Author: Ward

Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2

The Exchange team released Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2.

The list of bug fixes that I found the most interesting:

  • 2510607  "Cannot open the free/busy information" error message when you try to view folder permissions in Outlook
  • 2586828 The EdgeTransport.exe process consumes 100 percent of CPU resources on an Exchange Server 2010 Edge Transport server
  • 2633043 "There were no writeable domain controllers found in Active Directory site" error message when you run the ExBPA tool in an Exchange Server 2010 organization
  • 2647396  You cannot disable a public folder by using the "Disable-MailPublicFolder" cmdlet in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
  • 2667120 MSExchangeAutodiscoverAppPool application pool crashes on an Exchange Server 2010 Client Access server when you try to view the free/busy information about a user in a trusted domain
  • 2671128  RPC Client Access Cross-Site connectivity issues occur in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
  • 2674185 MAPI_E_CALL_FAILED errors occur when a MAPI application that uses the MAPI function in Outlook 2007 MAPI or in Outlook 2010 tries to access an Exchange Server 2010 server
  • 2674445 cannot change the access permissions of a Calendar folder in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
  • 2682047 You cannot access a mailbox for several hours after you disconnect and then reconnect the mailbox in an Exchange Server 2010 SP2 environment
  • 2695836 You cannot move a mailbox in an Exchange Server 2010 environment that has a message size limit configured
  • 2698960 You cannot move some users’ mailboxes from one Exchange Server 2010 mailbox database to another
  • 2705647 A user cannot log on to a mailbox that is full by using Outlook Web App in an Exchange Server 2010 environment
  • 2706523 You cannot create a mailbox or mail-enable a mailbox for a disabled user account in an Exchange Server 2010 environment.

See KB2685289 Description of Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 for full info.

Download File: Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2

Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 Language Pack Available for Download

Exchange Team released the newest version of the Exchange 2010 language pack and that it is available for download here.

This language pack resolves three key issues some customers have experienced;

  • Events being logged in the application log for any user not using en-us as their chosen language after installing SP2 RU1.
  • A wording error in the German version of OWA
  • A wording error in the Dutch version of OWA

Note that Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 included the full language pack, and if you are not experiencing the problems or have not installed any language packs post SP2 you do not need to apply this language

OS not starting after removing extra bitlocker boot partition

If you remove the 300mb hidden partition your system does not start anymore.

Solution 1:

Open command prompt
bcdboot c:\windows /s c:
Open diskmgmt.msc & Mark Partion as Active.
Reboot the VM.
Delete the BDEdrive partitie.
Extend the C-Disk with the empty space

Solution 2:

Boot with Windows 7 or WIndows 2008 R2 installation DVD, select repair and open a command prompt.
Type diskpart
Type select disk 0
Type list partition
then note the partition number where you installed windows 7.
Type select partition X (X is the partition number where Windows is installed)
type active
type exit
type bcdboot.exe c:\windows (if C is your windows partition)

Unable to open PST file with mailbox import/export request

When you do a import or export request using the New-MailboxExportRequest or New-MailboxImportRequest CMDlet in Exchange 2010. It gave me an error.

Unable to open PST file ‘\\Server\Exports\Test.pst’. Error details: Access to the path ‘\\ExServer1\Imports\Test1.pst’ is denied.;

Microsoft.Exchange.MailboxReplicationService.RemotePermanentException: Access to the path ‘\\Server\Exports\Test.pst’ is denied.

The Mailbox Replication Server (MRS) is running as LocalSystem it can’t access a network share. By adding the Exchange Trusted Subsystem group to the share permissions you will give the LocalSystem account and therefore MRS access to the share.

Lync Jump Start Series

If you are studying like me for the 70-664 & 70-665 Lync exams. The Lync Jump Start series are a good point for beginning Knipogende emoticon

Windows Server 8 Beta Active Directory install in Workstation 2012 Tech Preview

Some days ago I was installing Windows Server 8 aka 2012 in Workstation 2012 Tech Preview. I used the default settings where I choise for Windows 8 x64 as version.
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I have used these VMs with the VMware Tools from the TechPreview.

As soon as I try to install and configure the Active Director Domain Services, the VM needs to reboot. Once it has rebooted, it goes in a blank screen, and there is nothing I can do. Workstation thinks the VM is running, but there is no response via the GUI in the VM, no response to ping traffic to the VM or RDP.

Solution:
Downgrade from Workstation TP2012 hardware to Workstation 8 hardware and to select Windows 2008 R2 as the guest OS Knipogende emoticon
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Increasing simultaneously number of Mailbox moves in Exchange 2010

Sometimes we want to minimize the time required to move all the current mailboxes available on Exchange 2003 / 2007 to Exchange 2010, and for configuring your Exchange 2010 to process high number of mailboxes move simultaneously, we need to change the default configuration, which described as follows:

1. Go to all Exchange 2010 CAS Servers, open the below file in notepad or any file editor:
X:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V1\Bin\MSExchangeMailboxReplication.exe.config

2. Change the below values:

MaxActiveMovesPerSourceMDB = “25″

MaxActiveMovesPerTargetMDB = “25″

MaxActiveMovesPerTargetServer = “25″

3. Save the file and restart the “Microsoft Exchange Replication” service.

DPM Migrate your protection data to a new disk

There are some cases you might need to migrate your protection data to a new disk. DPM is shipped with a Powershell script (MigrateDatasourceDataFromDPM.ps1) that allows you to migrate your protection data to new storage.

First get a list of disks attached to your DPM server:

Start the DPM Management Shell

PS> get-dpmdisk –dpmservername WARD-DPM01

Name Status NtDiskIdty Total Capaci Unallocated Space Type
—- —— ——– ———— ———— —-
VMware Vir… Healthy 1 150 GB 28 GB Basic #0
VMware Vir… Healthy 2 250 GB 100 GB Basic #1

Read the disk order in to a variable ($disk)

PS > $disk = Get-DPMDisk -DPMServername ward-dpm01

Now you can use the script MigrateDatasourceDataFromDPM.ps1. First find the disk number of the source disk, these numbers are not displayed when you use the get-dpmdisk command. Do not get fooled by the NTdiskID, you do not need those. You just need to count the disks listed starting with 0 (see red numbers in example). Now find the number for the destination disk using the same trick.
In the example below we like to migrate the data from disk 2 to disk 1

PS > ./MigrateDatasourceDataFromDPM.ps1 -DPMServerName ward-dpm01 -Source $disk[2] -Destination $disk[1]

More options and examples can be found on Technet

Kemp Loadmaster Cookbook

If you use a Kemp Loadbalancer I have 3 article’s found on loadbalancerblog.com that are worth to read Knipogende emoticon

Check them out:

Cookbook: Installing a Virtual LoadMaster (VLM)

Cookbook: High Availability: From a Single to a HA System

Cookbook: Finetuning the LoadMaster in 10 simple steps

kemp

Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 SP3

The Exchange CXP team released Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 SP3

This update contains a number of customer-reported and internally found issues since the release of SP3 RU6. See KB2655203: Description of Update Rollup 7 for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 for more details.

Note: Some of the following KB articles may not be available at the time of publishing this post.

The most important fixes:

  • KB2617514 Include updated version of Portuguese-Brazil speller.
  • KB2696649 Exchange 2007sp3/2010 OWA CSRF via Cookie Tossing.
  • KB2696628 Read Receipt is still duplicated when connecting IMAP.

Note that this fix will resolve the CAS to CAS OWA proxying incompatibility with Exchange 2010 SP2 RU1 as discussed here.

Support lifecycle statement: This is the final release under standard support for Exchange 2007, as the Exchange 2007 Mainstream Support has now ended. Extended Support for Exchange 2007 SP3 will end on 4/11/2017

Note for Forefront Protection for Exchange users:

Before installing the update, disable ForeFront by using this command: fscutility /disable. After installing the update, re-enable ForeFront by running fscutility /enable.

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