So, its been a while since I have posted.  I've been on ICL and this time I actually took the whole month off to spend time with my new son instead of working...

The Exchange Group has released a new Config XML file for EXBPA (2.9.0.1).  When you fire up EXBPA you will see a message that it is available.  Paul Bowden sent out a list of some of the new rules that we check for.  I have extracted some that I most excited about:

  • Detection of servers that exhibit kernel memory problems because of hot-add memory pre-allocation.
  • Enhanced support for Exchange 2003 SP2 (including IMF and OAB v4 changes).
  • HP Storage Enhancements - Checks to make sure you have the newest version of SecurePath and makes other recommendations.
  • Updated firmware enhancements - Checks the BIOS versions on HP and Dell servers.
  • Checks for manual registry changes - including MinUserDC and others.
  • ACL Upgrade failures - notifies you if this is excessive as this can affect server performance.
  • And much more...