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We use Exchange 2007 and backup using CommVault Simpana 8.0. We had an issue with a store that ran out of disk space, and then dismounted. The store logs were moved to another drive and the store mounted again. From this point on, backups (full or incremental)
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I'm moving all my locally hosted content to cloud based servers. So far I have moved my email to Google Apps For Your Domain and I have created a new blog (no content yet) to replace this one. The Gmail move went pretty well as all I had to do was update
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In Exchange 2003, it was very easy to build a dynamic distribution group with the GUI. Exchange 2007 is much more limited unless you use Powershell. I needed to create a dynamic distribution group targeting a particular server, as long as the user mailboxes
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1. Use powershell from an Exchange 2007 box to generate a certificate request (all on one line and replace italics with your details): New-ExchangeCertificate -GenerateRequest:$true -Path C:\ NewCert.req -DomainName fqdn1.domain.tld,fqdn1,fqdn2.domain.tld,fqdn2
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I had a corrupted mailbox, so created a temporary store to move the mailbox into. I then wanted to run an isinteg on this store before returning the mailbox back to the original store. The first part went ok, but when I went to run isinteg I received
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This ( KB949870 ), was applied by Windows Update last night, and I woke up to no incoming email. On investigation, I found that there was no smtp (25) port open, and that the Microsoft Exchange Transport hadn't started after the reboot. I attempted to
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After rebooting my Exchange server because of DNS issue, the DPM protection stopped. Further investigation found this in the event log: The DPMRA service terminated with service-specific error 10048 (0x2740). Google found this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947682
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There are a number of reports avaiable in Exchange Management Shell. You must first change into the scripts directory (cd C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Scripts) and then try the following: get-AntispamFilteringReport.ps1 get-AntispamSCLHistogram.ps1
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There is a handy little script that you can run from the Exchange Management Shell: InstallAntispamAgents.ps1 To update manually: Get-AntspamUpdates To update automatically: Enable-AntispamUpdates -UpdateMode Automatic
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Found the answer here: http://exchangepedia.com/blog/2007/07/new-distribution-groups-do-not-receive_31.html Use the following command in Exchange management shell: Set-DistributionGroup "Group Name" -RequireSenderAuthenticationEnabled $false
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Found the answer here: http://exchangepedia.com/blog/2007/03/how-to-assign-sendas-right-using.html Run the following in Exchange Management shell: Add-AdPermission "Distribution Group Name" -user "Mailbox Name" -AccessRights extendedright -ExtendedRights
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After all the hassle of getting Exchange 2007 setup yesterday, I found that I had no way to backup my Exchange 2007 server running on Server 2008. For whatever reason, Microsoft do not supply NTBackup and there is no in-built way of backing up Exchange
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What a day! I've learnt a hard lesson today. Never unbind IPv6 from Server 2008 if its running Exchange 2007. I had some problems adding some Vista laptops to a Server 2008 domain today. I couldn't determine if it was SP1 RC1, UAC being turned off or
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