Monday, May 23, 2011

Exchange 2010 VSS Backup failed.Unknown Error, Error Code: 0x80042313

 

Problem: VSS Backups are failing with fallowing errors. “Backup failed.Unknown Error, Error Code: 0x80042313”

  • SnapManager backup finished with the following result:Backup group set #1:,Backup SG [SG10]: Failed

 

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Solution: I hate to say it but the solution will be rebooting the server. The reason why you are seeing the errors will be related couple things. First of all the most logical thing to do is to see Exchange Writer status to determine the state of the Exchange writer. If

High disk activity does not allow VSS to create a shadow copy in the default time period when the volumes are frozen for snapshot VSS will time out. Investigating high I/O issues and fixing them would be better approach.

Note:

A snapshot failure may leave volumes with the read-only and hidden attribute bits set. This configuration may leave volumes in an unusable state, even after you restart the computer. To see the disk signature you need to use diskpart utility from elevated command prompt (cmd.exe)

 

C:\>DiskPart

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DISKPART> ATTRIBUTES disk

If this is yes , the attribute read ONLY!!!!

DISKPART> ATTRIBUTES disk
Read-only  : Yes
Boot Disk  : Yes
Pagefile Disk  : Yes
Hibernation File Disk  : No
Crashdump Disk  : Yes

 

  • Select Volume 0 ( substitute the corresponding volume in your case)
  • List Disk
  • select disk 0
attributes disk clear readonly

 

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Try to do snapshoot after clearing the read ONLY attribute

Respectfully,
Oz Casey, Dedeal

MVP Exchange Server
MCITP (EMA), MCITP (SA)
MCSE 2003, M+, S+, MCDST
Security+, Project +, Server +
http://smtp25.blogspot.com/ (Blog)
http://telnet25.wordpress.com/ (Blog)

Friday, May 20, 2011

Managed Folders Deleted Item 180 Days Retention Policy Exchange 2007

Task: Create mailbox retention policy to purge anything over 180 days old out of everyone's deleted items folders only!!!!! Apply this policy to everyone

Fallow the Easy steps below to get the task done.

Open EMC, Org & Configuration, click on Mailbox

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Select ONLY!!!!!! where you want the policy to apply in this case we will pick deleted items

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The task has been completed

Respectfully,
Oz Casey, Dedeal

MVP Exchange Server
MCITP (EMA), MCITP (SA)
MCSE 2003, M+, S+, MCDST
Security+, Project +, Server +
http://smtp25.blogspot.com/ (Blog)
http://telnet25.wordpress.com/ (Blog)

Thursday, May 19, 2011

OFFICE 365 Outlook Anywhere Setup & Simplicity

Office 365 easy usage and stable administrative console seems to be very enjoyable. Configuring major business critical services seems to be very easy from BETA perspective. I like to show you guys how easy to set , OWA, Lync, Outlook anywhere in office 365 cloud services.

After log into Admin console the  download section has Desktop application assistance executable which will literally do everything for you. All you need to do is to download it and fire it up from your desktop. 

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If you already do have profile and outlook needs more attention here are super simple steps to configure local outlook to work with your SMTP domain ( Outlook Anywhere Access)

 

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Go to your control panel locate the mail icon

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you will need to configure additional E-mail account as shown below , you you need to provide is your full e-mail address and the correct password and let outlook do the rest of the work for you.

 

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Now you have your outlook  & Lync ready to go

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Respectfully,
Oz Casey, Dedeal

MVP Exchange Server
MCITP (EMA), MCITP (SA)
MCSE 2003, M+, S+, MCDST
Security+, Project +, Server +
http://smtp25.blogspot.com/ (Blog)
http://telnet25.wordpress.com/ (Blog)

Monday, May 16, 2011

Exchange 2010 DAG & hypervisor-based clustering is supported now

Exchange 2010 is finally supported with DAG and hypervisor-based clustering, or migrations scenarios with SP1 support. This has been on going issues the official support finally is brought into E210 SP1 and here is the list of vendors supported on SVVP . If you look at the list I am sure most of you will will be happy to see the officially supported partners such as “VMware”

Here is the link……………

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If you like to read the official announcement here is the link

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Respectfully,
Oz Casey, Dedeal

MVP Exchange Server
MCITP (EMA), MCITP (SA)
MCSE 2003, M+, S+, MCDST
Security+, Project +, Server +
http://smtp25.blogspot.com/ (Blog)
http://telnet25.wordpress.com/ (Blog).