Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Blog
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
DAG is also included in the Exchange Server 2013 preview. I have tested the setup of the DAG, it is just as easy as with Exchange 2010. I have installed a second Exchange Server for the DAG test (described here). My test environment now looks like this: I configured the second network card as follows: ... Read more
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
After installing Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2010, you may receive this error message if you try to access OWA and ECP unencrypted via HTTP: "The request could not be executed. There may be security reasons or a session timeout." This can be resolved: First, check in the IIS Manager whether "SSL required" for ... Read more
