• Tracking Down Exchange 2007 Database Bloat

    I recently dealt with an issue of an Exchange 2007 database being physically larger than what was expected. So we took a few actions to find out more about the cause of the bloat. This outlines some of the work we did to isolate that bloat. GATHER DATA...
  • Paged and Non-paged Pool Issues on Exchange 2000/2003

    This blog provides some guidance on how to optimize Exchange 2000/2003 on Windows OS for paged and non-paged pool issues. Symptoms Event log might show Event ID 2020 Event Type: Error Event Source: Srv Event ID: 2020 Description: The server was unable...
  • Some Public Folder content is not replicating from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007

    I’ve recently experienced several different cases where replication between Exchange 2003 to 2007 was not working 100%. Much of the content had come over but some was not. This blog talks about some of the steps that we took to isolate and resolve this...
  • Considerations for Exchange 2007 CCR Stretch Clusters

    Since Exchange 2007 deployed, I’ve been asked many times what should be considered when designing a stretch Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) server configuration. A stretch CCR is typically where you have 1 node in 1 physical datacenter and the other...
  • Changing the IP Address of an Exchange Cluster

    I was recently asked about how to change the IP address of an Exchange 2007 cluster. Here is the information that I shared: NOTE: Be sure to test this before trying in production. Each environment and application may respond differently to...