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What Rights in SQL are Needed for DBAnalyze to Work?
I see this come up a lot when doing OCS Health Checks. Part of the Health Check is looking at information from DBAnalyze. If you get the following error, more than likely the account you're trying to use doesn't have the necessary rights to the SQL databases: Read More...
Do NOT Apply KB974571 to LCS/OCS Servers
Update - Please see the "Known issues that affect this security update" section in KB974571 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974571/ ) for information on resolving this issue. <Removed rest of post, as the above KB article contains all relevant information> Read More...
Configure the Domains that User Replicator Searches
A common issue that occurs in a multi-domain forest, is that most of the time, not all of your domains contain users that are going to be SIP-enabled. Unfortunately, when User Replicator runs, it tries to connect to all domains in the forest to search Read More...
How to Verify if Schema Prep Completed Successfully
There are a couple of ways to verify if the OCS schema prep completed successfully. The quickest way is to run the following LCSCmd after running the prep schema step: LCSCmd.exe /forest /action:CheckSchemaPrepState If the report shows everything as successful, Read More...
OCS Remote Connectivity Analyzer
Similar to the Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer, the OCS Remote Commectivity Analyzer will help administrators troubleshoot Edge server issues. Give it a try at: https://www.TestOcsConnectivity.com Read More...
How to Move OCS Enterprise SQL Database to another Server
The first step is to stop all of the OCS services on all of the servers in the pool. Next you will want to backup the existing databases (rtc, rtcconfig, and rtcdyn). Open SQL Management Studio and connect to the instance that holds the OCS databases. Read More...
How to Change the Shared Folder Location for an OCS Enterprise Pool
If you need to change the location where you originally configured the OCS shares, there are a couple of steps that you need to follow. One reason to change the location is if you originally configured the shares to be on your Front-End server in an Enterprise Read More...
How to Force User Replicator Regeneration
If you are troubleshooting a User Replicator issue, here's an easy way to force User Replicator to run without have to restart any services on your Front-End server. To force User Replicator to run, you will need to make the change in WMI. First you need Read More...
How to Determine What Version of LCS or OCS You Have Installed
Here's an easy way to figure out exactly what version of LCS or OCS you have installed. For LCS or OCS, check the following key: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Real-Time Communications\{92AC8981-AAD9-4391-8563-92E558EEF4C6} For OCS 2007 R2, check the following Read More...
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