went Native in Win2K before doing any Exchange upgrade). The upgrade went without a hitch seemingly, but we were left with strange permission problems for various things. Worked with PSS for months and months afterwards, and they were at a loss. If I had to do it over again, I'd setup a completely brand new Win2K Forest, and then a brand new E2K server in there. There are tools out there for Exchange migrations across Organizations, etc... (Actually if we had to do it over again I'd keep us at E5.5, and I'd fight to stay there until my retirement!) Former in-place upgrade fan, Brent -Original Message- From: Tom.Gray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Friday, August 02, 2002 9:41 AM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Exchange 5.5 to 2000 Upgrade horror story Subject: Exchange 5.5 to 2000 Upgrade horror story This is just an informational post, you're welcome to comment on it but I'm not really asking any questions. Just thought folks out there getting ready to upgrade might want to hear the story. I just spent the night upgrading (or trying to upgrade) my exchange 5.5 server. We have a very simple network. 1 domain. 200 users. 1 exchange server. 2 domain controllers (not the exchange server). Started about 2 weeks ago prepping for upgrade. Armed with: White Paper in-place upgrade from msoft exchange 5.5 to msoft exchange 2000 Q316886 How To: Migrate from exchange server 5.5 to exchange 2000 server Q282309 upgrading exchange server 5.5 service pack 4 to exchange 2000 server Q295922 considerations when you upgrade to exchange 2000 server Q296260 how to configure a two-way recipient connection agreement for exchange server 5.5 users Q253829 description of the active directory connector deletion mechanism And, of course, monitored this list (and the sun-exchange) one for upgrade ideas! Now some of the documents have conflicting information. If you weed thru the dates and such you can usually figure out what is really true. For example, the white paper states you MUST have at least one domain running in native mode, but the HOW TO describes a scenario where all domains are in mixed mode. With the domain controllers upgraded to win2k active directory (mixed mode) last month I tackled the exchange upgrade this month. Went thru the white paper and how to, updating the schema (forestprep and domainprep) and ran all the tests listed in those docs to verify it was working. Got exactly the results they told me! First time I ran the actual upgrade got my first rude surprise. My vendor had shipped me the Exchange 2000 standard edition media (which doesn't really say standard on it, just Exchange 2000) and the upgrade process stopped immediately with You can't go from enterprise to standard you idiot Two days later I have the correct media. Take the server off the network and run an online backup (Veritas backup exec with exchange option). Verify the backup worked. With exchange services down get back on the network and run domain tests again. Everything ok! Run the upgrade! The upgrade goes thru several processes but hangs at Setup failed while installing sub-component Site Replication Service with error code 0xC007041D -- retry or cancel search MS knowledge base and looks like a permissions issue (Q278254 and Q273730). Hmm, make sure the exchange service account has all the permissions and click retry. Still no work. Rats. Getting late so time to make the $250 call to PSS! PSS steps me thru lots of stuff, nothing works. They have me change the service account user permissions at the ORG container from CUSTOM to SERVICE ACCOUNT (i'm probably not saying this exactly correct). Still no joy. Try to cancel out of that error message. Nada. Have to task manager/shut down process. They then refer me to the ultimate nightmare: Q264309 - How to Roll Back A failed Upgraded from Exchange Server 5.5. to Exchange 2000. Yuck. Go into registry and delete the stuff, rename the exchsrvr folders, uninstall IIS, restart server, install IIS, re-apply all service packs and hotfixes (that really sucks), delete the renamed exchsrvr folders, setup /r exchange 5.5, restore directory and info store. Restoring directory service doesn't work. Call PSS back. Directory service was trying to start and got hung, can't restore to hung service. Change to manual start and reboot. Directory restores!!! Restore info store. (8 gigs). 2 hours later ready to go! (almost) Now the internet mail connector isn't working. Dawn is breaking and panic begins to creep in. Users will be screaming in about 2 hours. Call PSS again. End up deleting the IMC and creating a new one. They very patiently step me
RE: Exchange 5.5 to 2000 Upgrade horror story
Actually if we had to do it over again I'd keep us at E5.5, and I'd fight to stay there until my retirement! Why? Hello, I found E5.5 to be very stable, and my little stash of Excel files and formulas made for administration with Import/Export quick and Easy. From cc:Mail in the late 80's, 90's ... through various versions of Exchange ... E5.5 gave my users the best of functionality, stability, and me the least problems. I suppose if you're a huge multi-national corp with a large decentralized IT structure, Win2K, and E2K provides some management structure that would be nice. But, if it's just you and a few others running the show with a centralized structure ... and only a couple thousand users, what's gained? After taking all that time, risk, cost ... what changes are your users going to see when they come in after the Domain and E2K upgrade? Not a thing, at least if things went well. OWA in E2K is an improvement to some, but it's much much slower over Dial-up.Issues too for some users behind firewalls and E2K OWA that will require them to access it through SSL, and that slows up things even more for them. Huge loss of functionality for users in this boat. These upgrades keep us employed, appreciative of that at times, but I don't believe the value-added is there for small shops. Brent -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Friday, August 02, 2002 3:56 PM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Exchange 5.5 to 2000 Upgrade horror story Subject: RE: Exchange 5.5 to 2000 Upgrade horror story Actually if we had to do it over again I'd keep us at E5.5, and I'd fight to stay there until my retirement! Why? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of MS Exchange List Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 2:19 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Exchange 5.5 to 2000 Upgrade horror story Hello, I did in-place upgrades from Exchange Betas to E2K over the last 5+ years. They all worked fine except for 5.5 to E2K. I spent 3+ months labbing the in-place upgrade and got things seemingly to work just fine. (I went Native in Win2K before doing any Exchange upgrade). The upgrade went without a hitch seemingly, but we were left with strange permission problems for various things. Worked with PSS for months and months afterwards, and they were at a loss. If I had to do it over again, I'd setup a completely brand new Win2K Forest, and then a brand new E2K server in there. There are tools out there for Exchange migrations across Organizations, etc... (Actually if we had to do it over again I'd keep us at E5.5, and I'd fight to stay there until my retirement!) Former in-place upgrade fan, Brent -Original Message- From: Tom.Gray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Friday, August 02, 2002 9:41 AM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Exchange 5.5 to 2000 Upgrade horror story Subject: Exchange 5.5 to 2000 Upgrade horror story This is just an informational post, you're welcome to comment on it but I'm not really asking any questions. Just thought folks out there getting ready to upgrade might want to hear the story. I just spent the night upgrading (or trying to upgrade) my exchange 5.5 server. We have a very simple network. 1 domain. 200 users. 1 exchange server. 2 domain controllers (not the exchange server). Started about 2 weeks ago prepping for upgrade. Armed with: White Paper in-place upgrade from msoft exchange 5.5 to msoft exchange 2000 Q316886 How To: Migrate from exchange server 5.5 to exchange 2000 server Q282309 upgrading exchange server 5.5 service pack 4 to exchange 2000 server Q295922 considerations when you upgrade to exchange 2000 server Q296260 how to configure a two-way recipient connection agreement for exchange server 5.5 users Q253829 description of the active directory connector deletion mechanism And, of course, monitored this list (and the sun-exchange) one for upgrade ideas! Now some of the documents have conflicting information. If you weed thru the dates and such you can usually figure out what is really true. For example, the white paper states you MUST have at least one domain running in native mode, but the HOW TO describes a scenario where all domains are in mixed mode. With the domain controllers upgraded to win2k active directory (mixed mode) last month I tackled the exchange upgrade this month. Went thru the white paper and how to, updating the schema (forestprep and domainprep) and ran all the tests listed in those docs to verify it was working. Got exactly the results they told me! First time I ran the actual upgrade got my first rude surprise. My vendor had shipped me the Exchange 2000 standard edition media (which doesn't really say standard on it, just Exchange 2000) and the upgrade process stopped immediately with You can't go from enterprise to standard you idiot Two
RE: Messages building in queue
Hello, OS: Win2K, SP2, IIS Roll-up E2K: Native, SP2, Admin patch, Trend 6.0, Scan engine Post SP2 I noticed that our Queue for Yahoo.com would get up to the thousands sometimes. Deleting the top four or five problem messages and then a FORCE CONNECTION would rapidly clear them all out. It doesn't appear Email to other outbound hosts are effected. The problem messages (a red bulls-eye on the envelope icon) would have a 'Detail status' of retry, and the entire Yahoo.com queue would have a status of Retry. Remote Delivery. The connection was dropped by the remote host. The problem messages are usually just SPAM destined for some of our users who are setup with Forwards to their Yahoo email accounts. Doesn't appear to be related to size of the message, etc... I haven't turned up logging etc as I'm hoping someone else will make the PSS call and go through the hassles of getting a Hotfix out. Thanks. :-) Brent -Original Message- From: John Q Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 3:47 PM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Messages building in queue Subject: Re: Messages building in queue Has anyone else had issues with mail queuing for a week, then sending when forced. Should I be forcing mail to send from the queue on a regular basis, that seems odd. = When I installed HotFix Q287678 on my Exchange 2000 server that already had SP2 the system stopped all the Exchange services, as expected, but a few odd things happened. 1) The queue was cleared, does this occur everytime you shutdown the E2K services? 2) Duplicate messages were re-sent to users, dating back to May 22nd. I found no significance of that date (i.e. the last time the services were stopped started, or system was rebooted occurred more recently). Not all messages just a few dozen. Anyone have any idea what caused this? 3) When the queue was cleared, about 60 messages had been sitting in the queue finally sent. The oldest message I could track dated back to May 14th. I am at fault for not checking the queue more often, but it appears that these 60 messages were stuck in the queue for what ever reason. What I don't understand is why most of these messages, a few thousand a day were sent w/o issue, some to some of the same domains as some of the stuck messages, sent fine and others did not. Finally, why did user not get NDR's, they are set to send after 5 days of attempts have failed. Thank you, - John Q P.S. Any input appreciated. - Original Message - _ 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] _ 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: restore exchange to different hardware
Hello, I think it has gotten more complicated than 5.5, especially for different hardware. If you're going by the DR doc, light candles, make sacrifices, etc... that you'll be able to restore the System State to your different hardware. They have updated the E2K DR doc from the original one. The new version of the E2K Disaster Recovery Doc (looks like released in March of this year) gives more warning of this than the earlier August 2000 DR doc, and some tips about using Safe mode, etc The DR Mailbox Recovery Doc http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/deployment/2000/MailboxRecovery.doc goes into more about recovering a server without restoring the System State, and what attributes you may need to modify. It does not appear to have been updated since the original August 2000 release. Good Luck, Brent -Original Message- From: Jan Novk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 10:08 AM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: restore exchange to different hardware Subject: RE: restore exchange to different hardware Importance: High I'm sorry that I did not mentioned it in subject or message body ... I'm talking about exchange 2000 on w2000 server AD controller . So there is more things to do than restoring Exchange 5.5. So can anyone help me with excchange 2000 on w2000 AD controller ? Once again thanks for any advie ... Bye, Honza Novak -Original Message- From: Soysal, Serdar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 7:01 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: restore exchange to different hardware The hardware can be different. You just need the same O/S and Exchange level (version, sp etc). The only thing that might go wrong in your case is that the previous system had a multiprocessor HAL, and the new one will be single proc HAL. Obviously, you'll need the same server name, site name etc. etc. See http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/administration/55/backuprestore.a sp Serdar Soysal -Original Message- From: Jan Novk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 12:32 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: restore exchange to different hardware Importance: High Hello, Last night our server crashed. We have all backups i think, but we are not able to buy excatly same HW configuration for new server (it was 2proc tyan thunder k7). We want to restore uor server from backups to a different machine whis is 1 proc, AMD Athlon. Is it possible to restore it to that machine ? If yes can anyone point me to some documents describing this scenario ? Thanks a lot for any advice Bye, Honza Novak _ 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] _ 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: Mail stuck in Categorizer
Hello, We had this problem with E2K and SP1, after an inplace upgrade from 5.5 . It only occurred to Email sent to Distribution Groups that had restrictions on who could send to the DGs. Once the restrictions were removed from the effected lists the stuck Email would flow out of the Categorizer queue. Worked with PSS for months and we never were able to solve it. Finally was resolved with the upgrade to E2K SP2. I remember other posts to this List in the past with a similar problem of Email getting stuck in the queue, so you might want to search the Archives as their culprit was something different from ours. Good Luck, Brent -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Monday, May 13, 2002 8:25 AM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Mail stuck in Categorizer Subject: Mail stuck in Categorizer All, I have messages that users are calling me about that say they have been delayed. When I look in the Message Tracking System the last thing logged is: SMTP: Messages Submitted to Categorizer Does anyone know why or how this happens? How do I get them delivered? Rick _ 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: in-place upgrade to W2K (NOT Exchange 2000)
Hello, Last year I did this in production (NT4 - W2K, MSX 5.5), and immediately afterwards downgraded the box from a BDC to just a member server (DCPROMO). One issue was POP Users were no longer able to authenticate. Reapplying latest MSX service pack fixed things up. There was also a Q article on the exact problem. FYI/FWIW: I'd recommend going with E2K SP2 if you do go for E2K later. It has fixed a lot of little problems we had with E2K SP1. Brent -Original Message- From: Roger Mackenzie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 3:47 AM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: in-place upgrade to W2K (NOT Exchange 2000) Subject: RE: in-place upgrade to W2K (NOT Exchange 2000) belatedly let me comment that I've done this several times in a test environment and the one thing I overlooked was the backup device; I still cannot get an Onstream tape device to perform properly under W2K. Roger Mackenzie (Glasgow University) -Original Message- From: Stevens, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 March 2002 16:07 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: in-place upgrade to W2K (NOT Exchange 2000) thanks for the advice..I have performed the upgrade on our test servers and everything went smooth..but like you said..I'll have the credit card handy..actually we have one (1) incident left with them so that should be ok... -Original Message- From: Jon Lucas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 10:59 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: in-place upgrade to W2K (NOT Exchange 2000) You should test first. If you can, get the same hardware and versions of NT 4 Exchange on a test box. Upgrade that box and see what happens. Otherwise, make sure you have a current support contract for your hardware vendor and a credit card handy so you can call Microsoft. Brushing up on your resume couldn't hurt either. Exchange should be OK in this case, but you never know. Every environment is different. That's why testing is a better option. You should probably ask this question on the NT/2000 discussion list. -Jon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Michel Erdmann Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 7:46 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: in-place upgrade to W2K (NOT Exchange 2000) We are running (and have performed the in-place upgrade) on Compaq hardware. I recall we used a special 'primer' utility from them just before starting the actual upgrade to remove the NT4 specific drivers/agents/software which were incompatible with Windows 2000. Michel Erdmann -Original Message- From: Stevens, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 4:31 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: in-place upgrade to W2K (NOT Exchange 2000) Tomorrow I am upgrading our mail servers from NT4/SP6a, Exchange 5.5(SP4) to Windows 2000 Server/SP2. Just an upgrade of the operating system, not exchange 2000 or active directory. Has anyone experienced any problems that I need to know of, prior to the upgrade? As far as I know, it should be a seemless upgrade. Stick in the CD-rom and let it do it's thing. I will have to upgrade our raid controllers firmware and nt driver and also export/inport our verisign certificate to the new IIS. That is all I can think of...thanks for any advice before this critical task. _ 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] _ 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] _ 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
RE: (Resolution) E2K: DLs not working
Hello, In case some poor soul searching the archives has this problem: SP2 for E2K has fixed this problem. Brent -Original Message- From: MS Exchange List Posted At: Monday, December 17, 2001 10:04 PM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: E2K: DLs not working Subject: E2K: DLs not working Hello, Context: -Server: Single Server, Member (not DC), E2K (native), SP1, post SP1 fixes : Q306882engi386.EXE WEB Client Fixes, Q303451engi386.EXE - Store Patch -Domain: Single (1) Domain (native), Win2K, SP2 Just completed E5.5 - E2K in-place upgrade. SP1 ADC used. Emails sent to old Distribution Lists (E5.5s ADC migrated) seem to be getting stuck in the Messages awaiting directory lookup Queue. I say seem to be because it's the only queue you can't enumerate, but it goes up by 1 every time I send a test message to an old Distribution list. DLs (I should be saying Group instead of DL now for E2K) are USG. If I create a new Email enabled USG it works fine, message is delivered to members. If I trace one of the Emails sent to an old Group, it will end with the following: SMTP: Message Submitted to Categorizer Turning up logging I get the following events after sending to an old Group: Source MSExchangeTransport Category: Categorizer Event ID: 6005 The categorizer is unable to initialize. The error code is '0xc004055e : 0x0003'. This followed by several: Source MSExchangeTransport Category: Categorizer Event ID: 6005 The categorizer is unable to categorize messages due to a retryable error. What I've tried: -Force Connection for the queue. It's Connection State is Retry. -I've moved the server from pointing to one GC to another one in our domain. I removed GC from the previous DC server, synched, rebooted it. And also rebooted the E2K server. And tried Force Connection again. -SMTP Email is working fine in and out of the Server. Email to any of the individuals on the list is fine. It's just the older lists. FYI: Many of these older lists were used in E5.5 for Public Folders restrictions, and the PFs came across just fine with no ACL errors. We were in Native mode before installing the ADC. Thank you, Brent Allen _ 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: Exchange2k Install
Hello, You're goanna want some domain Native if you use DLs for security on any of your PFs. Otherwise your ACLs on the PFs will not convert properly, and you'll have all these PFs no one can access. Lots of good docs on the MS Technet site for 5.5 E2K upgrades, and posts in this list's archives. It's an amazing amount of labbing and prep work, lots of risk, but ohhh that OWA in E2K is so worth it. :-) (and make sure you're running SSL for OWA if any of your users are behind old firewalls ... Q articles at MS KB for further info) Good Luck, Brent -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 8:10 AM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Exchange2k Install Subject: Exchange2k Install We have one win2k domain running in mixed mode. Do we need to be in native mode to run our upgrade? We will be installing a new exch2k server in a 5.5 org. _ 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]
E2K: LDIFDE or Scripts for bulk import / export ?
Hello, With the loss of E5.5 Import/Export, what looks to be the most promising avenue to go with in E2K for bulk imports and Exports? Things that were 5-10 minutes to do in E5.5 Import/Export I've been asked to do this week: -I need SMTP Email addresses for everyone in Group X. -Modify the room #'s for these 200 people. I've got a spread sheet with their names and new room #s. -I need this random list of names that should be given permission to send to Distribution List X. Some money to be made for someone that writes a front end for old school E5.5 Import/Export into AD. Thanks, Brent _ 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]
Public Folder NDR s, how to enable?
Hello, In both 5.5 and E2K a message sent as a Public Folder which generates an NDR has that NDR deleted. Except for an entry in the Application error log, it disappears. I know in the past it was regarded as a feature and that's that. Any way in E2K to enable the delivery of such NDRs back to the Public Folder? On a per folder basis? Example of the error written to the App log in E2K: == Source: MSExchangeIS Public Event ID: 2028 The delivery of a message sent by public folder PRINTINGDB1C0136DB1C0136DB1C01368FDE195F0D1D1D has failed. To: Students-All-List Cc: The non-delivery report has been deleted. Thanks, Brent _ 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: Migration to Exchange 2000
Hello, You need AD deployed first. Good posts in this list's archive on this subject. MS has some good white papers in the technet section and elsewhere: http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/deployment/2000/default.asp I labed our migration many times over many months, and things always went well. The production migration didn't go as well. Primarily, I'm left with a strange Distribution Group problem that I can't nest them or use them to restrict who can send to a Distribution Group. They get stuck in the directory lookup queue with a Categorizer error. MS PSS has been looking at it for a month. If I had to do it over again I think I'd setup an entirely new AD domain, E2K environment, and NOT do in-place upgrades. It worked great in the lab ... not saying it can't. But I wouldn't do it again. Why do you want to upgrade anyway? We have somewhat of a mandate to be running new stuff, but for a small organization like ours (single site, 1 domain, 2,000 users, small tech admin group,...), it sure hasn't lowered our TCO. The loss of Exchange 5.5 Import/Export is a real bummer, among other things. Brent -Original Message- From: kukar kothari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Monday, January 14, 2002 3:34 PM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Migration to Exchange 2000 Subject: Migration to Exchange 2000 Dear All, I am new to Exchange and have a couple of q's about migration to E2K. Can I build and deploy an E2k Server in NT4 domain now and eventually migrate to Windows 2000 AD domain at a later stage. Is it necessary to have Active Directory Installed in order to migrate from Exchange 55 sp4 to E2K. Thanks Kukar __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ _ 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: Hiding Contacts from GAL E2K
Hello, Just in case your answer is the simple: Exchange Advanced Tab / Hide from Exchange Address lists ? I have a couple thousand Email enabled Contacts hidden from the GAL in E2K we use for email forwarding. I haven't looked with ADSIEdit or LDP to see if it's the same attribute for both Contacts and Users, if you're trying to script it, but ... you can hide Contacts from the GAL in E2K. Brent -Original Message- From: Tony Hlabse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Thursday, January 03, 2002 7:41 AM Posted To: MS Exchange List Conversation: Hiding Contacts from GAL E2K Subject: Hiding Contacts from GAL E2K I am in the process of creating email enabled contact that are used for forwarding using E2K. However I would also like to hide them from the GAL. Since you can not hide contacts from the address lists like regular users, I was wondering what my alternatives are. The 2 that come to mind is to create the forwarding addresses using the create user like normal then hide from address lists or delete the All Contacts Address View from the All Address Lists that is created by defualt in Exchange. This second method makes me think it may create other problems down the road. Which is prefered method or is there another way _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx _ 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]
E2K: DLs not working
Hello, Context: -Server: Single Server, Member (not DC), E2K (native), SP1, post SP1 fixes : Q306882engi386.EXE WEB Client Fixes, Q303451engi386.EXE - Store Patch -Domain: Single (1) Domain (native), Win2K, SP2 Just completed E5.5 - E2K in-place upgrade. SP1 ADC used. Emails sent to old Distribution Lists (E5.5s ADC migrated) seem to be getting stuck in the Messages awaiting directory lookup Queue. I say seem to be because it's the only queue you can't enumerate, but it goes up by 1 every time I send a test message to an old Distribution list. DLs (I should be saying Group instead of DL now for E2K) are USG. If I create a new Email enabled USG it works fine, message is delivered to members. If I trace one of the Emails sent to an old Group, it will end with the following: SMTP: Message Submitted to Categorizer Turning up logging I get the following events after sending to an old Group: Source MSExchangeTransport Category: Categorizer Event ID: 6005 The categorizer is unable to initialize. The error code is '0xc004055e : 0x0003'. This followed by several: Source MSExchangeTransport Category: Categorizer Event ID: 6005 The categorizer is unable to categorize messages due to a retryable error. What I've tried: -Force Connection for the queue. It's Connection State is Retry. -I've moved the server from pointing to one GC to another one in our domain. I removed GC from the previous DC server, synched, rebooted it. And also rebooted the E2K server. And tried Force Connection again. -SMTP Email is working fine in and out of the Server. Email to any of the individuals on the list is fine. It's just the older lists. FYI: Many of these older lists were used in E5.5 for Public Folders restrictions, and the PFs came across just fine with no ACL errors. We were in Native mode before installing the ADC. Thank you, Brent Allen _ 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: Exchange server move to new machine
Hello, I saw something similar happen once on a server move, and just reassociating one of the Exchange Services with Site Service account in the domain fixed it (the same account already listed for the service ...). Didn't have to go through all the Exchange Services, just one, and then they all clued in. Hopefully your problem is as easily fixed. Probably already tried it, but you might also want to delete the Computer account from the Domain, and the server, reboot, then recreate again. Brent -Original Message- From: Mario Fernandez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 7:34 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Exchange server move to new machine I had to move the exchange server to a new machine, I followed the directions in the microsoft article q155216 and when I brought up the IS it wouldn't start, tried running the isinteg -patch and got the following msg DS_E_INSUFFICIENT _ACCESS_RIGHTS looked it up in the microsoft knowledge base and came up with nothing conclusive. Any ideas? Thanks Mario Fernandez Network Administrator DataSynapse 632 Broadway 5th Floor New York, NY 10012 tel. (212) 842-8849 fax. (212) 842-8843 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] View the DataSynapse email disclaimer here: e-mail disclaimer http://www.datasynapse.com/legal/emailprivacy.jsp -Original Message- From: Chinnery Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 10:14 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Store.exe 105 plus 102 virtual Paul Chinnery Network Administrator Mem Med Ctr -Original Message- From: Tener, Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 10:18 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Store.exe I would like to know what everyones average mem usage is for store.exe. Mine sits at around 98000. thanks rich _ 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] _ 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: Tape Storage (nuke protection)
Hello, To Hi-jack this thread: Does anyone now the distance your Off-Site Tapes should be from your production site to be immune from the EMP effects of a suit case nuke (say one capable of a 10 Kilo-ton blast), and exploded from an airline 20-40K feet? From Quantum http://www.quantum.com/NR/rdonlyres/0223zfbgjbxzcvdmecdk/dlttapemedia.pd f DLT tape magnetic properties: Coercivity (Oe) 1540 Remanence (G) 2,600 Someone care to do the math/physics that a distance X from the blast would keep the EMP effects below 1/2 that of the Coercivity of DLT? Thanks, Brent -Original Message- From: Tristan Gayford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 6:07 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Tape Storage Fire-proof site every time for us. In a separate building on site for the 'keep to hand ones' and completely off-site for the rest (archives and all that). Shelves aren't that good in a fire!! Tris -Original Message- From: Robert Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 16 November 2001 14:02 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: OT: Tape Storage Here's a somewhat off-topic question. How do you store your tapes? We have a small network, and a lot of backup tapes. I know many of you have larger networks than we do, so must have a sh*tpile of tapes. How do you store them? Right now ours are just laying on a table (except for the off-site ones). It'd be nice to have some kind of wall-mounted shelf that allowed for some organization, yet would still keep them handy. Does anybody have a good source? Thanks, Rob -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rob Moore Network Administrator The Agnes Irwin School [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] _ 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: mailbox causes Outlook to freeze
Hello, Here are some Q articles I've come across for similar problems, and in general some other things to try: -Change the default View to something else. A view, default view, may be causing the problem. -Can you view it through OWA? -There's a CDO patch post SP4 that might help. -Search the archives for outlook hang , you're not the first to encounter this in the last couple months. Q289606 Q281935 Q246866 Brent -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 5:19 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: mailbox causes Outlook to freeze Can anyone think of a reason that a mailbox could cause Outlook to freeze up? We're using Exchange 5.5 SP4, and the client is Outlook 2000. If I add the user's mailbox to my profile, I can open it up fine. When I create a new profile with the user's mailbox as the primary, and then open Outlook, Outlook freezes up. It opens the mailbox and I can see the mail, but Outlook no longer responds. This was reported to me by the user's support folks, and they tried it on two different machines. I tried it on my workstation as well with the same results. Nothing about the mailbox looks strange. It only has about 11 Megs of data. Permissions settings look correct. I would just say let's try recreating the mailbox but the user is at a remote location, so that might be difficult to arrange with her. If anyone has any insights, I would love to hear them. This is about the sixty-thousandth wierd problem I have had today and my brain has turned to jelly. Thanks, -Kirsten ___ Attend OSU Internet2 Day! http://www.net.orst.edu/I2 Kirsten Petersen Network Engineering Oregon State University 541-737-9187 _ 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: Exchange-aware virus scanners
Hello, We're running MAPIAVAPI 3.52, on MSX 5.5 sp4, Win2K sp2, and it's working fine for us. I have not tried the ESE version. Brent Allen -Original Message- From: Mario Fernandez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:30 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Exchange-aware virus scanners I'm debating wether going with the ESE version of ScanMail or the MAPI/AVAPI. Do any of you have any suggestion on the pros and cons of each? Mario Fernandez Network Administrator DataSynapse 632 Broadway 5th Floor New York, NY 10012 tel. (212) 842-8849 fax. (212) 842-8843 [EMAIL PROTECTED] The information contained in this message is confidential and proprietary to DataSynapse, Inc. and is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient of this information, you are hereby notified that the use, circulation, quoting, or reproducing of it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ACCURACY, ADEQUACY, OR ANY OTHER KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. DATASYNAPSE, INC. SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS OR REVENUES, IN CONNECTION WITH ITS TRANSMISSION OF, OR THE RECIPIENT'S OR ANY THIRD PARTY'S USE OF AND/OR RELIANCE ON, THIS INFORMATION, REGARDLESS OF LEGAL THEORY AND WHETHER OR NOT DATASYNAPSE, INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR LOSSES. -Original Message- From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 9:04 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Exchange-aware virus scanners Sounds like a good reason to use an ESE based AV solution instead. Chris -- Chris Scharff Senior Sales Engineer MessageOne If you can't measure, you can't manage! -Original Message- From: Stephen Mynhier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 7:54 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Exchange-aware virus scanners VAPI scanners, but not MAPI scanners, will interfere with the OST synchronization. But MAPI AV has some notable downsides. Or you can scan it before it hits the mailbox. Check out both Q269439 and Q264731 concerning tasks failing with a VAPI scanner. The two articles seem to point towards changing the values in 2 dif't directions (changing OpenRetryDelay to 250 or 5000 where the default is 500). Also check out Q263949 to give you a more thorough overview of VAPI and attachments. Stephen -Original Message- From: Loftus Greig To: Exchange Discussions Sent: 10/2/01 7:02 AM Subject: Exchange-aware virus scanners Exchange 5.5 SP4, NT4 Sp6a Is there any Exchange 5.5 AV product that doesn't interfere with archiving and synchronizing (mailbox-PST operations, basically). After following the MSKB advice re. registry settings for tackling this, we're still having problems. FWIW, the problem persists after moving exchange to a new, more powerful system. TIA. Loftus Greig. _ 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] _ 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: parsing smtp address in csv
Hello, I think this is what you're looking for: =MID(C2, FIND(SMTP,C2) + 5, IF(ISERROR(FIND(%,C2,FIND(SMTP,C2))),LEN(C2) - FIND(SMTP, C2) -4, FIND(%, C2, FIND(SMTP, C2)) - FIND(SMTP, C2)- 5)) (and my thanks to the original author of this formula!) Brent -Original Message- From: Jennifer Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 2:55 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: parsing smtp address in csv I know this has been asked before, but the link in faq 3.22 is dead and was in my favorites: http://www.ncgroup.com/abu/exchange/formulas.htm I knew I should have saved it to disk. Anybody have the formula? I let you play with my optiview. _ 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: Arcserve and Exchange
Hello, We ran Arcserve here for about 4 years until just recently. I stopped upgrading after the Y2K patches for ArcserveIT. Updates just seemed to provide less product functionality, and plunge you deeper into their milking of the product. Their default Raima database has problems if it grows too large. That is if you're backing up more than 3 servers, and you want to keep an on-line record of what has been backed up for more than 2 weeks you're probably going to have problems with it. I never had a problem with Restores. If it said it backed up the data, it did. This would be for general User files, as well as Exchange database restores. I'd restore Exchange to the lab every now and then, and as long as I'd go through the usual disaster recovery steps I never had a problem. We're now currently running Veritas the last couple months (BE 8.5/8.6). Product differentiation and annoying licensing baloney is just as strong here as it is with Computer Associates. Product support seems to be much better though. Given the prices they're charging for Backup software, drives, and media, if I were running a small shop I'd think about kludging together a server with a bunch of cheap IDE drives, and backup to disk. Swap the IDE drives like you would tape media. They cost about the same now, and might even have a better shelf life. Brent -Original Message- From: Van Huissteden, Adriaan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 5:15 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Arcserve and Exchange Is Arcserve and exchange a good choice? Adriaan Van Huissteden Network Administrator Connect Credit Union Phone: (03) 6233 0660 _ 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: Exchange-aware restores not writing 'restore in progress' reg key
Hello, I've seen this happen in the lab (corrupt DB after restore) when Virus Protection was running, or Circular logging was enabled. With Arcserve my problem was usually to manually remove the Restore in progress key. In the lab, and for real, I've had the best luck with offline backup, restore just the 3 edbs, and ISInteg -patch . We're moving to Veritas 8.6 this week... thanks for the heads up. Brent -Original Message- From: LSeltzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 1:58 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Exchange-aware restores not writing 'restore in progress' reg key Richard, We replaced the drives and restored from a backup. Old HP LCII machines would require external cages/etc. and all we had was hot-swap disks, RAID5, and 3 slots in a cage. IDR is a function of completely backing up the NT Server and restoring it to identical hardware, even though the disks are larger. It's supposed to be faster - hah! right! Yup. Tried quite a few TechNet articles regarding log files. What happened is that the database restored and was inconsistent. We don't know why and neither does PSS. We tried one restore using Backup Exec and had a 2nd backup using NT Backup for which we did a restore. It ALSO did not write the 'restore in progress' key. It's very odd. So, it's not a backup software issue. The database seemed mildly corrupted, but it's the inconsistent database vs. log files from the backup that bother me. Since the server is a duplicate of the original (same SIDs, security, name, etc.), it should work fine. We had no authentication issues when logging in and nothing was in the logs. I still have log files if you want me to post any of them. Nope. We did not revert to a previous backup. We needed the data as/is. We spent a total of 21 hours (9:30AM Sunday morning to 6:00AM Monday morning) performing both Veritas IDR and full restores as well as regular old NT Backup restores. We then did what I mentioned in the first post which is run ESEUTIL followed by ISINTEG -fix, then -patch. The IS came up, then we had to fix the MTA by recreating it from scratch. All is fine now, but I don't want this to happen again. Larry Seltzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Richard Dann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 4:50 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Exchange-aware restores not writing 'restore in progress' reg key Larry, Could you clarify the configuration. By the looks of things this is Exchange 5.5 but how did you implement the disk upgrade? Was this just the database disks and did you have old and new alongside so you could move stores using the performance monitor or did you replace the drives and simply restore from a backup? Was the OS on the same disks and is this where Intelligent Disaster Recovery comes in? Anyway, I'm sure your aware of the two hits in TechNet relating to 4294966768. These imply the problem is with missing log files and you have the suggestion of getting rid of them. I'm wondering if you've got a permissions issue, or perhaps the server (having been rebuilt) isn't authenticating to the domain properly. As this is a BE backup you could always try a restore with NTbackup. Would it be safe to assume you've reverted to the pre upgrade configuration? If so, then on the next attempt it might be better to shut down Exchange prior to backup giving you a clean offline backup. regards, Richard Dann -Original Message- From: LSeltzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 14 August 2001 16:53 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Exchange-aware restores not writing 'restore in progress' reg key Hi all! It's been a while since I've asked for assistance, but this one's got us AND PSS stumped. This past Sunday, we decided to increase disk space on our Exchange server by swapping disk drives out with larger ones. We went from an 8 gig volume to an 18 gig (3 9-gig drives/RAID5). All worked well. We used Veritas Backup Exec version 8.5 with the Exchange agent and Intelligent Disaster Recovery option. This seemed to backup and restore just fine. However, the IS did NOT come up. Had service specific error 4294966768 when it tried to start. Tried running ESEUTIL /r, but that did nothing. We tried on our own to do ESEUTIL /P which did work, but then the MTA did not start - inconsistent and a Windows NT internal error 2140 occurred. We restored all over again with PSS helping us. They had us do exactly what we did prior, but we added ISINTEG -fix to both the priv and pub.edb files, then ISINTEG - patch. We also were able to restore the MTA, which again did not work, by copying the mtadata directory DAT files from the 5.5 CD. All of this worked, although rebooting caused us to have to run the ISINTEG - patch. We had error 1011 when trying to start the IS. Anyway, all was ok, but we're still left with the mind-boggling question why are these ONLINE Exchange-aware restores NOT providing us with a
