Frank Zöchling

Frank Zöchling has been writing about Microsoft Exchange Server, PowerShell and Active Directory since 2011. Easy to understand HowTos and troubleshooting are the goal. Frank Zöchling is also the founder of the EUGO: Exchange User Group OWL.

New Exchange update rollups published

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Yesterday the update rollups for Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2007 were published. Here you can download the latest URs: Exchange 2010 SP2 UR4v2: http://www.microsoft.com/de-de/download/details.aspx?id=34956 Exchange 2010 SP1 UR7v2: http://www.microsoft.com/de-de/download/details.aspx?id=34957 Exchange 2007 SP3 UR8v2: http://www.microsoft.com/de-de/download/details.aspx?id=34959 Here is also the reason why the update was re-released: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/advisory/2749655 In addition to the problem mentioned above, this ... Read more

Site finally back online!

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Many people noticed and I could hardly keep up with answering all the emails. My site was offline for almost a week. Unfortunately, the previous host was not very competent when it came to troubleshooting. There were/are routing problems in the data center. But I took advantage of the downtime and moved this site to another hoster. So the site is finally online again. ... Read more

Exchange 2010: Manual VSS backup for quick backup or error analysis

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It happens from time to time that a backup of the Exchange Server does not work as planned. There are often many factors that can influence the backup process. For error analysis (testing the VSS writer, VSS services) or in an emergency for a quick backup, a manual backup of the Exchange databases can also be carried out. The Exchange team blog provides ... Read more

Exchange 2010: Event 2937 MSExchange ADAccess warning

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If the following warning is displayed in the EventLog of an Exchange 2010 server, it can be resolved as follows: Source: MSExchange ADAccess Event ID: 2937 Process exchange_report.exe () (PID=16736). Object [CN=mavertrieb,OU=Verteiler,OU=Gruppen,OU=XX,DC=XX,DC=XX,DC=en]. Property [ArbitrationMailbox] is set to value [xx.xx.en/Deleted Objects/SystemMailbox{1f05a927-983e-446d-b84e-9cb6ca4173ce} DEL:c09a4fd5-11a6-4867-8d71-a75259987664] and points to the "Deleted Objects" container in Active Directory. This property must be set as soon as possible. Read more

Exchange 2010: Active Sync Error Event ID 1100 Method request HTTP Options not allowed

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I had this error a bit more often now. Active Sync is not possible the ExRCA reports the following error (method request HTTP Options not allowed): The Exchange account can still be set up on the smartphone, but no mails can be synchronized. The following error appears in the event log: Source: MSExchange Active Sync ID: 1100 The Exchange ActiveSync device requirements ... Read more

Exchange 2010: 0x80040a02 (DSC_E_NO_SUITABLE_CDC) Services do not start

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The following error can occur if the IPv6 protocol is deactivated on an Exchange 2010 server: Process MSEXCHANGEADTOPOLOGYSERVICE.EXE (PID=2864). Error during topology detection. Error: 0x80040a02 (DSC_E_NO_SUITABLE_CDC) Various Exchange services are then not started or are stuck with the status "Starting". In my case, the solution was to reactivate IPv6.

Exchange 2010: Reseed a database manually

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If it happens that a database copy in a DAG is faulty, it usually helps to copy the database again (reseed). To initiate the process, the replication of the database to the faulty copy must first be stopped: Suspend-MailboxDatabaseCopy -Identity "MailboxDatabase\Servername" the parameter "-Identity" is composed of the database name and the server name that has the defective copy. ... Read more

Exchange: New update rollups for Exchange 2007 and 2010 released

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New update rollups for Exchange Server versions 2007 and 2010 are available: Exchange 2010 SP2 RollUp 4: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30478 Exchange 2007 SP3 Rollup 8: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30479 A list of changes can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2706690 and here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2734323

Exchange 2010: Installation of Service Pack 2 not possible

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The following problem occurred during the installation of Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2010: Remove Exchange Files Error Error: Unable to remove the product with code 4934d1ea-be46-48b1-8847-f1af20e892c1. Fatal error during installation. Error code: 1603. Last error issued by the MSI package: 'Error writing to the file C:\Config.Msi\818feddf.rbf. Check if you can access this ... Read more