Hi everyone -

I'm having BIG issues with my Exchange setup.  First off, I walked into a nightmare of a situation here and it seems everything is completely jacked up in terms of network and servers...  I'm actually contemplating starting over 100% with everything, but when I bring that up to upper management, they say it's not feasible.

We currently have Exchange 2007 SP3 with RU11.  I found out that when SP3 was installed, whoever did it never updated AD or the schema.  Now I can't do that because i'm on RU11 and it's giving me a version mismatch error.  So I've decided to move on to just upgrade to Exchange 2013.

I am on the beginning steps of doing this and I just ran:  setup /PrepareAD /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms.  When doing this I get the following nasty little error:

Welcome to Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Unattended Setup
Copying Files...
File copy complete. Setup will now collect additional information needed for installation.

Performing Microsoft Exchange Server Prerequisite Check

    Prerequisite Analysis                                                                             FAILED
 Setup will prepare the organization for Exchange 2013 by using 'Setup /PrepareAD'. No Exchange 2010 server roles have b
een detected in this topology. After this operation, you will not be able to install any Exchange 2010 servers.

 Cannot find the Recipient Update Service responsible for domain 'DC=kuder,DC=local'. New and existing users may not be
properly Exchange-enabled.

     One or more servers in the existing organization are running Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003. Installa
tion can't proceed until all Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003 servers are removed.

The Exchange Server setup operation didn't complete. More details can be found in ExchangeSetup.log located in the
<SystemDrive>:\ExchangeSetupLogs folder.

A couple of notes about this error:

1. I swear I've gotten some errors about the Recipient Update Service with Exchange 2007.  I'm think that might have lead me to the schema upgrade issue I talked about earlier.

2.  We DO NOT have Exchange 2000 or 2003 in our environment!!!  Not sure where to even begin to remove the remnants of this!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jeff

Hello,

I seem to have ran into issues with Default GAL, default address lists, email address policies, OAB, etc.

Background: Exchange 2003, with one FE and one BE server with multiple domains for mail access. We decided to migrate to 2010 and have one hyper-v server with 3 VMS running AD, CAS/HT and MBX roles respectively. All the AD preparations and installation (exchange 2010 Sp2) of CAS/HT role was smooth. When I installed the MBX role it was successful but could not see Public Folder Database and was unable to create one because of AddressList errors and had to be upgraded to 2010. Since there were multiple domains, LDAP filter were used and those had to be updated with OPATH filters and I used the "ConvertFrom-LdapFilter.ps1" script to convert and upgrade to 2010. I could do this for all the custom address lists but it did not run for "All Users", "All Groups" "All Contacts" as it says ADObject cannot be found on exchange2003 server.

I created a test mailbox on the new server and could login using OWA but cannot see GAL or search for addresses. I could send and receive email from 2010 to both 2003 mailbox & external domain with no issues. I did configure the CAS role with legacy URL (existing OWA URL https://myweb.domain.net/exchange) for exchange2003 and a new URL (https://mymail.domain.net/owa) for exchange 2010 and also enabled Outlook Anywhere, MS Active Sync, etc. But I cannot setup outlook using autodiscover or even manually by providing the info. I have to start migrating users and this has become a big show stopper and would appreciate if anyone could help/guide me through this to troubleshoot/fix the issues and move the mailboxes ASAP.

Some errors:

[PS] C:\>Set-AddressList "All Users" -IncludedRecipients MailboxUsers
The operation couldn't be performed because object 'All Users' couldn't be found on 'exchange2003.domain.com'.
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (0:Int32) [Set-AddressList], ManagementObjectNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 779DEB5D,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemConfigurationTasks.SetAddressList
    + PSComputerName        : cas01.domain.com

[PS] C:\>Set-AddressList "All Groups" -IncludedRecipients MailboxUsers
The operation couldn't be performed because object 'All Groups' couldn't be found on 'exchange2003.domain.com'.
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (0:Int32) [Set-AddressList], ManagementObjectNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 45369D2F,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemConfigurationTasks.SetAddressList
    + PSComputerName        : cas01.itqubate.com

[PS] C:\>Set-AddressList "All Contacts" -IncludedRecipients MailboxUsers
The operation couldn't be performed because object 'All Contacts' couldn't be found on 'exchange2003.domain.com'.
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (0:Int32) [Set-AddressList], ManagementObjectNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 4D78E094,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemConfigurationTasks.SetAddressList
    + PSComputerName        : cas01.domain.com

[PS] C:\>Set-GlobalAddressList "Default Global Address List" -RecipientFilter {(Alias -ne $null -and (ObjectClass -eq 'u
ser' -or ObjectClass -eq 'contact' -or ObjectClass -eq 'msExchSystemMailbox' -or ObjectClass -eq 'msExchDynamicDistribut
ionList' -or ObjectClass -eq 'group' -or ObjectClass -eq 'publicFolder'))}
You can't peform this operation on default global address list "Default Global Address List".
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (\Default Global Address List:ADObjectId) [Set-GlobalAddressList], Inv
   alidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 7815D31B,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemConfigurationTasks.SetGlobalAddressList
    + PSComputerName        : cas01.domain.com

[PS] C:\>Get-AddressList "Default Global Address List" | Format-List Name,*RecipientFilter*,ExchangeVersion
The operation couldn't be performed because object 'Default Global Address List' couldn't be found on
'exchange2003.domain.com'.
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-AddressList], ManagementObjectNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : D96C5897,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemConfigurationTasks.GetAddressList
    + PSComputerName        : cas01.domain.com

Thanks,

SyedSF

Title says it all.  I have already completed the Exchange server installation with 2010 R1 on 2008 R2 sp1 servers in HyperV

I have two physical servers in one rack.  HVHost1 one holds EXCHHUB and EXCHMB1  HVHOST2 holds EXCHCAS and EXCHMB2

do I have to generate and request two seperate SAN certificates one for the CAS and one for the HUB? or will one certificate do the trick?

If I can use one certificate, do i need to do anything special to apply it to both servers or just let the wizard do its thing?

Thanks,

Hi everyone

How do i know the organization in Exchange server 2007,

i am doing transition from exchange 2007 to exchange 2013. when upgrading schema for exchange 2013  i am suppose to mention organization name, how do i look in AdsiEdit 

Hi, I wrote a 10-pages guide regarding Exchange P2V process which I performs often at organiziations.

I would like to hear your opinion about this guide, if you have additional information - feel free to contact me at netanel [at] ben-shushan [dot] net.

Here's the link to the P2V guide: http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/files/folders/898538/download.aspx

I am facing the error "Exchange Organisation does not support this version of exchange server" at time of installation of exchange server 2007 in the Windows server 2008 Enterprise edition.

I have already installed exchange Server 2010 in the that domain.

The following the image that show the error that i am facing

I have the checked current Active Directory or Exchange Server schema version by using

Using that i got the following information

"dsquery * cn=schema,cn=configuration,dc=india,dc=local -scope base -attr objectVersion"

objectVersion = Windows Server 2008 RTM

CN=ms-Exch-Schema-Version-Pt,cn=schema,cn=configuration,dc=india,dc=local -scope base -attr rangeUpper"

rangeUpper = 14726 ( Exchange server 2010 sp1)

I am attaching the Exchange server setup logs here

[5/31/2013 3:04:28 PM] [0] **********************************************

[5/31/2013 3:04:28 PM] [0] Starting Microsoft Exchange 2007 Setup
[5/31/2013 3:04:28 PM] [0] **********************************************
[5/31/2013 3:04:28 PM] [0] Operating System version: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7600.0.
[5/31/2013 3:04:28 PM] [0] Setup version: 8.1.240.6.
[5/31/2013 3:04:28 PM] [0] Logged on user: INDIA\administrator.
[5/31/2013 3:04:28 PM] [0] Command Line Parameter Name='mode', Value='Install'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:28 PM] [0] Command Line Parameter Name='sourcedir', Value='C:\Exchange2007'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:28 PM] [0] Command Line Parameter Name='fromsetup', Value=''.
[5/31/2013 3:04:28 PM] [0] ExSetupUI was started with the following command: '-mode:install -sourcedir:C:\Exchange2007 /FromSetup'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:29 PM] [0] Setup is choosing the domain controller to use
[5/31/2013 3:04:29 PM] [0] Setup is choosing a local domain controller...
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] Setup has chosen the local domain controller NewDelhi.india.local for initial queries
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] PrepareAD has either not been run or has not replicated to the domain controller used by Setup. Setup will attempt to use the Schema Master domain controller NewDelhi.india.local
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] The schema master domain controller is available
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] The schema master domain controller is in the local domain; setup will use NewDelhi.india.local
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] Setup is choosing a global catalog...
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] Setup has chosen the global catalog server NewDelhi.india.local.
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] Setup will use the domain controller 'NewDelhi.india.local'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] Setup will use the global catalog 'NewDelhi.india.local'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] Exchange configuration container for the organization is 'CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=india,DC=local'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] No Exchange organization container was found for the organization. Message: 'Could not find the Organization Container.'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] Setup will search for an Exchange Server object for the local machine with name 'PONDY'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] No Exchange Server with identity 'PONDY' was found.
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] The following roles are unpacked: 
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] The following roles are installed: 
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] The local server does not have any Exchange files installed.
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] Setup will use the path 'C:\Exchange2007' for installing Exchange.
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] The server is cluster type: 'None'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] The requested cluster type: 'None'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] The installation mode is set to: 'Install'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] Exchange organization name is required for this mode.
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] Active Directory Initialization status : 'True'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] Schema Update Required Status : 'False'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] Organization Configuration Update Required Status : 'True'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:31 PM] [0] Domain Configuration Update Required Status : 'False'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:32 PM] [0] Applying default role selection state
[5/31/2013 3:04:32 PM] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.
[5/31/2013 3:04:32 PM] [0] Setup has detected a missing value. Setup is adding the value PrepareOrganization.
[5/31/2013 3:04:32 PM] [0] Setup will run from path 'C:\Exchange2007\Setup\ServerRoles\Common'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:32 PM] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 4 DataHandlers
[5/31/2013 3:04:32 PM] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.
[5/31/2013 3:04:32 PM] [0] Setup has detected a missing value. Setup is adding the value PrepareOrganization.
[5/31/2013 3:04:32 PM] [0] Setup will run from path 'C:\Exchange2007\Setup\ServerRoles\Common'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:32 PM] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 5 DataHandlers
[5/31/2013 3:04:32 PM] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.
[5/31/2013 3:04:32 PM] [0] Setup has detected a missing value. Setup is adding the value PrepareOrganization.
[5/31/2013 3:04:32 PM] [0] Setup will run from path 'C:\Exchange2007\Setup\ServerRoles\Common'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:32 PM] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 6 DataHandlers
[5/31/2013 3:04:32 PM] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.
[5/31/2013 3:04:32 PM] [0] Setup has detected a missing value. Setup is adding the value PrepareOrganization.
[5/31/2013 3:04:32 PM] [0] Setup will run from path 'C:\Exchange2007\Setup\ServerRoles\Common'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:32 PM] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 6 DataHandlers
[5/31/2013 3:04:32 PM] [0] RootDataHandler has 1 DataHandlers
[5/31/2013 3:04:44 PM] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.
[5/31/2013 3:04:44 PM] [0] Setup has detected a missing value. Setup is adding the value PrepareOrganization.
[5/31/2013 3:04:44 PM] [0] Setup will run from path 'C:\Exchange2007\Setup\ServerRoles\Common'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:44 PM] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 5 DataHandlers
[5/31/2013 3:04:44 PM] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.
[5/31/2013 3:04:44 PM] [0] Setup has detected a missing value. Setup is adding the value PrepareOrganization.
[5/31/2013 3:04:44 PM] [0] Setup will run from path 'C:\Exchange2007\Setup\ServerRoles\Common'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:44 PM] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 4 DataHandlers
[5/31/2013 3:04:44 PM] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.
[5/31/2013 3:04:44 PM] [0] Setup has detected a missing value. Setup is adding the value PrepareOrganization.
[5/31/2013 3:04:44 PM] [0] Setup will run from path 'C:\Exchange2007\Setup\ServerRoles\Common'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:44 PM] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 1 DataHandlers
[5/31/2013 3:04:46 PM] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.
[5/31/2013 3:04:46 PM] [0] Setup has detected a missing value. Setup is adding the value PrepareOrganization.
[5/31/2013 3:04:46 PM] [0] Setup will run from path 'C:\Exchange2007\Setup\ServerRoles\Common'.
[5/31/2013 3:04:46 PM] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 4 DataHandlers
[5/31/2013 3:04:48 PM] [0] Validating options for the 0 requested roles
[5/31/2013 3:04:48 PM] [0] Validating options for the 0 requested roles
[5/31/2013 3:04:53 PM] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.
[5/31/2013 3:04:53 PM] [0] Setup has detected a missing value. Setup is adding the value PrepareOrganization.
[5/31/2013 3:04:53 PM] [0] Because the value was specified, setup is setting the argument OrganizationName to the value First Organization.
[5/31/2013 3:04:53 PM] [0] **************
[5/31/2013 3:04:53 PM] [0] Setup will run the task 'test-setuphealth'
[5/31/2013 3:04:53 PM] [1] Setup launched task 'test-setuphealth -DomainController 'NewDelhi.india.local' -DownloadConfigurationUpdates $true -ExchangeVersion '8.1.240.6' -Roles 'Global' -ScanType

'PrecheckInstall' -SetupRoles 'Global' -PrepareOrganization $true'  
[5/31/2013 3:04:53 PM] [1] Beginning processing.
[5/31/2013 3:05:24 PM] [1] [ERROR] The Exchange organization does not support this version of Exchange Server.
[5/31/2013 3:05:24 PM] [1] Ending processing.
[5/31/2013 3:05:24 PM] [0] **************
[5/31/2013 3:05:24 PM] [0] Setup will run the task 'test-setuphealth'
[5/31/2013 3:05:24 PM] [1] Setup launched task 'test-setuphealth -DomainController 'NewDelhi.india.local' -DownloadConfigurationUpdates $false -ExchangeVersion '8.1.240.6' -Roles 'Mailbox' -ScanType 'PrecheckInstall' -SetupRoles 'AdminTools','Mailbox' -CreatePublicDB $true -TargetDir 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server' -IISInstalled $true'  
[5/31/2013 3:05:24 PM] [1] Beginning processing.
[5/31/2013 3:05:27 PM] [1] [ERROR] The Exchange organization does not support this version of Exchange Server.
[5/31/2013 3:05:27 PM] [1] Ending processing.
[5/31/2013 3:05:40 PM] [0] End of Setup
[5/31/2013 3:05:40 PM] [0] **********************************************

Please suggest me how to install the exchange server 2007 SP1 on the domain that has exchange server 2010 sp1

Thanks

Hi all,

4 Exchange Servers (2 DB + 2 CAS NLB Cluster) all Exchange 2010 SP1
Outlook work fine.

If I delete a message in OWA i became the following errors:

Internet Explorer:
Die Netzwerkverbindung ist nicht verfügbar. Wenn das Problem weiterhin auftritt, wenden Sie sich mit folgendem HTTP-Statuscode an den Helpdesk: 0.
Translation: The networkconnection is not available. If it happens again, contact the helpdesk with HTTP statuscode 0

Firefox:
Die Netzwerkverbindung ist nicht verfügbar. Wenn das Problem weiterhin auftritt, wenden Sie sich mit folgendem HTTP-Statuscode an den Helpdesk: 302.
Translation: The networkconnection is not available. If it happens again, contact the helpdesk with HTTP statuscode 302

Event ID 1006 MSExchange Mailbox Replication
Fehler: MapiExceptionNetworkError: Unable to make connection to the server. (hr=0x80040115, ec=-2147221227)

Before SP1 it worked fine.

Can somebody help me ?

Kind regards Andy

Hello team

I try to migrate domino 5 to Exchange 2003 using wizard Tools and notes connector for exchange 2003. after a succesful migration, all the item in inbox folder is duplicated but the item in sent item is not.

can anyone help me to find any issue, it's a problem in domino server or in migration wizard?

Hi we had an issue and needed to created another exchange server on our domain. We migrated all the mailbox and everything is working OK. Now we are trying to uninstall exchange from the original server but we are getting having an issue. For some reason on of the databases still have 3 mailbox in them. 2 of them are system mailboxs and 1 is a federated mailbox. We tried to copy them to the new server with no luck.My question is can i just delete them or is there something i need to do for this mailbox's 

Thanks

Hi All,

I'm attempting to clone an ET box. When trying to validate the CloneConfigData on the new ET I get: "Key Length needs to be 16, 24 or 32 bytes long" (????)

Anyone seen this before?

Thx in advance for any pointers or info.

Rgds,

Marcus.

Hi People,

I have one domain let say Company.local and three AD sites namely: HQ1,DC-Prod and DC-DR

previously the Exchange Server was installed on the main office server room so the AD site isHQ1, now the Exchange Server 2007 SP3 has been migrated successfully to the Data Center in another city hence the AD site isDC-Prod.

under the same AD domain, how can I safely change the AD site from HQ1 intoDC-Prod while still maintain uptime and no mail flow impact ?

One of the reason I need to change the AD Site is that because the DC/GC that is serving the HQ1 AD Site will be decommissioned.

/* Server Support Specialist */

Hi,

I am looking for a method to calculate the throughput for mailbox migration from an on-premiste MS Exchange 2007 to Dedicated MS Ofifce 365 (Cloud).

We have a dedicated 200 Mbps MPLS Link connecting to the MS cloud. Could someone help how to calculate the throughput to prepare and comeup with a migration schedule to determine how many days would it take to migrate all the mailboxes in an enterprise.

For an example, we are assuming an average mailbox size would be 500 MB. if we take 10 concurrent connections to MS Office 365. How many mail boxes can be migrated in an hour / day / week (5 days). Also please advise should we take into considerations the number of elements / mails in the mail boxes. What are the critical factors that should be taken into consideration for measuring the throughput rate.

Please advise.

Thanks for the support.

Bharani

Hi Folks,

I'd like to know what's the best way to edit the Exchange Server 2007 entry In-Site entries and removing the entries from Out-Of-Site safely without causing any downtime or problem with the workstations ?

From the MSExchange ADAccess Event ID 2080, I can see that the Domain Controllers that is currently used by Exchange Servers is all on theIn-Site lists which I need to decommission due to office building migration and downsizing, the workstations remain in the same building only the servers must go.

Current configuration:

Exchange Servers AD Site: HQ1 (for all roles)
Workstations AD Site: HQ1

Proposed configuration:

Exchange Servers AD Site: Prod-DC1 (for all roles)
Workstations AD Site: HQ1

Thanks.

/* Server Support Specialist */

I am working with a client to move Exchange from the server it is on now to another server. This will be new hardware and new name. The current server Exchange is on will still exist by I want to move Exchange completely off of that server. 

Current Network Setup:

Server 1: 1 SBS 2003 server is Domain Controller, Runs AD, DNS, DHCP, File Sharing, SharePoint 2003 and Remote Desktop

Server 2: Server 2008 running Exchange 2007, Backup Domain Controller, File Sharing, SharePoint 2007, Terminal Services. 

Current Plan:

Introduce Server 3 to run just Exchange 2007. I would like to completely over a short period of time move exchange from Server 2 to Server 3. I have searched over the internet and found several articles but still have a few questions. There are roughly 75 mailboxes with 50 actual users. Some users are using Outlook 2003 that came with the SBS 2003 and others are using Later versions of office. Server 3 will be a Server 2008 R2 system.

1. What is the best method to perform this transfer. I found article TechNet Article that explains with 2 remote offices how to do this but not sure if the same will apply.

2. Since I am not immediately decommissioning Server 2 how can I safely remove all the roles and add them to Server 3?

3. For the end user impact. Will the change make Outlook automatically pickup the new server name or will each user need to reconfigure their outlook profiles?

4. I will be moving OWA since there are several Remote and Terminal Service users that use OWA for email. I would like to keep the same certificate and domain name setup if possible. 

I'm installing Exchange 2007 CCR at a set of Windows server 2008 Virtual Machines.

When I refer the doc to Configure the Node and File Share Majority Quorum, at the step 3 - 

Bring the new File Share Witness resource online by running the following command:

Cluster.exe res "File Share Witness (UNCPath)" /online

I got the following error:

How could I successfully Configure the Node and File Share Majority Quorum?

Hi,

I am working on a new Exchange 2010 migration.

Customer have 3 domains,

Domain 1 - Exchange 2010

Domain 2 - Exchange 2007 and 2003

Domain 3 - Exchange 2007

All users are moving to Domain 1.

I am using FIM Galsync to sync all the users, which is working good, I get "Cross-forest mail contacts" in Domain 1 and Contacts in Domain 2 and 3.

When I run the Prepare-moverequest.ps1 the mailbox is getting converted to a mailenable user, which is correct.
But then when the next Galsync Run profile is being executed. the contact is being synced over again.

And I then end up with 2 users, one is Mail user, the other is Cross-forest mail contact. Which means duplicate contacts in the GAL.

Anyone had the same problem? should I modify the GALSync filters?

I could move the user to the OU that FIM is pulling users from in Domain 1, when I run the prepare-moverequest.
And then move the OU out from the OU where FIM is pulling users from in Domain 1 or Domain 2.

Because the users from Domain 1 would be synced over as a contact to Domain 2 and 3.

But I would prefer not todo that, as this would add more steps in the migration. As this is a large environment.

Cheers

viklund