Exchange error MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store - EventID 10001

After moving a mailbox to another database you may start getting the following event log, even if the moving was sucessful:


Log Name:      Application
Source:        MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store
Date:          04/01/2011 21:10:35
Event ID:      10001
Task Category: Background Cleanup
Level:         Warning
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      
Description:
Mailbox cleanup could not completely remove the mailbox for user ff783a8e-2dc9-4af7-bab5-435d4b841b2f (Root Fid 2-225C78C) following mailbox removal. Encountered error 0xfffffae8. Should this message continue to persist for the same mailbox, it may be indicative of a problem that requires further investigation. 


To stop recieving this log just dismount and mount the previous and the current database for the specified mailbox.

Manage DNS Server (Windows 2008) from Windows XP/2003

If you can manage 2008 R2 DNS fine from RSAT on Windows 7, but accessing from DNS Management mmc on Server 2003 returns “access is denied”. If I install the 2003 R2 Admin Pack on an XP Pro PC it the symptom is the same, Access Denied.

This is expected behavior, starting with Windows Server 2008 a few years ago. RPC Integrity required by W2K8 R2 DNS Servers is not supported by the Win2000 and Win2003 versions of DNSMGMT.MSC (or DNSCMD.EXE). For the most secure experience, W2K8 R2 DNS servers should be administered from operating systems that can execute the Windows Server 2008 or later versions of DNSMGMT.MSC. So Vista RSAT, Win 7 RSAT, Win 2008, Win 2008 R2 – all running DNSMGMT.MSC.

If you wanted to de-secure your Win2008/R2 DNS servers though – obviously this is highly discouraged – you can run the following command on your Win2008 R2 DNS servers to allow down-level connectivity:

dnscmd.exe /Config /RpcAuthLevel 0

If you do this you are exposing your Win2008/Win2008 R2 DNS servers to same kind of named-pipe sniffing ‘man in the middle’ attacks that Win2003/2000 DNS administration are vulnerable to. Ideally for security, all of your DNS servers would be instead upgraded to Win2008 R2. 

To return the security to default level run: dnscmd.exe /Config /RpcAuthLevel 1

To verify the current level run: dnscmd.exe /info /RpcAuthLevel

Related site:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee649281(WS.10).aspx

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How to Rebuild the Full-Text Index Catalog on DAG Environment

If you cannot search e-mails neither fom Outlook or OWA then you have problems in the database's index catalog. To fix it on a single server you can use the following article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa995966(EXCHG.80).aspx

But if you have databases in a DAG you have to do something else:

1- Suspend all replica databases;

2- Follow the directions described on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa995966(EXCHG.80).aspx;

3- Delete the Index Catalog on Replica databases;

4- Resume the replica databases.

To check how the process is going do the following:

1- Open Reliability and Performance Monitor (perfmon.exe).

2- In the console tree, under Monitoring Tools, click Performance Monitor.

3- In the Performance Monitor pane, click Add (green plus sign).

4- In Add Counters, in the Select counters from computer list, select the server on which the mailbox database you want to monitor is located.

5- In the unlabeled box below the Select counters from computer list, select Full Crawl Mode Status in the MSExchange Search Indices performance object.

6- In the Instances of selected object box, select the instance for the user's mailbox database.

7- Click Add, and then click OK.

8- To make easier to monitor the Full Crawl Mode Status, right-click on graph screen then Properties.

9- Select Graph tab.

10- On View Combo box select Histogram bar and Maximum Vertical Scale insert 2, click OK.

When you see a bar for a database it means that the index catalog is been created (value 1), if you don't see a bar meens the indexing has finished for that database.

Related sites:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa995966(EXCHG.80).aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998289(EXCHG.80).aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123701.aspx

Installing SCCM 2007 SP2 on Windows 2008 R2

If after installing SCCM 2007 SP2 on Windows 2008 R2 you get the following error on SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER "SMS Site Component Manager faild to install component SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER on server" you have to enable the webdav and configure it properly.


Steps:
1- Open IIS Manager > Sites > Default Web Sites > WebDAV Authoring Rules;
2- Click Enable WebDAV on Action Pane;
3- Open WebDAV Settings and set the options like below:
         Allow property queries with infinite depth - TRUE
         Allow Custom Properties - FALSE
         Allow anonymous property queries - TRUE
         Click Apply;
4- On Action Pane click Add Authoring Rule dialog box, create a rule like below
         For Allow access to, select All content
         For Allow access to this content to, select All users
         For Permissions, select Read, and then click OK;
5- Restart the service SMS_SITE_COMPONENT_MANAGE


To check if SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER was installed sucessfully open \Logs\mpsetup.log and look for an OK status.


Related sites:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc431377.aspx#Enable_WebDAV
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrsetup/thread/20ec6449-d5ee-4d5a-b25d-cf780a726f01

How to add a Subject Alternative Name to a secure LDAP certificate

This post describes how to add a Subject Alternative Name (SAN) to a secure Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) certificate. The LDAP certificate is submitted to a certification authority (CA) that is configured on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer. The SAN lets you connect to a domain controller by using a Domain Name System (DNS) name other than the computer name. This article includes information about how to add SAN attributes to a certification request that is submitted to an enterprise CA, a stand-alone CA, or a third-party CA.

A step-by-step is on following site: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931351

Disable conversation view on OWA 2010

Not like Outlook 2010 when the conversation view comes disabled by default, on OWA 2010 it comes enebled. 

To disable the way the e-mails are arranged you need just uncheck the highlighted checkbox.

DAG FSW is empty - Getting "The cluster resource could not be found" when try to manage Failover Clustering

I couldn't find way of make the DAG to recreate the files on its File Share Witness, every trying was unsuccessful.

When I tried to remove the servers from DAG to recreate it I recieved an error because the cluster couldn't find the quorum. I decided to try a not good way to solve the problem, but using the following steps I could have the DAG working fine.

1- Removed every server from DAG using Remove-DatabaseAvailabilityGroupServer -Identity -MailboxServer -ConfigurationOnly

2- Cleaned the cluster using this command to every DAG member cluster node /forcecleanup

Done, now you can delete the DAG and recreate it.

Related sources

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd297956.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282227