Because of OS level issues we're having with our only HUB/CAS server I've been asked to stage a replacement and get everyone cut over to it with no downtime.  

I have loaded an OS on the new server and installed Exchange 2010 and provisioned the HUB/CAS role on the box.    I've never done an "in place" cut in like this before so I'm concerned about what the next steps are.    To add to the complication the old server's NetBIOS name is "MAIL" and I want to reuse that name.    Any guidance?

Hello.

A client has migrated to Exchange 2010 from Exchange under Windows NT Server, and then jumped to Exchange 2010.

For the most part, all is functional. After a bit of a struggle to get autodiscovery working, with SRV records, Free/Busy data, etc., Out of Office ceased to function. The Out of Office began to malfunction after server-side changes were made to correct the Autodiscover features needed for Free/Busy, OWA, etc.

Initially, new Outlook profiles were created under the original Windows accounts and the popup 'Your Out of Office settings cannot be displayed, because the server is currently unavailable. Try again later.'

We've opted to try a new Windows profile and recreate the Outlook profile. Initially, right after creating the Outlook profile (using Outlook 2007 connecting to Exchange 2010 Stadnard), clicking on Out of Office Assistant, Outlook hesitates, and was in a limbo of retrieving information from the server. After about 2-3 minutes, it failed with the popup message.

Testing the autoconfiguration settings via Ctrl+Shift+Click on the Exchange icon on the dock, everything looks perfect, all Successful and no issue at all.

I've had some good folks on this forum assist us with Autodiscover and split DNS fixes (using a local domain of .local and an outside domain of .com for SSL certificate popups), so we're wondering if this is causing some issues as well.

We are using Exchange 2010 Standard SP1 on Windows Server 2008 R2. Also, during the default intervals at 1am or 5am, the OAB does not automatically download to the clients, causing them to have a stale/old OAB and in turn, causing Free/Busy to not display info when creating resources in the calendars.

Is Autoconfigure misconfigured that is causing all of these issues?

Please advise.

Thank you.

NSI, IT.

Trying to install Exchange Server 2010 onto Windows Server 2008 R2 which has also been setup as a domain controller. When attempting to install the Client Access Role, setup fails with the error below.

Does anyone know to a way to get around this?? Please shed any lights I would be appricated.

Thanks,

Tom

Error:
The execution of: "$error.Clear(); Install-ExchangeCertificate -services "IIS, POP, IMAP" -DomainController $RoleDomainController", generated the following error: "Could not grant Network Service access to the certificate with thumbprint 2F320F5D5B5C6873E54C8AB57F604D8AFA31D18C because a cryptographic exception was thrown.".

Could not grant Network Service access to the certificate with thumbprint 2F320F5D5B5C6873E54C8AB57F604D8AFA31D18C because a cryptographic exception was thrown.

Access is denied.

Elapsed Time: 00:00:01

Mailbox Role
Cancelled

Finalizing Setup
Cancelled

Hi,

For my setup the mountdialoverride is set to lossless which will prevent passive copy to auto mount the DBs when the active copy losses its storage. So the active copy will be dismounted and all other copy will be failed and disconnected. Well its fine for me as per settings, but when the storage was back online, the active copy still shows as dismounted and all other passive copy is "failed and disconnected" state.

i have tried to manually mount the active DB and i get the below error highlighted in bold (Event ID: 3154)....

Active Manager failed to mount database DAG1-DB1 on server server1. Error: An Active Manager operation failed. Error: The database action failed. Error: An error occurred while trying to select a database copy for possible activation. Error: The database 'DAG2-JournalDB' was not mounted because errors occurred either while validating database copies for possible activation, or while attempting to activate another copy. 

since i dint had enough time to run eseutil /mh or /p to check and repair the DB, i just run the mount command with -force parameter as suggested in the error above. it worked fine and the DB was up and running and seems no data loss.

Does anyone know what does -force parameter does? is it safe to use in case of circular logging? will it truncate the exiting uncommitted transaction logs? any data loss if so how much it can be? 

any issue using the -force parameter if linear logging is enabled?

Any other suggestion to handle this kind of failure?

Thanks.

Teeju

Hi guys,

Okay, so I think I understand the difference between the two, however I'm unsure of which one to use for Exchange 2010. Different websites seem to be telling me different things. Should I use VSS Copy or VSS Full backup when trying to backup my exchange server?

By the way, this server hosts Exchange Hub Transport, Mailbox and Active Directory.

Many thanks,

Ben

hello all

we use a standard script to move database to other server. Now it doesn't work. Last change that we remember was RU5.

maybe since update rollup 5 is the problem.

[PS] C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Scripts>.\StartDagServerMaintenance.ps1 mx1
At C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Scripts\DagCommonLibrary.ps1:494 char:6
+         return $moveSuccessful
+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Control cannot leave a finally block.
At C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Scripts\DagCommonLibrary.ps1:926 char:5
+                 return $success
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Control cannot leave a finally block.
    + CategoryInfo          : ParserError: (:) [], ParseException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ControlLeavingFinally

Test-RsatClusteringInstalled : The term 'Test-RsatClusteringInstalled' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling
of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Scripts\StartDagServerMaintenance.ps1:78 char:2
+     Test-RsatClusteringInstalled
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Test-RsatClusteringInstalled:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

log-verbose : The term 'log-verbose' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was
included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Scripts\StartDagServerMaintenance.ps1:232 char:4
+             log-verbose ($StartDagServerMaintenance_LocalizedStrings.res_0015 )
+             ~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (log-verbose:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

log-verbose : The term 'log-verbose' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was
included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Scripts\StartDagServerMaintenance.ps1:97 char:3
+         log-verbose ($StartDagServerMaintenance_LocalizedStrings.res_0008 -f $shortSer ...
+         ~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (log-verbose:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

[PS] C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Scripts>

Chris

Hi

  We are having exchange server 2010 sp1 rollup 7, able to browse owa from externally working fine. Same owa link iam able to browse from my mail servers. Only issue is not able to browse owa thorugh IIS likehttps://localhost/owa.  

 Getting error like this..

HTTP Error 404.17 - Not Found

The requested content appears to be script and will not be served by the static file handler.

Error Code

0x80070032

Any suggestions please

Hi,

I need to deploy additional servers with HUB roles into existing configuration.

I'm pretty confident with most of the steps, however one thing that I'm not sure about it is the transaction logs and DB.

Do I need to copy the existing files from the other servers into the new ones or will I be fine with new files that will be created on the existing servers.

At the end of the deployment, I am going to take down the existing servers so only the new ones will work.

Hi All,

I have five child domains  and one parent domain. Child domains has exchange server 2003 environement with differnet smtp namespace and email address polices based on the domains.

Now, We are planning to implement Exchange 2010 servers in parent domain and migrate the exchange server 2003 users from child domains to parent domain.

Could you please let me know best practice approach to do the migration and share the technical challenges and potential issues related to exchange and AD if you have.

Regards

M

Resource Forest Environment:

Windows Server 2008 R2

Exchange Server 2010

Forefront Identity Manager

Account Forest Environment:

Windows Server 2008

With the environment details provided as above, how can we convert Shared mailbox account within the Resource Forest to Linked mailbox account. Is there any standard process, could some one please assist.

Hai,

Can any one please give me the adivce how to do? If it is possible kindly help me

I am using exchange 2010. I need to restrict sending emails to external email address with limit (1MB) for only few users. But it should not effect to the internal emails.

Hi,

I am encountering an odd problem in an Exchange 2010 (v14.1 Build 218.15) environment with attachments that do not appear in an email client for internal users. Outlook 2010 is used.

Example: External user sends an email with an Excel document as an attachment. Email in recipients inbox has the paperclip icon indicating there is an attachment, but no attachment appears in the email preview pane. Email is opened into its own window and no attachment is visible. File -> Save Attachments lists no attachments.

User logs in to OWA with same result. No attachment visible.

If we forward to an internal user (on same Exchange server) they see no attachment, however the size of the email is always constant, indicating that the attachment is still there.

We forward the email to an external user and the attachment is visible to that user. We can then forward the email back and the attachment is then visible on the forwarded email.

There must be something up with the email that means attachments aren't visible, even when forwared internally. Switching views doens't help, or conversation view. Even more odd that it is not visible in OWA....

Any ideas welcome....

Hi,

I have an 4 Exchange Server 2010 in my AD 2008 R2 environment.

The 2 of Exchange Servers 2010(CAS/HUB and Mailbox) are in a datacenter site that has one aditional DC (Writeble) and the 2 others Exchange Server 2010 are in another DC site tha has the PDC and Schema DC FMSO.

When I go to install SP2 in the CAS/HUB in the Exchange server 2010 that is not in the PDC and the Schema DC site the error bellow appears:

Setup needs to contact the Active Directory schema master but this computer is not in the same Active Directory site as the schema master (PR).

Click here for help... http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=30939&l=en&v=ExBPA.14&id=2376fec1-b9ce-44db-beb6-cb9ac4788988

To solve the problem must I change the Subnet configuration, in AD Sites and Services, from the CAS/HUB server to put them in the PDC and Schema DC site?

Thanks for now.

Luiz

We have a former employee coming back to work for us. There AD account and Exchange  2010 mailbox have long been deleted. I recreated the AD account and mailbox without error. When I logon to the users workstation as them the auto account setup does not find the user mailbox. When I try to connect it manually I get Outlook cannot resolve name. Any ideas?

Hello,

Need help in configuring restriction on room mailbox. Below are the setup details.

Exchange 2010 SP2 Ru4 v2

Requirement :

- This meeting room will be manage by delegate. No automatic processing.

- A group of users should be allow to send the meeting request to this room mailbox and deleate with manage the approval / rejection.

- Rest all should get automatic response -- That you are not allowed to book this meeting room.

Below are room mailbox [ Test Room ] properties:

AutomateProcessing                  : AutoUpdate

RequestOutOfPolicy    : {}
AllRequestOutOfPolicy : False
AllBookInPolicy       : False
BookInPolicy          : {test.local/TestOU/allowedgroup}
RequestInPolicy       : {test.local/TestOU/allowedgroup}
AllRequestInPolicy    : False
ResourceDelegates     : {test.local/TestOU/RoomDelegate}

With above settings, anybody can send meeting request to "Test Room"..  What permission I have to configure so that only "Allowedgroup" users should be able to send meeting request.

I am having an issue migrating mailboxes from an Exchange 2003 server to Exchange 2010 in another forest. I've ran ADMT to start the migration, and am not ready to test the Exchange move.

The prepare-mailbox works fine. It's the move mail command that does not.

The commands I am running are:

$LocalCredentials = Get-Credential
$RemoteCredentials = Get-Credential

.\Prepare-MoveRequest.Ps1 -Identity test1 -RemoteForestDomainController dc.olddomain.com -RemoteForestCredential $RemoteCredentials -LocalForestDomainController dc.newdomain.com -LocalForestCredential $LocalCredentials -UseLocalObject -Verbose

New-MoveRequest -Identity test1 -TargetDatabase 'Mailbox Database 1' -remoteGlobalCatalog 'dc.olddomain.com' -remoteCredential $RemoteCredentials -TargetDeliveryDomain newdomain.com -RemoteLegacy -verbose

The error I get is:

MapiExceptionNetworkError: Unable to make connection to the server. (hr=0x80004005, ec=2423)
Diagnostic context:
    ......
    Lid: 15000   dwParam: 0x6BA      Msg: EEInfo: prm[2]: Pointer val: 0xCA0313AC00000000
    Lid: 16280   dwParam: 0x6BA      Msg: EEInfo: ComputerName: n/a
    Lid: 8600    dwParam: 0x6BA      Msg: EEInfo: ProcessID: 2344
    Lid: 12696   dwParam: 0x6BA      Msg: EEInfo: Generation Time: 2012-12-26 19:35:36:467
    Lid: 10648   dwParam: 0x6BA      Msg: EEInfo: Generating component: 18
    Lid: 14744   dwParam: 0x6BA      Msg: EEInfo: Status: 10060
    Lid: 9624    dwParam: 0x6BA      Msg: EEInfo: Detection location: 318
    Lid: 13720   dwParam: 0x6BA      Msg: EEInfo: Flags: 0
    Lid: 11672   dwParam: 0x6BA      Msg: EEInfo: NumberOfParameters: 0
    Lid: 45169   StoreEc: 0x977
    Lid: 52465   StoreEc: 0x977
    Lid: 60065
    Lid: 33777   StoreEc: 0x977
    Lid: 59805
    Lid: 52209   StoreEc: 0x977
    Lid: 56583
    Lid: 52487   StoreEc: 0x977
    Lid: 19778
    Lid: 27970   StoreEc: 0x977
    Lid: 17730
    Lid: 25922   StoreEc: 0x977
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (0:Int32) [New-MoveRequest], RemoteTransientException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : BA3AEC32,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.NewMoveRequest
    + PSComputerName        : exchange.newdomain.com

Running in verbose mode shows that is fails when 'loading source mailbox info". I would assume it's on the Exchange 2003 server, and not the source domain controller.

Troubleshooting, I saw most people who've receiving this error were due to the FQDN or Netbios name not being resolved. I don't have this issue, as both domain names are in DNS Suffix for all NICS. I can ping vie both, no problem.

All accounts I am using are the domain Administrators accounts with proper access to exchange on both ends.

I don't see any other errors pointing to an issue.

Tom Drought

after Configure Multiple Domain Names to One Exchange Server cannot send mail to Hotmail but can send to yahoo or gmail and check  the smart host server report Message is delivered ?

1- no NDR

2- ip not in the spam(black) list

3- all domains set to one real IP

Ahmed Zidan Network Administrator

Hi,

I've just transitioned to exchange 2010 from exchange 2003.

the exchange 2003 is still operational until i see that everything's working ok. I've moved all the mailboxes to the new exchange 2010 database but ONE user is complaining he's getting a sporadic NDR.

according to what i've digged up is that most probable that the problem is in his laptop. When he's in the company he doesn't have problems sending mail to internal user. only when he is outside the compant eg, home public wifi then he receives a lot of these NDR's.

he's using outlook 2010 configured with HTTPS over RPC. connected his old archive PST.

what i've done already:

cleared his cache of addresses. - didn't help

created a new outlook profile (don't remember if i created a new OST or might have connected to the old OST) - didn't help

worked without cached exchange mode - didn't help

when at home he connected to the internal network via VPN and that seemed to reduce the NDR's but still getting them.

OWA works ok.

what am i missing? it's driving him and me nuts.

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

I migrated from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010. Now, I created few new users in Exchnage 2010, but the problem is that the users can't login. What should I do?