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Exchange 2010: HomeMTA and msExchHomeServerName are not updated on mailboxes.
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In Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007 when clients would attempt to connect to a mailbox it would be based on the server where that mailbox was homed. Specifically these attributes would contain information about the server where a particular...
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Exchange Server 2010 and System Center Data Protection Manager 2010
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When using System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 to protect an Exchange Server 2010 solution there are four essential steps that need to occur in order for the backup to be successful. 1) Volume shadow copy is made of the Exchange data...
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Exchange 2010: Collapsing DAG Networks
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As a post configuration step in an Exchange 2010 Database Availability Group installation the administrator may need to collapse Database Availability Group Networks. Unfortunately this is a commonly missed configuration which results in the replication...
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Exchange 2007 - Standby clustering with pre-staged resources (part 2)
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Recently I’ve worked with several Exchange 2007 customers that are leveraging storage replication solutions with a Single Copy Cluster (SCC) as part of their site resiliency / disaster recovery solution for Exchange data. As a part of these implementations...
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Exchange 2007 - Standby clustering with pre-staged resources (part 1)
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Recently I’ve worked with several Exchange 2007 customers that are leveraging storage replication solutions with a Single Copy Cluster (SCC) as part of their site resiliency / disaster recovery solution for Exchange data. As a part of these implementations...
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Exchange 2010: VSS backups of passive database copies fail with error C7FF07D7 when preparing snapshot.
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Recently I worked with a customer that was having backup failures when attempting to backup passive database copies on an Exchange 2010 DAG member. Active database copies would backup without any issues. The issue reproduced with both the...
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Exchange 2010 SP1: StartDagServerMaintenance.ps1 fails on databases that have only two database copies.
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In Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 we introduced some new DAG management scripts. These scripts can be found in the Exchange Server installation directory \ scripts. (This is usually c:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\v14\scripts). One of...
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Exchange 2010 and Windows 2008–Partitioned Cluster Networks
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Recently I had the opportunity to work on an Exchange 2010 Database Availability Group installation where nodes were installed in multiple data centers. Although not uncommon to have nodes installed in multiple data centers what was uncommon was...
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Another recommended read….
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/jamec/archive/2011/08/01/exchange-2010-database-page-fragmentation-caused-by-archive-solutions.aspx
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Exchange 2010 SP1: StartDagServerMaintenance.ps1 fails when a server contains databases with a single copy.
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In Exchange 2010 Service Pack 1 we introduced some new DAG management scripts. These scripts can be found in the Exchange Server installation directory \ scripts. (This is usually c:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\v14\scripts). ...
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Exchange 2010 - Using VSS to perform an online offline database seed.
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When implementing an Exchange 2010 Database Availability Group it may become necessary to perform a database seeding operation. The operation is typically performed as part of adding a mailbox database copy to a DAG member but may also be performed...
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Exchange online streaming backups…
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In Exchange 2003 and revisions prior the most common backup taken of an Exchange server leveraged the ESE Online Streaming APIs. The use of ESE Online Streaming APIs carried forward into Exchange 2007 as customers migrated backup solutions to utilize...
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Exchange and Windows Server Backup
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When using Windows Server Backup to backup Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 there are essentially four processes that must occur in order for the backup to be successful: 1) Volume Shadow copy is made of the Exchange data on the host where...
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Do I need to do a backup after I do a restore?
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Over the last few days I’ve received questions from several people inquiring if it is necessary and / or a best practice to perform a backup after a restoration of a database has occurred. In general I do not think there is a best practice / guidance...
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Exchange 2007 / 2010: Windows Server Backup and Backup Completion Times
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Administrators are choosing Windows Server Backup to backup their Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 installations. In some cases administrators are reporting that backups are not completing in a timely fashion. Remember that a Windows...
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Exchange 2007 / 2010: Windows Server Backup and Performance Issues
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Some administrators choose Windows Server Backup to backup their Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 mailbox databases. In some instances administrators report that during the backup process they experience performance issues on the server and issues...
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Exchange / VSS / and differential block size…
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Today’s backup and restore operations require close coordination between backup applications, the line-of-business application being backed up (for example, Exchange 2010), and the storage management hardware and software. The Volume Shadow Copy Service...
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Another good read….
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2011/05/31/exchange-2010-high-availability-misconceptions-addressed.aspx
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Recommended reading - Exchange 2010 Data Guarantee API
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2011/05/06/exchange-2010-mailbox-moves-and-mailbox-resiliency.aspx
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Exchange 2010: Restore-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup fails to evict nodes error 0x46.
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over 2 years ago
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Restore-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup is one of the cmdlets used as part of the datacenter switchover process. The purpose of Restore-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup is to read the DAG’s list of stopped servers and evict the listed servers from the DAG’s...
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Exchange 2007–Using LCR to perform an online offline database seed.
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over 2 years ago
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When using continuous replication in Exchange 2007, an operation that sometimes needs to be performed is a database seed. This operation is first performed as part of enabling replication, and thereafter it is performed infrequently as part of the...
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Exchange 2010: Third party replication API and the DataMoveReplicationConstraint
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over 2 years ago
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In Exchange 2010 the out of box behavior for a database availability group (DAG) is to utilize native replication based on log shipping. Some customers choose to leverage solutions provided by vendors that support the third party replication API...
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Exchange 2010: Error 0x721 - A security package specific error occurred
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Recently I was presented with an interesting case regarding the inability to mount databases. The history preceding the event was fairly unremarkable and only noted after running patch maintenance on the server and rebooting. Post reboot every...
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My LCR / CCR / SCR / DAG database copy is in dirty shutdown state…
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over 2 years ago
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In recent weeks I’ve had several peers and customers present with concerns that when using Local Continuous Replication (LCR), Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR), Standby Continuous Replication (SCR), of the Database Availability Group (DAG) passive...
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Exchange 2010: Move-DatabasePath results in an InvalidOperationException when mount points are utilized for storage.
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over 3 years ago
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In Exchange 2010 administrators may attempt to move either log files or database files using the command move-DatabasePath. In some instances the command may fail containing an InvalidOperationException. Here are some examples of the errors...
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