What's the proper way...
to configure Exchange 2003 on Windows 2003 server with a front and back end
server using SSL as well as OWA and Activesync. We are also using an ISA
firewall. Everything works except Activesync. Any pointers would be greatly
appreciated.
TIA...Bob Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 140018
Move mailbox across administrative group
Hi, I wold like to ask if my Exchange have 3 administrative groups and each
belongs to a different domains within the same forest. Can i just move the
mailboxes across the administratives group if one of my exchange server and
AD migrated from 1 domain to another within the forest. All exchange servers
running 2003 in a mixed mode. Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 140016
Test Exchange Restore
I want to test the restore of my Exchange server, but I only have one server
and no way of creating an off-line test environment.
Can I create this test server in my live domain and restore to it without
causing problems with my live Exchange server? And if so, any info on how to
procede?
Thank you. Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 140014
Exchange 2003 is fine but need to reinstall the OS
All,
Exchange is installed on drive D:. The OS is becoming unstable. I've
repaired the OS using the CD, but the situation is still not right. I want
to reinstall the OS. Is there anything that I should be aware of? This box
is not a DC. Will reinstalling the OS on the C partition adversly affect the
Exchange component?
Thank you for reading.
Mike Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 140013
"Interesting" calendar problem Ex5.5/Ex2003
I have rather a strange problem that I would like some comments on if at all
possible.
We have a reasonably large Exchange 5.5 organisation which has started
migration towards Exchange 2003. So far, two servers in a site have been
converted to Exchange 2003 and SRS and ADC connectors seem to be running
correctly. We have full visibility of all users in the GAL on both sides and
email flows correctly between both sides.
We do have a problem with accessing other users calendars though. Users on
the 2003 side can access all calendars (default permissions on calendars are
set to Reviewer) but users on the 5.5 side can only access 5.5 calendars.
Any attempts from a 5.5 user to access a 2003 calendar results in a message
from Outlook saying it can not open the folder.
We have traced the problem through diagnostic logging and network tracing
and are convinced it is not a lookup issue, Outlook correctly identifies the
server that holds the calendar and attempts to connect but seems to get an
access denied message.
The only way we can access a 2003 calendar from the 5.5 side is to give full
mailbox access through ADU&C, login in as a Domain Admin on the NT4.0 side
(normal users do not work) and then configure Outlook to access the 2003
mailbox as the only mailbox being used. The entire mailbox then opens
normally.
Initially Calendars did work and then stopped. We corrected some ADC issues
to get replication running again but calendars still do not work.
Currently SP2 is not installed on the Exchange 2003 servers but will be
applied in the next maintenance window. Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 140004
Unable to bind to the destination server in DNS
so, we've had an Ipswitch Imail server for about 7 years, and finally
broke
down and installed Exchange 2003. now the users have mostly been using
Outlo
ok 2003, so migrating their .pst and mail wasn't an huge issue. But,
the dom
ain we assigned to the exchange server is different than our corporate
email
domain. so, we started off by using the POP3 Connector to "download"
mail
and get it to the User Mailboxes on the Exchange 2003. the POP3
connector w
orks fine, downloads the mail, and then it's sits in the SMTP Connector
Queu
e under state Retry with the add'l information on the bottom reading:
Unable
to bind to the destination server in DNS.
now we have already entered the user@corporateemail.com account SMTP
email a
ddress entry in the User Properties box, and even set it to be the
Primary -
either way it still doesn't work.
and we're basically stuck trying to download the POP3 mail and get it
to the
correct User mailbox and out of the SMTP Queue.
and reacting to the seeming DNS issue, we went ahead and added an mx
record
locally on the Exchange Server pointing to itself for the
corporateemail.com
domain... except that it took ALL the mail it had downloaded via POP3
and s
ent them ALL back the original senders from
postmaster@corporateemail.com as
though they were NDR! over 2000 messages before i hit the DISABLE
OUTBOUND
MAIL button.
anyone deal with this scenario? i am positive this is fairly common but
i ca
n'tlocate the methods to get me past this problem.
thanks! Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139997
Export distribution list permission
Is there any way to export the distribution list permissions for exchange 2003?
Thks in advance Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139995
Synch Issues
I had a fiddle a little whilst ago with Server Enterprise and Exchange
2003. The biggest problem I had was that the clients were ALWAYS
synchronising and having problems doing just that. The server cpu usage
was below 40% still.
Is there a piece of the setup I missed to stop this issue by chance? Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139991
5.5 Servers don't see 2003 mailboxes in GAL
I'm hoping someone can help with this problem. I can't seem to get the GAL
to show the mailboxes on a 2003 server in the same Org.
My configuration is a mixed Exchange 5.5 and 2003 Org. All Exchange servers
are in the same Org. Site 1 has been swing upgraded to a child domain of an
empty root with a new Exchange 2003 server installed in the same site as the
5.5 server. Site 2 has only Exchange 5.5 on NT 4 and will be eventually
collapsed into Site 1. Viewing the GAL on the Exchange 2003 server shows all
mailboxes from all 3 servers but when viewing it on either Exchange 5.5
server, it doesn't show the users that are on the 2003 server.
The ADC has been installed on a DC in Site1 and successfully replicates
changes made on the disabled accounts that were created in AD or on accounts
in either Exchange 5.5 server. Turning up logging on the ADC does not result
in any useful information or errors. The ADC connection agreements to both
5.5 servers have been updated to use the 2003 server. The ADC service
account is both a local admin on the Exchange server and has been delegated
Exchange Full Admin rights in 2003. Forcing Dir Sync and ADC sync makes no
change.
It seems like I have covered all the bases but I still don't see the GAL
updated in the Exchange 5.5 servers. Someone please tell me what I am
missing.
Thanks in advance,
Vinnie Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139988
Tech Forum
I've started a tech forum for everything from tech questions to general
computer talk (ie geek speak) if anyone would like to come over and join. I
have a few of these that I am a regular in for some of my hobbies and just
thought a tech forum would be great. I would love to hear some of your
opinions and any suggestions you may have on different topics.
I am not making any money on this or trying to push anything like that. As a
matter of fact if usage gets too high I may have to pay more for bandwidth.
But that would be ok.
If you'd like to take a look feel free.
Thanks
http://forum.hitanyusertocontinue.com Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139986
Rehome public folders
Hi all,
I've built up a win2k3 server and Exchange box to use as a swing server as I
move off a 2000 set up. I've reading KB307917 "how to remove the first
Exch2000 server cp from the site".
Rehoming the public folders, I'm not seeing what I thought I'd see. To setup
replication I use the ESM on the w2k3 box (terminal'ed in), go to the public
folders under folders/first admin group, right click and connect to the 2000
exchange server public store. on each folder I can set up replication by
adding the w2k3 server.
Now here is my question, when I connect to the w2k3 server folders I don't
see these replicated folders? On the w2k server I see the replication status
as "In Sync" on the w2k machine and Local Modified on the 3k machine. Is
this right or should I be seeing something or doing something else? Moving
test mail boxes seems to work ok or as expected.
TIA Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139972
Issues with 5.5 to 2003 migration
Hopefully there is someone that can point me in the right direction here.
Currently we have 1 Exchange 5.5 server and we are in the beginning stages of
migrating to Exchange 2003. On Friday I ran Forest Prep, Domain Prep, and
Active Directory Connector on a 2003 DC. Everything came out fine. I
installed Active Directory Connector on a second 2003 DC this morning and
received the same results. I then installed all services needed in Windows
2003 server on the exchange servers (NNTP, SMTP, World Wide Web services,
etc.) I was about to install Exchange 2003 on the server, when a user came
in and stated that she cannot access her account and clients are telling her
they are getting undeliverables. This user is married and in the last year,
had a name change. Previous to her marriage her AD account matched up with
her Exchange 5.5 account. After she got married her AD account and 5.5
account were different but they were still linked. Active Directory
Connector logs showed that they matched based on the SID. About 1.5 hours
ago the above issues started happening. Her account was fine after the
initial setup on Friday. We cannot find the users 5.5 account at all. Does
anyone have any suggestions???? Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139971
RPC-OVER-HTTP
Help!
I have one server setup which is a AD domain controller for my domain and an
Exchange 2003 server. ps. This server is also the GC, DNS, WINS, and all that
good stuff. From network services I installed the option to support RPC/HTTP.
Installed SSL Cert and followed all the steps from here
http://www.petri.co.il/configure_rpc_over_https_on_a_single_server.htm but
for the life of me I still can't connect to exchange using http. If I am
local to the network and I start "outlook /rpcdiag" it still connect using
TCPIP. If I use IP filters on the server to only allow 80 and 443 it says
cannot find exchange server. Need less to say that this does not work from
the internet either. Help Help help!!!! Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139970
EAS and multiple email domains
Hello
We have setup exchange 2003 backend/frontend environment with owa/oma/eas on
the frontend server.
The problem is that we host multiple email domains and want to make it
possible to all users to use EAS. The problem is that it only work when the
user has the default SMTP adress on his profile (with or without a secondary
SMTP-adress)
It can sounds easy to put a default email adress on each user but sometime
it is already in use by another user.........
Example:
user A has a email adress a@domain.se (default SMTP domain
user B has a email adress a@domain1.se and need a "default SMTP domain
adress a@domain.se" to get EAS to work who is already taken by the user above.
Is there any other way we can get this to work (witout adding a extra SMTP
adress)?? Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139964
OWA website not created during install
I have installed exchange 2003 on a Windows 2000 server that was previously
running Exchange 2000. the server was a DC/Exch server in another Active
directory forest. Exchange was uninstalled. Server was demoted to a member
server, Server added to new AD forest as a member server and then Exchange
2003 installed.
Exchange seems to function perfectly within our Exchange org, however the
OWA website/virtual directories were not created during the installation. IIS
was installed and running at the time.
Any help on recreating the site would be appreciated
Thanks Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139961
Migrating Mailboxes
Hi, I'm new to Exchange, so bear with me if I don't explain properly.
Currently our e-mail is hosted by our ISP. I have an SBS2003 Server with
Exchange installed and was planning on using it as our mail server. However
it has several other apps installed, and I was afraid to setup Exchange to be
the mail server because of resource. I then installed Exchange 2003 on
another server, thus giving me two servers with exchange on them. My plan
was to use the 2nd server for Exchange, and ignore the install on SBS. I
have since found out that SBS comes with the pop3 connector, and I need that
to have our ISP redirect mail to that server.
OK, here's the question. I figured the best thing to do was uninstall
Exchange from the 2nd server to avoid any confusion over the network since I
had two server with Exchange installed and move apps off the SBS server to
lighten it's load. When I try to uninstall Exchange on the 2nd server it
tells me that there are mailboxes installed on that server and I can't
uninstall it until moving those mailboxes.
I'm trying to figure out how to do that, so I can uninstall from the 2nd
server. Any ideas, or if you have any advice on how I should use my setup I
would appreciate it. I have not had our ISP redirect e-mail yet to Exchange,
so I could do whatever seems like the best way to set this up from scratch.
Thanks for any advice?
Mike Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139960
Send As a Distribution Group
We're a Ex2k3 SP2 in Win2k3 SP1 shop.
We want certain users to be able to send e-mails where the FROM address is
the e-mail address of a distribution group in AD.
I gave the user Send As rights in the security tab and even restarted the
information stores. Before I did this Outlook would pop up saying you don't
have permission to send as this person. Now once I've restarted the stores,
it says "You do not have permission to send to this recipient. For
assistance, contact your system administrator."
How do I fix this? I don't like having to create mailbox upon mailbox
because that costs us in licensing.
Thanks! Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139951
Attachments Bouncing
For some reason I cannot figure out why, any attachment or email over
8mb is bouncing. I have looked at the mail stores and I do not see any
setting that I have enabled to disallow 8mb or higher. Is there
something I'm missing that is bouncing these emails..?
thanks
Scott Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139950
rpc server unavailable
Afther placing my FE server in the perimiter, and configuring my cisco pix
firewall correctly , I am stil unable to start exchange system manager,
unable to find domaincontrollers, errors in eventlog 1005
MSExchangeSA,MSExchangeDSacces 2104 , I have configured my domaincontrollers
for rpc with regedit .
Stil when I open all the ports on my Pix no communication possible.
But I can ping the domain servers and reverse lookup works fine.
All the comments are very welcome cause I want the FE to work asap for OWA.
Thank you all in advance Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139948
Automatic e-mail sent confirmation received for every e-mail sent
Hi is there a way to stop the Exchange 2003 server to stop replying to every
e-mail sent from any account to confirm the e-mail has been sent.
Below is a copy of the message every user receives when they sent a message.
This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.
Your message has been successfully relayed to the following recipients,
but the requested delivery status notifications may not be generated by
the destination.
The server is configured with pop3 mail.
Regards,
Sat Sagoo Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139945
Installing a Front End Server
I want to install a front end exchange 2003 server in my DMZ. I have a back
end server already installed on my internal network.
The server is currently on the DMZ and not on our domain. Does the server
need to be on our domain for us to install the exchange front server. Also
regarding the installation steps do we create a new organization or do we
add it to a existing exch 5.5 site. Are there any steps i can use to
install a exch 2003 front end in a DMZ. Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139941
Exchange 2003 hardware upgrade
Hi all
Please help if you can ?
Just hit a huge brickwall with exchange 2003.
How do i take an existing exchange 2003 active directory and migrate it to a
newer server Eg: Hardware upgrade.
Seem to be getting huge errors which result in re-installation of exchange
2003 on upgraded server.
Spoken to microsoft customer care and have searched through the microsoft
site . Alais still no solution. Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139937
Exchange 2003, Two servers, Two Instances of OWA
Good evening. I recently upgraded our environment from Exchange 5.5 SP4 to
Exchange 2003 SP2 on all new hardware. We have two offices each with their
own mailserver but part of the same Exchange group and AD domain (private
domain.internal). The two offices are connected via a VPN. Each server is
configured with an Internet mail connector and they backup each other up for
incoming Internet mail should one server be down (or its Internet connection)
The problem: With Exchange 5.5, I was able to log into OWA using the
external DNS name for one server to access mailboxes on either server
(mail.domain.com/exchange could access mailboxes on mail.domain.com and
mail2.domain.com and vis versa). However, with Exchange 2003, I am only able
to access mailboxes on the server I log into via OWA (using
mail.domain.com/exchange I can only access mailboxes on mail.domain.com and
using mail2.domain.com/exchange I can only access mailboxes on
mail2.domain.com)
Am I missing something or is do I have something misconfigured? Any help
would be greatly appreciated. Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139936
New DC \ exchange server
I am setting up a new DC server(W2K3) which will also be the exchange (2003)
server. This server will be replacing old hardware that is having trouble and
is in need of replacment. The old server is functioning in the same role with
the same OS and exchange software. The questions I have are; 1. Would I be
better off setting up the new server with same computer and domain names or
different? and which is the prefered method of migrating exchange data from
old to new server once naming and setting up is complete? Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139931
Front End/Back End
Hello,
I currently have 2 exchange servers.
Site 1 is primary about 250 acc'ts
Site 2 is the second server about 60 acc'ts.
I currently like this setup as if one goes down I have redundancy for
mail still being qued then delieved when the other box is backup.
My dilema is at Site 1 there server is nearing capacity and the price
to do any hardware upgrades is not worth it as I will buy a new one.
I've been reading up and it would seem I could benefit from having a
front-end exchange box for both these servers to offset OWA access, RPS
over HTTPS and mobile SSL access from smart phones as well as some load
balancing according to MS. But it appears to me that this would then
be my single point of entry and I would lose my ability of redundancy.
Could someone out there please guide some info as to what way would be
the best to go. Also as far as a new box goes is a Dual xeon or Dual
core bigger bang for the buck, or a Dual~Dual Core processor... Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139927
OWA SSL Setup Problems...
I'm trying to setup ActiveSync using SSL, so I thought I'd configure OWA
over SSL first to prove the certifcates etc.
I've following a couple of guides to the letter, creating my own
certificate, enabling SSL 128b on the default WEB site etc, when I connect
using https://server/exchange or https://server.FQdomain/exchange
the certificate warning is displayed, then IE displays the page cannot be
displayed.
Without SSL OWA works, any ideas or suggestions.
Thanks Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139925
Exchange Mode upgrade?
I have an Exchange Server that started life as Exchange 2000 on Windows
Server 2000, and has since been upgraded to Exchange 2003 Standard Sp2 on
Windows Server 2003 Sp1. It is a single Exchange environment, with the
Exchange Server also doing duty as a redundant DC/DNS/DHCP/WINS server. The
machine is also still in Mixed Mode. Given that I have a single Exchange
Server, does it make sense to change mode?
Thanks,
Gordon Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139924
5.5 unistall after migration to 2003
After migration from 5.5 to 2003. I went to the 5.5 box, put the cd in and
unistalled. It is still showing in 2k3 system manger and now im getting
errors in app log from ldap, ad connector looking for the old box. Do i need
to reinstall 5.5 on my old box and use 5.5 admin to delete? I installed 5.5
admin on my new 2k3 box but dont know where how to use. I am 5.5
newbie..only know 2k3 Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139923
Should I create multiple exchange stores or seperate the storage g
I am looking to seperate our Admin people from the regular people so we can
go ahead and apply poilcies to our exchange servers stores. The only problem
is that I am not sure if I should create multiple stores under the same
storage group or if I should seperate them by storage group? Any help help
would be great. Thank You in advance. Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139922
installation order exchange 2003 sp2 and windows 2003 sp1
Hi,
I always wait a bit before I install a service pack because I want all the
bugs to be found. Well I think I've waited long enough on these.
I have windows 2003 enterprise and wish to upgrade to sp1...but also on this
server I have exchange 2003 enterprise sp1. So, which order should I install?
I'm thinking this order:
1. backup of course then...
2. stop all exchange services
3. install win 2k3 sp1, reboot
4. install kb 898060 , reboot
5. remove imf v. 1
6. install exchange sp2, reboot
7. install Exchange 2003 kb 894549 and reboot...
Is this the correct order?
Is there something I'm missing?
Suggestions? thanks,
Gsnizzle Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139918
Upgrade E2K to E2K3
Hi All
Can someone help confirm the upgrade path for FE/BE deployment we have?. We
currently have a child domain child.company.com. It has two Exchange 2000
physical sites connected by a RGC. Each site has a single FE and BE E2K
server.
During the upgrade, it is recommended that FE are done before BE. Does that
mean we have to upgrade ALL the FE first in every site first to E2K3 or can
we do it by site (ie do Site 1 FE then do the BE followed by Site 2 FE then
do the BE).
Thanks
Ms Moc Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139909
Exchange 2003 SP2 upgrade and "Send As"-permissions
I have upgraded a couple of Exchange 2003 SP1 servers to SP2 in my
test-environment to prepare for upgrading production..
Apparently the "Send As"-permissions on all non-personal mailboxes have
disappeared during the upgrade. (The "Send As"-permission is checked to
enable users to reply to mail on behalf of the non-personal mailbox.) "Send
As"-permissions on mailboxes hosted on the remaining Exchange 2003 SP1
servers are intact, so the upgrade DOES change "Send As"-permissions.
Anybody else experienced this side-effect of SP2 ?
Best regards
Peter Juuls Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139907
Apple Mail
I have clients running apple mail ver 1.3.11 who can not connect to exchange.
I have recently installed SP2 for exchange on this server which is the last
change made on this server. Does anyone know of any issues or setting
changes that need to be made as a result of installing SP2 for exchange and
apple mail 1.3.11? Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139906
Upgrading to Exchange 12
Has anyone got any details on whether you'll be able to upgrade
directly from Exchange 2000 to Exchange 12, or will you have to upgrade
via Exchange 2003?
We also have one installation on Exchange 5.5 - will there be migration
tools to take you directly from 5.5 to 12? Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139903
Swing Migration - pushing new client
Hi all,
I'm taking baby steeps here at doing a swing migration from w2k to w2k3. I
built up a temp w2k3 box with exchange3 on it tested at mail box migration
and all seems to be going ok so far.
My question is that I plan to push the 2003 outlook client first using a GPO
(something I've never done). I'm wondering how this will effect those users
that have there own contact or distribution lists in PST files on local
machines? I only have about a dozen public folders and 200 mailboxes to move
over.
Any pointers and pit falls to watch for - greatly appriciated.
TIA
Barry Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139902
PFMigrate
I have just installed a exchange 2003 server in my exchange 5.5 site and am
looking to copy public folders to the new exchange 2003 server from the
exchange 5.5 server. I have a Public folder connection agreement already
setup.
I will be using the Pfmigrate command to copy the public folders. My
question is how does pf migrate work, would it create a copy (replica) of
the public folders on the new server as thats what i want. I dont want
pfmigrate to move the public folders from the exch 5.5 to exch 2003, i still
want the public folders left on exch 5.5 and want to remove them in my own
time. Can pfmigrate do this.
Also can I use Pfmigrate to migrate selected public folders or does it do
all the public folders at one time.
I have already a default public folder store setup on exch2003, I dont need
to create anything else on the new exchange server ?
Thanks Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139897
Exchange 2003 migration
Hi All,
we are going to migrate our existing exchange 2000 into a new hardware
server. New servers are running windows 2003 and exchange 2003.
We have 3 remote offices A (A.123.com), B(B.123.com) & C(C.123.com) 3
child domain and 1 root (123.com). All the remote office will do the same
migration.
Each office has it own exchange server 2000 and AD 2000 servers. We are
going to do the
migration one by one (one weekend for one office) follow by 3 weeks.
For the existing exchange server 2000, it running DNS, WINS and Active
directory (DC).
Now we want to separate the services into two servers, all the DNS, WINS and
active directory (DC) is keep running at old server and upgrade it to the
Wins 2003 DC.
Exchange 2003 will install into new 2003 server.
Is it possible to do the migration one by one? And we want to minimize the
down time. What's the best ways to do the migration?
Thanks,
Gary. Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139893
Installing Exchange 2003 Standard on Windows 2003 Enterprise Server.
Hello. I have a single computer running Windows 2003 Enterprise
Server. It is a DC and GC. It has two NIC's one private IP address and
one public. The NIC with the private IP address scheme is set to be
the first one accessed by network services. I am attempting to install
Exchange Server 2003 Standard on the same machine. Forestprep and
Domainprep are completed. The problem is during the "run setup now"
step. I make my selections for drive and type of install (I chose
custom). The setup starts and then about 1 second later says "Setup
Completed Successfully" - Nothing gets installed though - no services
- no Exchange system files. I will attach a copy of the Exchange Server
Setup Progress Log, application log, security log and system log. Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139889
Exhc 2000 to 2003
I currently run a 2k active directory domian with one 2k Exchange server. I
would like to build a new 2003 server with Exchange 2003 and then migrate the
mailboxes over. I am not ready to change to 2003 AD. How do I do this?
Any help would be greater appreciated. Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139888
'Access Denied' error during storage group restore on Exchange 2000 server
Does anyone know why this might be occuring? I have built a copy of our
W2k Exchange 2000 server in a lab partly to perform a disaster recovery
test and partly to restore a mailbox from tape from storage group 1 (we
do not backup individual mailboxes, and to restore one we need to
restore the storage group and pluck out the mailbox using Power
Controls). It is a rough copy (running different hardware and has
different disk sizes and letters). I brought it on to the domain by
using DCPromo off a PDC copy in the lab (built from a hard disk off a
domain PDC). After that I ran setup / forestprep and setup /
domainprep off the Exchange 2000 CD and then followed it with a setup
/disaster recovery. Exchange seemed to install fine, but then it came
to the stage where you had to restore the storage groups before
rebooting the servers. I tried to restore the first one, but after
about an hour I got an error from Veritas Backup Exec 10 saying 'access
denied'. Why would this be the case?
I do not have an external disk array in the lab like the real Exchange
server does in the server room, so I could not make an exact duplicate
of the disk partitions names and sizes. Is it impossible to do this
with the disasterrecovery switch? I did redirect the storage group to a
different disk using Veritas. I was wondering that the differences
between the real server and the DR test one caused problems with
Exchange disasterrecovery. Should I have just run the normal Exchange
setup after the domain and forest prep, or is it something else? Also,
when performing a restore after setup /disasterrecovery is it not
possible to run it partially (e.g. one storage group rather than all of
them) or redirect it?
Thanks,
KC Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139880
RPC over HTTP with 2000 and 2003 servers
I have just about completed an Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003 migration using
the Move Server Method. I have all of the mailboxes moved to the new server
and everything is working fine with the exception of RPC over HTTP (S). I am
able to connect to OWA via HTTPS so I am pretty sure it is not a firewall or
Cert issue but no Outlook clients can connect via RPC over HTTP (S). I get
the error â??The connection to the Microsoft Exchange Server is unavailable.
Outlook must be online or connected to complete this action.â??
I have done many of these installations in the past and compared all
Exchange and IIS settings with a working RPC over HTTP server in a different
network and everything seems to be setup correctly.
There are (2) variables in this setup that may be causing my issues: 1) I
have left the old 2000 Exchange server (which is a DC) running to allow for
automatic client redirection (I will remove its domain roles and DCPromo it
after all the local outlook clients have auto-reconfigured to the new server)
and 2) I have two GCâ??s one is a 2000 server and one is a 2003 server.
Does anyone know if all GCâ??s must be 2003 and if all Exchange servers in the
organization also must be 2003 for RPC over HTTP to work? (Long winded
explanation for such a short question)
Thanks in advance
Rob Scott Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139864
Exchange 2K3 to Sendmail delay
Hi,
I've posted about this before, but still trying to figure this out. I'm
having issues where e-mails to a particular domain is being delayed
sporatically (more often than not though) though e-mail to just about
everywhere else is fine. On my end, I'm running E2K3 SP2 on W2K3 SP1.
The domain in question is a large bank, and they use Sendmail. What I notice
is that messages going to this company sit in the queue for prolonged
periods of time, but eventually goes out. When I check the queue status, I
see all the messsaging sitting in there with a status of "queued". The queue
status is always" active", and it would say "no additional information
available". In message tracking, it'll show all the normal paths happening
within the same second, but then it would say "queued for remote delivery"
where it'll typically sit for 30 minutes before moving to the next step of
being sent out. I should also note that this is not *always* the case...
I've tracked messages to that domain, where message tracking shows
everything happened within a second. So again, the delay isn't 100%... but
more like 70% of the time (enough to cause concern).
I turned up diagnostic logging to maximum on "transport", but it doesn't
show me anything out of the ordinary (unless I'm not looking for the right
things). When I spoke to the admins over there, they told me that their
Sendmail may sometimes send a "deferred status", though in my SMTP protocol
logs, I don't see any 4xx messages from their servers. Not sure if it
matters, but when I try to telnet into any of their 6 MX records, I never
get a banner screen (perhaps a feature of Sendmail?).
So can someone please help me figure out what's happening here? Could it be
that when their Sendmail is set to defer mail, could that be why my server
queues their messages? For those who know exactly how exchange works, when a
message gets to "queued for remote delivery", what is it actually doing at
that point... is SMTP still busy trying to contact the server? What SMTP
processes need to happen before it moves to the next step of "starting
outbound delivery"? I really need to somehow either get this going, or at
least figure out what's going on.
Thanks much! Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139860
upgrade question
Our company was originally set up with the following server:
Server 1:
Windows Server 2000
Domain Controller
Exchange 2000
I want to upgrade to move Exchange to a new server and upgrade everything to
2003. The end result will be as follows:
Server 1:
Windows Server 2003
Domain Controller
Server 2:
Windows Server 2003
Exchange 2003
My question is whether to upgrade to exchange 2003 on the old server before
setting up the new one. For that matter, should I upgrade to Exchange 2003,
then Server 2003 before installing the new server (I know you need to do
Exchange first).
Or should I just set up the new server with Server 2003 and Exchange 2003,
move the mailboxes and public folders, decommision Exchange 2000, then
upgrade the DC to Server 2003?
There are 2 other servers in our company, but they are not important to this
operation. I hope my question makes sense.
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Eddy - MCSE Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139858
ISS - the owa do not display - error 404
Hi,
> I am having a big problem with my owa and IIS .My problem is, when I try
> to
> access the owa web page, I'm getting a http 404 error!
>
> In to the iis manager, my default web site, properties, and the default
> directory is in inetpub wwwroot on the c drive.
> The only thing I tried to change it was the url redirector, but, I put
> back
> the default folder and then, I get the http 404 error....
>
> I really need somebody to help me. That server is the Font end server,
> with
> win2k3 and Exchange2k3. I'm not really familiar with iis. Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139856
moving servers from admin groups
Is it possible to move a server from an administrative group and place it in
another,
"scenario 4 servers all installed into default first admin group on 2003
exchange i now need to move one to its own adminastartive group".
Thank you. Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139852
RPC over HTTP setup help? global catalogs?
I am trying to set up our Exchange 2003 STD server with RPC over HTTP,
following the steps on the MS site
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;833401) and am
stuck at
"Step 2: Configure all your global catalogs to use specific ports for RPC
over HTTP for directory services"
where I beleive that I need to make changes in the registry at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Parameters
I am stuck as I do not have the NTDS folder in that location.
I think I am missing something perhaps, can anyone assist? I think Im not
certain is my Exchange 2003 server is configured to function as a global
catalog server...
How can I check that?
Thanks in advance for your help folks.
Chris H Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139851
KB888619 problem
We installed KB888619 (& rebooted) designed to fix the problem whereby
Entourage folders that are not in users own mailboxes are read only.
However, it did not fix the problems. All users were delegated full
permissions and rights to all other users inboxes, contact lists, etc. Do
you know how to fix this problem?
[Additional information:
The Entourage clients are patched to the 11.2.1 (051004).
Server is Windows 2003 SBS with automatic updates turned.
SP1 applied to the Exchange Server.] Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139847
Forest/Domain Prep & ADC question
I have recently run Forest/Domain Prep via the Exchange Deployment tools.
I also ran the ADC and ran thru the connection agreements. I did this
on the 2003 server that will have exchange 2003 on it (member server).
I have one DC in a mixed 2003 AD enviroment. Up to this point, everything
has run without errors.
Here is my problem. According to what I have read, at this point I should be
able to see the some exchange attributes when I go to the properties of my
users. Well, I don't see any at all. Are they supposed to show up after I
actually install exchange 2003? I did not want to proceed if this is abnormal.
One other note. I do see the disable accounts (duplicates) and calendars and
such in the OU that I designated during the ADC setup. So it pulled items
from exchange 5.5
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pmac Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139845
non-delivery report for IMF rejected messages?
If the 'reject' action is selected, should the sender of a rejected message
receive a non-delivery report?
cj Tag: Exchange cleanup Tag: 139844
Is there any way to delete everyones deleted emails in there inbox?
"Marc B" <MarcB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:62BB3932-24BA-4FA4-9862-E916C8D58B62@microsoft.com...
> Is there any way to delete everyones deleted emails in there inbox?
>
> Any help would be great.
>
> Thank You,