Exchange 2010: Event 2937 MSExchange ADAccess warning

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

Exchange 2010: 0x80040a02 (DSC_E_NO_SUITABLE_CDC) Services do not start

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.

Exchange 2010: Reseed a database manually

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

Exchange: New update rollups for Exchange 2007 and 2010 released

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

Exchange 2010: Installation of Service Pack 2 not possible

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

Exchange 2010: Write mailbox sizes and limits to CSV file (V2)

In this article, I already described how the mailbox sizes and the send and receive limits can be written to a CSV file. Here is a slightly modified version that converts the values into MB so that they can be better evaluated: "Name;LANID;Database;IssueWarningQuota;SendQuota;SendReceiveQuota;MailboxSize" | set-content "postfaecher.csv" $mbxlist = get-mailbox -resultsize unlimited foreach ($mbx in $mbxlist) { $size ... Read more

Exchange 2010: Partition/disk of the database is full, what to do?

What can I do if the partition/hard disk on which the Exchange database is stored is full and the information store refuses to work due to insufficient free memory? Experience has shown that it is not the size of the Exchange databases that causes a partition to fill up, but the log files of the databases take up the free memory over time. Read more

Exchange 2010 SP2: WinRM error 500 when starting the Management Console

A customer encountered the following problem when starting the Exchange Management Console: Connecting to remote server failed with the following error message : The WinRM client received an HTTP server error status (500), but the remote service did not include any other information about the cause of the failure. For more information, see the ... Read more

Exchange 2010 SP2: Configure static ports

For environments with load balancers or firewalls between the Exchange servers, it makes sense to configure static ports for the distribution of the address book and RPC. By default, Exchange uses dynamic ports for these two services, which makes the configuration of firewalls and load balancers more difficult. To configure a static port for RPC, a new port must first be ... Read more