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Performance counters and thresholds for Exchange 2007
So I just stumbled upon this blog ... very interesting and one for adding to your favourites for when you need it. Read More...
Posted: 28 July 2008 12:01 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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How to disable the "Sent by Microsoft Exchange Server 2007" branding sentence in an Exchange Server 2007 DSN message
So Anderson posted this, and my initial thought was huh? The KB didn't really explain either, so it was time for a test. So the KB will allow you to remove the circled text below: And it's a nice simple PowerShell Command: Set-TransportConfig WritingBrandingInDSNEnabled Read More...
Posted: 23 July 2008 08:51 by Paul Flaherty | 1 Comments
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Sorry about that
small service outage lastnight / this morning .. .My server Blue Screened, rebooted and was waiting at the good olde Windows Shutdown Event Tracker screen. So cleared that and then my blog vm has the same so sorted that two. Found this blog, so the damm Read More...
Posted: 11 July 2008 09:28 by Paul Flaherty | 1 Comments
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OST performance slow? Defrag it
I found this up on BlankMan's Blog and it's damm cool. ... One of the frustrating realities about OST files is that they become progressively slower as they become older. One of the factors influencing this is fragmentation. As the Exchange Team blog Read More...
Posted: 09 July 2008 15:04 by Paul Flaherty | 3 Comments
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ESE:Logging/Recovery EventID: 454
So we had this issue today on an Exchange 2000 SP3 Public Folder Server When we tried to mount a database it logged this in the Application Eventlog Event Type: Error Event Source: ESE Event Category: Logging/Recovery Event ID: 454 Description: Information Read More...
Posted: 27 June 2008 15:33 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Microsoft IT Showcase: Messaging
I know you already know about this, but this is for my reference, so I remember to look here in the morning. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb687789(TechNet.10).aspx Find here Microsoft IT's early adopter experiences, best experiences, and Read More...
Posted: 03 June 2008 20:34 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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New Online Testing Tool from the Microsoft Exchange team
Check this out, Sembee just posted an awesome blog Source: http://www.sembee.co.uk/archive/2008/05/12/77.aspx ... A new tool from the Microsoft Exchange team, currently in prototype/development may well be something to help you. https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/ Read More...
Posted: 13 May 2008 16:58 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Forefront for Exchange Rollup 2
Talking to Joe today and he applied Forefront RU2 to an Exchange 2007 SCC Cluster.What he didn't expect what that Forefront stopped updating with the following error: Event Source: GetEngineFiles Event Category: Engine Error Event ID: 6012 Description: Read More...
Posted: 15 April 2008 18:37 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Task Manager: Connect / Remote Control
Sarad showed me this and I have been using it ever since. When we upgraded to Exchange 2007 to Service Pack 1, I RDPed to the server to perform the upgrade. I knew it would take an age on an SCC mailbox cluster, and I didn't want to wait around in the Read More...
Posted: 04 April 2008 12:53 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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SMS Trace
This is another John showed me. You know much of a pain in the butt it is to keep opening and closing log files while you wait for stuff to be written to them. Not any more. SMS Trace from the Systems Management Server 2003 Toolkit 2 allows you to open Read More...
Posted: 04 April 2008 12:48 by Paul Flaherty | 2 Comments
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KB13732: How to move from a local to a remote BlackBerry Router service
Need this article the other day. Two Blackberry servers, one in another country. bbsrptest worked for both, but when we went install Blackberry, bbsrptest failed :-| Now the firewall guys swear they didn't make any change (yeah right) but we need to get Read More...
Posted: 04 April 2008 12:42 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Exchange 2007 Messaging Tracking
This is an interesting one I found. We set Message Tracking on out Hub Role servers so it would purge the logs after 30 days .. nice and simple. MessageTrackingLogEnabled : True MessageTrackingLogMaxAge : 30.00:00:00 MessageTrackingLogMaxDirectorySize Read More...
Posted: 04 April 2008 12:36 by Paul Flaherty | 1 Comments
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Gadgets
Okay, just wanted to share some of this with you, and also to "file" it away for my future reference. So, I want to get away from having a fixed landline at home, and use the mobile phone network. So phase one would be to use a one of these Dock-N-Talk™ Read More...
Posted: 11 March 2008 12:44 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Windows 2003 SP2 & Exchange 2003
Here we go again. So nice new DL585 G2. Slapped Exchange 2003 on SP2 and few other fixes and then started noticing there: Event Type: Error Event Source: Application Popup Event Category: None Event ID: 333 Description: An I/O operation initiated by the Read More...
Posted: 18 February 2008 14:17 by Paul Flaherty | 1 Comments
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Microsoft Exchange Server by From Wikipedia
Just googling for an issue I heard about (aparently Exchange 2007 RTM might have some performance issues when you go over 500 users .. can't be true but have the check it out) Anyway found this on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Exchange_Server Read More...
Posted: 22 January 2008 19:01 by Paul Flaherty | 2 Comments
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MSExchangeTransport | Routing | 5003
This stumped me for a while. Attempted an upgrade of VMWare Exchange 2007 Hub Transport Role. It failed (See http://blogs.flaphead.dns2go.com/archive/2007/12/19/update-exchange-2007-service-pack-1.aspx ) Basically setup fails with: Process execution failed Read More...
Posted: 22 January 2008 18:46 by Paul Flaherty | 3 Comments
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Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1: New cmdlets
Just run a get-help on an Exchange 2007 RTM vs Service Pack 1. Here are the new cmdlets New Cmdlet Description Disable-ContinuousReplicationHostName Use the Disable-ContinuousReplicationHostName cmdlet to disable a Network Name and IP Address resource Read More...
Posted: 19 December 2007 14:56 by Paul Flaherty | 1 Comments
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Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1: Schema Changes
Bl00dy hell .. why oh why .. I need to get AD sign off now before I can even install Service Pack1! Ran a CSVDE to dump the Schema and then filtered in Excel. I came up with these: CN=ms-Exch-Storage-Group,CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=go,DC=<mydom>,DC=net Read More...
Posted: 19 December 2007 14:11 by Paul Flaherty | 1 Comments
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#550 5.1.4 RESOLVER.ADR.Ambiguous; ambiguous address ##
So someone has been messing with out GAL and a few users are this error: Delivery has failed to these recipients or distribution lists: <some user> There is a problem with the recipient's e-mail system. More than one user has this e-mail address. Read More...
Posted: 09 November 2007 14:55 by Paul Flaherty | 1 Comments
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Search URL
My buddy Lars told me about this last night and I have never heard of it before, so its time to share with you all. Check out: http://www.searchurl.net/ Basically, you can create some keys under: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl Read More...
Posted: 13 October 2005 07:44 by Paul Flaherty | 0 Comments
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Exchange 2003 Microsoft Server ActiveSync and VSAPI
I have seen a few issue related to this so I thought it would explain some stuff! In "Exchange VSAPI" there are really 3 ways a message item can be scanned in the Information Store. Proactive Scan This scan occurs as an item is written to the store. (Can Read More...
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