Need to be able to access global address book and my email, can finally move to a full linux machine and drop my window’s partition if i can find it :)
Tag Archives: Exchange
Exchange Server 2010 WVCS – Exchange Native Protection
July 12, 2011
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How to Repair Exchange 2007 After Files Deletion By SP1 Setup
July 8, 2011
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A very strange and common problem that you may need to deal with when installing Exchange 2007 SP1 is the failure of the installation process even when all prerequisites are met. The problem does not end with the failure of the installation process with following error message:
“Install had failed and a reboot was required and that I should run setup again”
After rebooting the system to run the setup again, you get shocked seeing that all previous files are deleted and you cannot continue the installation process. A popup message appears saying that a backup registry setting is found; therefore, only build to build upgrade is supported.
Solution
This article tells you how the aforementioned issues can be resolved to setup the server to send / receive emails without any problem. Following procedure helps you tackle the problem easily and effectively:
1.Install Windows 2003 R2 including all service packs on Exchange Server.
2.Link it with domain having the name similar to the Exchange Server.
3.Now, you have to install Exchange 2007 with SP1. However, before installing Exchange 2007 complete all Exchange 2007 pre-installation configurations like setting IIS.
4.After completing pre-installation configurations, install Exchange 2007.
5.At this time, all mailboxes will not connect to the new Exchange store. To connect mailboxes with new Exchange mail store, disable all mailboxes and then add them again like you create new mailboxes.
6.You need to add every mailbox in order to establish connection with Exchange 2007. This way all users will be able to send / receive emails.
When an Outlook user whose new mailbox is configured on Exchange Server starts Outlook, he / she will be able to send / receive emails without any issue. However, for the first time when Outlook is started, the user gets two options to choose from. The first one is Temporary Mailbox and second is User Old data. On selecting the first option, a connection will be established to the newly setup Exchange Server 2007. The second option, user old data represents the old emails and other details that Outlook has when it lastly synchronizes with old Exchange Server.
Selecting the second option, you may get some of the old emails but in order to recover all emails the only possible solution is backup restoration. You must need to restore backup in order to get all data. In case, you have Exchange database but is displays error message while restoring it means the database is damaged.
Now, the repair Exchange 2007 Mailbox tool is the sole solution to get the old data back. You need to repair the corrupt mailbox first and then you can have access to old emails. Following steps help you repair Exchange 2007 mailbox in an efficient manner:
1.Download and install an effective Exchange repair tool.
2.Select the corrupt database.
3.Start scanning the selected database.
4.Select a location to save the repaired database after the scanning process is completed.
This is how Exchange repair can be done in an easiest and prolific manner. One precautionary step that you must take before downloading the repair Exchange 2007 mailbox is check if it supports Exchange database created using the Exchange Server that you have been using.
Exchange Database Physical Corruption: Ways To Detect, Prevent And Recover
July 2, 2011
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Microsoft Exchange Server is an excellent and cost-effective collaboration and communication application used by several organizations all over the world. The Exchange Server database (.edb) file serves as the repository to save mailboxes data. If this .edb file falls prey to physical corruption, you can experience serious data loss situation. To deal such cases, you must need to restore Exchange sever from a valid backup. However, if there is no backup available, you need to employ an Exchange Server Recovery utility to recover lost or inaccessible data.
Detecting physical corruption
It is quite essential for a user to identify a physical corruption scenario at an early stage and resolve the issue with proper corrective measures quickly in order to avoid disastrous data loss cases.
Information store is a key component of MS Exchange Server, having two databases viz private information store and public information store. During an event of physical corruption in the information store, you may encounter the following error, thrown by Microsoft Exchange Server:
“-1018 (JET_errReadVerifyFailure) The data read from disk is not the same as the data that was written to disk”
“-1022 (JET_errDiskIO) The hardware, device driver, or operating system is returning errors”
“510 JET_errLogWriteFail The log files are out of disk space or there is a hardware failure with the log file disk”
Though, these errors indicate the physical corruption in the information store, there is yet another way to detect the physical corruption i.e. online backups. The online backup process thoroughly checks every single page in the database. When you spot an evidence of physical corruption, it is wise to opt for an appropriate and effective Exchange Recovery software.
Preventing physical corruption
1.Make sure you use quality hardware components and configure the system correctly
2.Make sure not to run file-level utilities, like anti-virus program on a computer which is acting as an Microsoft Exchange Server
3.Turn off write-back caching. If you do use write-back caching, ensure that the data is completely protected
Recovering after physical corruption
Use backup
As told before, the only best way to deal with a physical corruption instance is by using an updated backup, so that the log files can be rolled forward to bring the system to a consistent state.
Eseutil.exe utility
You can also consider running the Eseutil.exe utility in order to perform Exchange Recovery. However, it is not very much recommended to use this utility as it deletes the damaged pages and make the broken or inconsistent database running again.
Third-party recovery software
Download a reliable third-party Exchange Recovery tool from the Internet and restore the corrupt database. This is the best and safest way to recover your .edb file.
Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Exchange Recovery repairs a corrupt Exchange Server database and restores all mailboxes as .pst files. Compatible with MS Exchange Server 2007, 2003, 2000 and 5.5, the easy-to-use tool also allows selective Exchange mailbox recovery and deleted mailbox recovery.
Exchange Reporter Plus- A Reporting And Analysis Solution For MS Exchange
June 29, 2011
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ManageEngine Exchange Reporter Plus is a web-based analysis and reporting solution for Microsoft Exchange Servers. Without stopping with plain Exchange Reports for vigilance, this solution offers statistics and analytics including mailbox size growth rate, server usage pattern, delivery times by servers, mail traffic analysis, and other important data, using which an administrator can take informed decisions to optimize the efficiency of his organization’s Exchange setup. In other terms, Exchange Reporter Plus is an encapsulation of all the “analysis and supervision” required on behalf of an Exchange administrator to manage his email communication infrastructure efficiently! With this Microsoft Exchange Report solution, an administrator can perform the following Exchange administrative activities: Exchange Resource Capacity Planning with “Mailbox Size Reports”, “Storage Reports”, and “Store Growth Pattern Reports” and other reports. Resource Optimization through “Storage Reports”, “Traffic Analysis Reports”, “Inactive Mailboxes by Last Mail Sent Reports”, “Orphaned Mailboxes Reports” and more. Security Operations with data provided by “Mailbox Content”, “Public Folders Content”, “Outlook Web Access”. Observation for better performance: “Mailbox Message/Size Restriction”, “Mailbox Message Delivery Settings”, “Distribution List”, “Custom Recipients Traffic” reports, etc. Exchange Reporter Plus reports are neatly categorized into 13 groups and offer every bit of information an Exchange administrator needs. Categories available: 1.Exchange Organization 2.Exchange Organization Traffic 3.Storage 4.Exchange Server Traffic 5.Mailboxes 6.Mailbox Traffic 7.Mailbox Content 8.Custom Recipients Traffic 9.Distribution Lists 10.Distribution Lists Traffic 11.Public Folders 12.Public Folder Content and 13.Outlook Web Access. The latest upgrade includes Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Reporting capabilities and supports Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Platforms.