Unsupported virtual machine configuration

We a have a test environment setup on Vitual Server network:

2 x Windows Server 2003 SP1 Domain Controllers in separate sites.
2 x Windows Server 2000 SP4 Member Server / Exchange 2000 Servers in
separate sites
1 x Windows Server 2003 SP1 Member Server / Exchange 2007 Server
1 Windows XP client running Outlook 2007

Everything has worked fine with connectivity and message flow between 2000
servers & clients. Exchange 2007 was intalled on the new server. All
conditions were met for intallation, and no erros were reported.

However on running the Best practices analyser (Health Check), we are
receiving the following error:

Unsupported virtual machine configuration - Exchange Server 2003 Service
Pack 2 or later not detected

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d2739100-7206-43e7-a01f-ecb80ce243a2.aspx


There is no mention of Exchange 2000 in the article, and we assume from the
fact that our setup is not running Exchange 2003 SP2, then Exchange 2000 is
not supported either.

2007 mailbox Users from the XP client (running Outlook 2007) are able to
connect to the 2007 server (though abnormally slow), but cannot send or
receive mail.

The article recommends to either upgrade servers to specified requirements
or decommision them. Neither solution allows us to test the coexsitence
environmet that we would have in produvction with 2000 and 2007 Exchange
servers.

Are the connectivity / mail flow issues because of the fact that the
configuration is unsuppored (as per article), or could this be due to other
reasons..?

We would gratefully receive any suggesstions to resolve the issue.

Thanks,

John.

Henry
Wed Aug 08 15:32:09 CDT 2007

Hi

Coexistence with Exchange 2000 is fine as you can read in the Exchange 2007
Online Help
"Coexisting with Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange 2000 Server "

Have you installed Mailbox, Hub Transport, and Client Access role to your
Exchange 2007 server?

Have you more then 4Gig free space at your partition where the Exchange 2007
Hub Transport database is located? Otherwise you would run in such a
situation you are describing. If so, you would have an event log entry
telling you that tha space is not sufficient.


Henry



"jprstokato" wrote:

> We a have a test environment setup on Vitual Server network:
>
> 2 x Windows Server 2003 SP1 Domain Controllers in separate sites.
> 2 x Windows Server 2000 SP4 Member Server / Exchange 2000 Servers in
> separate sites
> 1 x Windows Server 2003 SP1 Member Server / Exchange 2007 Server
> 1 Windows XP client running Outlook 2007
>
> Everything has worked fine with connectivity and message flow between 2000
> servers & clients. Exchange 2007 was intalled on the new server. All
> conditions were met for intallation, and no erros were reported.
>
> However on running the Best practices analyser (Health Check), we are
> receiving the following error:
>
> Unsupported virtual machine configuration - Exchange Server 2003 Service
> Pack 2 or later not detected
>
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d2739100-7206-43e7-a01f-ecb80ce243a2.aspx
>
>
> There is no mention of Exchange 2000 in the article, and we assume from the
> fact that our setup is not running Exchange 2003 SP2, then Exchange 2000 is
> not supported either.
>
> 2007 mailbox Users from the XP client (running Outlook 2007) are able to
> connect to the 2007 server (though abnormally slow), but cannot send or
> receive mail.
>
> The article recommends to either upgrade servers to specified requirements
> or decommision them. Neither solution allows us to test the coexsitence
> environmet that we would have in produvction with 2000 and 2007 Exchange
> servers.
>
> Are the connectivity / mail flow issues because of the fact that the
> configuration is unsuppored (as per article), or could this be due to other
> reasons..?
>
> We would gratefully receive any suggesstions to resolve the issue.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John.
>

jprstokato
Thu Aug 09 02:00:00 CDT 2007

Hi Henry,

Thanks for your reply.
Havent seen that requirement anywhere...
On Technet:
At least 1.2 GB of available disk space on the drive on which you install
Exchange. An additional 500 MB of available disk space is needed for each
Unified Messaging (UM) language pack that you plan to install.

But you have alerted me to the fact that I'm only running with 1GB RAM, and
requirement is 2, so I'll try that.
Thanks,
John.

"Henry" wrote:

> Hi
>
> Coexistence with Exchange 2000 is fine as you can read in the Exchange 2007
> Online Help
> "Coexisting with Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange 2000 Server "
>
> Have you installed Mailbox, Hub Transport, and Client Access role to your
> Exchange 2007 server?
>
> Have you more then 4Gig free space at your partition where the Exchange 2007
> Hub Transport database is located? Otherwise you would run in such a
> situation you are describing. If so, you would have an event log entry
> telling you that tha space is not sufficient.
>
>
> Henry
>
>
>
> "jprstokato" wrote:
>
> > We a have a test environment setup on Vitual Server network:
> >
> > 2 x Windows Server 2003 SP1 Domain Controllers in separate sites.
> > 2 x Windows Server 2000 SP4 Member Server / Exchange 2000 Servers in
> > separate sites
> > 1 x Windows Server 2003 SP1 Member Server / Exchange 2007 Server
> > 1 Windows XP client running Outlook 2007
> >
> > Everything has worked fine with connectivity and message flow between 2000
> > servers & clients. Exchange 2007 was intalled on the new server. All
> > conditions were met for intallation, and no erros were reported.
> >
> > However on running the Best practices analyser (Health Check), we are
> > receiving the following error:
> >
> > Unsupported virtual machine configuration - Exchange Server 2003 Service
> > Pack 2 or later not detected
> >
> > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d2739100-7206-43e7-a01f-ecb80ce243a2.aspx
> >
> >
> > There is no mention of Exchange 2000 in the article, and we assume from the
> > fact that our setup is not running Exchange 2003 SP2, then Exchange 2000 is
> > not supported either.
> >
> > 2007 mailbox Users from the XP client (running Outlook 2007) are able to
> > connect to the 2007 server (though abnormally slow), but cannot send or
> > receive mail.
> >
> > The article recommends to either upgrade servers to specified requirements
> > or decommision them. Neither solution allows us to test the coexsitence
> > environmet that we would have in produvction with 2000 and 2007 Exchange
> > servers.
> >
> > Are the connectivity / mail flow issues because of the fact that the
> > configuration is unsuppored (as per article), or could this be due to other
> > reasons..?
> >
> > We would gratefully receive any suggesstions to resolve the issue.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John.
> >