Just had Exchange 2013 CU6 update hang on Step 9 of 18: Languages.  It was stuck at 0% for almost an hour.  I was able to get it moving forward by disabling SCEP 2012 by killing the process and deselecting check certificate for server certificate revocation in IE.  Both steps were taken nearly simultaneously and the install process for Exchange jumped up immediately. Both steps were taken based on info from:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/2a346a37-d092-4189-8a07-e8a9971925f1/cu2-installation-hangs-on-step-9-languages?forum=exchangesvrdeploy

and

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/0975bb5e-f270-4e39-abf3-70809cd98161/exchange-2010-sp3-installation-hangs-language-pack-hell

Just wanted to post that this issue was encountered on CU6 as well.  Has anyone had a similar experience or able to tell which of these two steps (or both) is actually needed?

hello fellow readers,

we have an Exchange 2007 (latest needed Patchlevel) / Exchange 2013 CU6 Environment and are now having trouble migrating user mailboxes from the Ex2007 mailbox server to the new Ex2013 server.

migration of the first boxes before applying CU6 went fine and smooth, but now all mailbox moves are stuck with the status "Qeued".

a ps command "get-moverequeststatistics karl.treiber" brings the following

Postfach 'Karl Treiber' wird zurzeit nicht verschoben.    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (karl.treiber:MoveRequestIdParameter) [Get-MoveRequestStatistics], Mana   gementObjectNotFoundException    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : [Server=SERVERNAME,RequestId=bf51511d-c7b8-4b39-ad60-caa71015cc6c,TimeStamp=10.11.2014 11   :27:29] [FailureCategory=Cmdlet-ManagementObjectNotFoundException] 9B1AC428,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Recipien  tTasks.GetMoveRequestStatistics    + PSComputerName        : SERVERNAME.DOMAIN.local

i'm guessing that this is correct, as the migration hasn't started yet. in somehow similar threads people suggest putting the BadItemLimit higher, so i tried running ps command "set-moverequest karl.treiber -baditemlimit 9999" bringing the following

ARNUNG: Wenn ein Element nicht aus der Quelldatenbank gelesen oder in die Zieldatenbank geschrieben werden kann, wird
es als beschädigt betrachtet. Wenn Sie für 'BadItemLimit' einen anderen Wert als Null angeben, fordern Sie an, dass
Exchange diese Elemente nicht in das Zielpostfach kopiert. Nach Abschluss der Verschiebung sind diese beschädigten
Elemente nicht im Zielpostfach verfügbar.
Der Vorgang konnte nicht ausgeführt werden, weil keine Objekte des Typs
'Microsoft.Exchange.MailboxReplicationService.TransactionalRequestJob' auf 'DC.DOMAIN.local' gefunden wurden.
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-MoveRequest], ManagementObjectNotFoundException+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : [Server=SERVERNAME,RequestId=ab82c24b-7914-4382-8de2-34462d4993b3,TimeStamp=10.11.2014 11
   :38:01] [FailureCategory=Cmdlet-ManagementObjectNotFoundException] 285DB966,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Recipien
  tTasks.SetMoveRequest+ PSComputerName        : SERVERNAME.DOMAIN.local

my guess is, that something is missing in AD - but what? DC replication is checked and working as normal. i looked up the AD object of the user, searchung for Exchange values, finding some connecting to mailbox moves, but none similar to "Microsoft.Exchange.MailboxReplicationService.TransactionalRequestJob".

everything worked in CU5 -> after updating to CU6 we had serious issues with mailbox databases in dirty shutdown and called MS or help. as mentioned here this was a known error and they gave us the hotfix for that. the hotfix seemed to be so "hot" that it fixed the database problem but brought new ones, as the fix seems to not check Exchange installation path, assuming its always c:\Program Files\... (which it is not in our case).

here they suggest to run "setup /preparedomain" again, but i am worried about possible new problems.

has anyone suggestions what to check?

Had this occur, then stop occurring, now reoccurring. I can't find any mention of it so either a bug or something wrong with our setup I guess. Really annoying because at this point I have only 145 mailboxes to move, being able to view the mailboxes by database, select those on the old and run the migration via the web interface is the simplest way to achieve this and it's just not working.

1. Select a group of mailboxes
2. Select migrate to another mailbox
3. Give batch a name
4. Start batch
5. Batch initially shows the 145 mailboxes ready to go
6. Refresh the Migration page shows then the number suddenly at 0
7. Job just completes.

What am I missing here?

Excuse the weird picture but can't attach more than 2 images...

Hi,

I recently installed two exchange 2013 server and migrated from exchange 2010. Up until today i have been able to access the ECP no problem. But now i get the login page, i fill in my details and it goes right back to the login page again. If i put in the incorrect details, it will tell me that they are incorrect.

Can anyone help please?

I think it may have started happening since i restored a Hyper-V Checkpoint of it.

Thanks

Hi Guys,

I just got an error in my event viewer and my exchange server just restarted on its own. Can anyone give me an idea what's caused the restart.

"The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck.  The bugcheck was: 0x000000ef (0xffffe00046634080, 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000)"

I just want to know is this related to exchange or just the windows 2012 r2 issue or both?

thanks

Currently in Calendar If we have not Accepted the Meeting request then also it shows in the Calendar ( however it shows with different color or so.) And also we get reminders.How we can disable this function i.e the requestes which I accept those only should be visible in my calander and I should get reminders for those only

We are having touble with OAB download.

Outlook asks for authentication when downloading it.

When I Browse iexplorer http://myserver/oab it asks for authentication. Is this the expected behavior?

What article do you recommend step by step to troubleshoot oab?

Thankyou in advance. 

Fabio Martins MCDST/MCSA Brasil!!!

Hi Guys,

I got this error message keeps popping up in the event viewer like every minute.. i have no clue what is this error message is for. can anyone give me some idea or point me to the right direction

Exchange 2013 running 2 node DAG. the error message is found on the passive node.

"The Microsoft Exchange Migration Workflow service terminated unexpectedly.  It has done this 1 time(s).  The following corrective action will be taken in 5000 milliseconds: Restart the service."

Thanks

Hello,

My current environment consists of Exchange 2003 version 6.5 (Build 7638.2:Service Pack2) server and Exchange 2010 version 14.2 (Build 247.5). All the Outlook clients point to Exchange 2010 and there is no need to keep the Exchange 2003 server anymore. How do I proceed with removing this server? Should I go to Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel and uninstall it from there? If it fails, where do I remove all links to it from Exchange 2010 server? After that I would simply shut down the Exchange 2003. Please advise. Thank you.

Hi,

I am currently migrating existing Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013. So far, I have successfully installed Exchange 2013. I can also migrate users to and from exchange 2013. But the problem is, User on Exchange 2013 can received emails from Exchange 2010, however, emails sent from Exchange 2013 are stuck in queue and not delivering to Exchange 2010 users.

This could be worth mentioning that I have a multiple AD sites. Exchange 2010 was deployed in site ABC whereas, I deployed Exchange 2013 in Site XYZ which was a requirement. The same can be seen in the screenshot below:-

What could be the problem with mail flow as I mentioned earlier? Can it be the problem due to different site?

Thanks.

Hi!

I have a design implementation question. We are a small firm with 80 AD users, 100 mailboxes, DB store is 200 gigs and all on Exchange 2007 (Virtualized connecting to a SAN), but growing rapidly. Also, we currently have two sites in Chicago and New York(Exchange 2007 server in NY). We would like to upgrade from 2007(all roles installed on a VM server ESX 5.5 server) to 2013. Should we virtualized the Exchange 2013 or should they be physical servers? Also, since the servers will be in separate sites will I need a Load Balancer in both location? Also, should I split up the roles since we have two locations running the both roles on both servers. For example below:

1 Chicago server-CAS/Mailbox Role
1 New York server-CAS/Mailbox Role

Should I have the Chicago users connect to the Chicago Server? And the New York users pointed to the New York Server? Currently everyone connects to the mail sever in NY. Any advice or comments would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Hello,

A few weeks ago, we ran the necessary /prepareschema /preparead /preparealldomains commands to get our Exhange 2010 Org ready to install Exchange 2013 SP1.  When we tried installing the first server today, we get an error:

[11/14/2014 23:42:02.0466] [1] [REQUIRED] The local domain needs to be updated. You must be a member of the 'Domain Admins' group and 'Organization Management' role group, or 'Enterprise Admins' group to continue.

We verified the ObjectVersion of both the Forest (15844) and Domain (13236), and it appears to be consistent with what you would expect for 2013 SP1.

Anybody have any ideas what could be wrong?

Thanks.

setup /PrepareAD /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms -- Fails

I have copied this whole folder up to the Schema FSMO role holder and and the forestprep and the domainprep and the /prepareAD will not run.  I have included entries from the ExchangeSetuplog below.  I only changed the Domain Name and the exchange organization for security reasons.

Current Setup.

Originally installed Exchange 2013 SP1 on windows 2012r2 via an ISO.  This server only had Exchange 2013 installed was not an upgrade.  Our previous version of Exchange that was running on a different server was Exchange 2007.  This server is no longer apart of the Exchange organization.

-------------------------------------------------------

[11/14/2014 22:00:39.0848] [1] Executing:
    install-AdministrativeGroup -DomainController $RoleDomainController


[11/14/2014 22:00:39.0864] [2] Active Directory session settings for 'Install-AdministrativeGroup' are: View Entire Forest: 'True', Configuration Domain Controller: 'DomainController', Preferred Global Catalog: 'DomainController', Preferred Domain Controllers: '{ DomainController }'
[11/14/2014 22:00:39.0864] [2] User specified parameters:  -DomainController:'DomainController'
[11/14/2014 22:00:39.0864] [2] Beginning processing install-AdministrativeGroup
[11/14/2014 22:00:39.0895] [2] Processing object "Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)".
[11/14/2014 22:00:39.0926] [2] The properties changed on the object 'Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)' (CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN=ExchangeOrg,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=local) are: "{  }".
[11/14/2014 22:00:39.0926] [2] Saving object "Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)" of type "AdministrativeGroup" and state "Unchanged".
[11/14/2014 22:00:39.0926] [2] Previous operation run on domain controller 'DomainController'.
[11/14/2014 22:00:39.0942] [2] Reading new object "Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)" of type "AdministrativeGroup".
[11/14/2014 22:00:39.0942] [2] Previous operation run on domain controller 'DomainController'.
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0036] [2] [ERROR] Active Directory operation failed on DomainController. The object 'CN=Folder Hierarchies,CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN=ExchangeOrg,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=local' already exists.
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0036] [2] [ERROR] The object exists.
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0083] [2] Ending processing install-AdministrativeGroup
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0083] [1] The following 1 error(s) occurred during task execution:
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0083] [1] 0.  ErrorRecord: Active Directory operation failed on DomainController. The object 'CN=Folder Hierarchies,CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN=ExchangeOrg,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=local' already exists.
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0083] [1] 0.  ErrorRecord: Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADObjectAlreadyExistsException: Active Directory operation failed on DomainController. The object 'CN=Folder Hierarchies,CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN=ExchangeOrg,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=local' already exists. ---> System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.DirectoryOperationException: The object exists.
   at System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.LdapConnection.ConstructResponse(Int32 messageId, LdapOperation operation, ResultAll resultType, TimeSpan requestTimeOut, Boolean exceptionOnTimeOut)
   at System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.LdapConnection.SendRequest(DirectoryRequest request, TimeSpan requestTimeout)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.PooledLdapConnection.SendRequest(DirectoryRequest request, LdapOperation ldapOperation, Nullable`1 clientSideSearchTimeout, IActivityScope activityScope, String callerInfo)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADDataSession.ExecuteModificationRequest(ADObject entry, DirectoryRequest request, ADObjectId originalId, Boolean emptyObjectSessionOnException, Boolean isSync)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADDataSession.AnalyzeDirectoryError(PooledLdapConnection connection, DirectoryRequest request, DirectoryException de, Int32 totalRetries, Int32 retriesOnServer)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADDataSession.ExecuteModificationRequest(ADObject entry, DirectoryRequest request, ADObjectId originalId, Boolean emptyObjectSessionOnException, Boolean isSync)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADDataSession.ExecuteModificationRequest(ADObject entry, DirectoryRequest request, ADObjectId originalId, Boolean emptyObjectSessionOnException)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADDataSession.Save(ADObject instanceToSave, IEnumerable`1 properties, Boolean bypassValidation)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Deployment.InstallAdministrativeGroup.InstallConfigurationObject[TObject](ADObjectId id, Boolean force, TObject instance)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Deployment.InstallAdministrativeGroup.InternalProcessRecord()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.<ProcessRecord>b__b()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.InvokeRetryableFunc(String funcName, Action func, Boolean terminatePipelineIfFailed)
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0098] [1] [ERROR] The following error was generated when "$error.Clear();
    install-AdministrativeGroup -DomainController $RoleDomainController

" was run: "Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADObjectAlreadyExistsException: Active Directory operation failed on DomainController. The object 'CN=Folder Hierarchies,CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN=ExchangeOrg,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=local' already exists. ---> System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.DirectoryOperationException: The object exists.
   at System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.LdapConnection.ConstructResponse(Int32 messageId, LdapOperation operation, ResultAll resultType, TimeSpan requestTimeOut, Boolean exceptionOnTimeOut)
   at System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.LdapConnection.SendRequest(DirectoryRequest request, TimeSpan requestTimeout)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.PooledLdapConnection.SendRequest(DirectoryRequest request, LdapOperation ldapOperation, Nullable`1 clientSideSearchTimeout, IActivityScope activityScope, String callerInfo)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADDataSession.ExecuteModificationRequest(ADObject entry, DirectoryRequest request, ADObjectId originalId, Boolean emptyObjectSessionOnException, Boolean isSync)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADDataSession.AnalyzeDirectoryError(PooledLdapConnection connection, DirectoryRequest request, DirectoryException de, Int32 totalRetries, Int32 retriesOnServer)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADDataSession.ExecuteModificationRequest(ADObject entry, DirectoryRequest request, ADObjectId originalId, Boolean emptyObjectSessionOnException, Boolean isSync)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADDataSession.ExecuteModificationRequest(ADObject entry, DirectoryRequest request, ADObjectId originalId, Boolean emptyObjectSessionOnException)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADDataSession.Save(ADObject instanceToSave, IEnumerable`1 properties, Boolean bypassValidation)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Deployment.InstallAdministrativeGroup.InstallConfigurationObject[TObject](ADObjectId id, Boolean force, TObject instance)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Deployment.InstallAdministrativeGroup.InternalProcessRecord()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.<ProcessRecord>b__b()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.InvokeRetryableFunc(String funcName, Action func, Boolean terminatePipelineIfFailed)".
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0098] [1] [ERROR] Active Directory operation failed on DomainController. The object 'CN=Folder Hierarchies,CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN=ExchangeOrg,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=local' already exists.
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0098] [1] [ERROR] The object exists.
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0098] [1] [ERROR-REFERENCE] Id=CommonGlobalConfig___48aad7b8f00942afbc699677d60bb3fe Component=EXCHANGE14:\Current\Release\Shared\Datacenter\Setup
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0098] [1] Setup is stopping now because of one or more critical errors.
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0098] [1] Finished executing component tasks.
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0130] [1] Ending processing Install-ExchangeOrganization
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0130] [0] CurrentResult console.ProcessRunInternal:198: 1
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0145] [0] CurrentResult launcherbase.maincore:90: 1
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0145] [0] CurrentResult console.startmain:52: 1
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0145] [0] CurrentResult SetupLauncherHelper.loadassembly:452: 1
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0145] [0] The Exchange Server setup operation didn't complete.  More details can be found in ExchangeSetup.log located in the <SystemDrive>:\ExchangeSetupLogs folder.
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0145] [0] CurrentResult main.run:235: 1
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0145] [0] The registry key, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\V15\Setup, wasn't found.
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0145] [0] CurrentResult setupbase.maincore:396: 1
[11/14/2014 22:00:40.0145] [0] End of Setup

Hi Experts,

We are planing to deploy exchange email server (Exchange Server-2013 Multi-Role servers) in our HQ (contoso.com) and 4 Edge Transport in other 4  client development sites(client1.com, clinet2.com, client3.com and Client4.com) so that applications running in HQ can send emails to respective client development sites domain using edge transport. Development sites are using external email address (mail.clinet1.com and so on). There is no requirement of incoming mail on Edge in Client site because they have compete hosted email solution. Just our Edge transport in client will process the mail received from HQ and will forward to Client's  External email address.

I would appreciate if you can help me to get answer for these queries.

Do you think this conceptual design is possible? Exchange solution in HQ and Edge transport in Client site and that Edge will forward emails to External Domain using send connector for  restive client's domain? 

What secure (Only secure) port we need to open on Edge so that It can talk to External Email servers to deliver emails? 

If we don't want to expose our Multi-Role exchange severs in HQ to Internet , do you think Exchange server in HQ  should be capable for incoming emails using one additional EDGE or still need to expose CAS services in HQ. We need Outlook, OWA and Active Sync as well for HQ (contoso.com).

What secure port we need to open in case of CAS server? 

Team,

In my exchange 2013 console I am getting 1 in  Bad copy count status coloumn please advice. While running the mailbox database copy status command it is showing copy queue length and replay queue length zero. Please advice how to get it back to normal. What remedy need to be done.

Hi All,

need some advice from all of you, I've Exchange 2013 with two NICs, one is for private and the other is for public, the current NIC configuration is:

NIC1 (private): ip private/gateway private/dns1: my primary DC/dns2: none
NIC2 (public): ip public/gateway ISP provider/no dns

So, I've multiple gateway on above configuration, is this ok? so far some message delivery with no problem but for some, we encoutered with error 441 4.4.1 and stuck in queue with delivery type is dnsconnectorydelivery.

I read some article in the Technet that mentioned it's better to have one DG instead of two, but it didn't explained which GW that should I take, so I tried it, if I remove the public IP gateway in my NIC2, the exchange client can't connect to the server, so I tried the other way around, I removed the private IP gateway in my NIC1, the problem now is the queue message viewer won't connect, it showed windows rm error.......... (i forgot to write it down).

and now i revert everything to my first original configuration, I can ping both of my Gateway either private or public with no timeout.

fyi, I've Symantec Mail Security installed in the same machine with my Exchange 2013, I tried to disable the Antivirus, but the message is still stuck in queue, so I assumed the problem is not come from the Symantec.

Thx
Irwan

I'm attempting to upgrade Exchange 2013 and am seeing the following error message. I've been unable to get past it and haven't found any helpful information in my research on what to do. Thoughts?

Welcome to Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Unattended Setup
Languages
Mailbox role: Transport service
Client Access role: Front End Transport service
Mailbox role: Client Access service
Mailbox role: Unified Messaging service
Mailbox role: Mailbox service
Management tools
Client Access role: Client Access Front End service

Performing Microsoft Exchange Server Prerequisite Check

    Configuring Prerequisites                                                                         FAILED
     The following error was generated when "$error.Clear();
          if (Get-Service WinMgmt* | ?{$_.Name -eq 'WinMgmt'})
          {
            Set-Service WinMgmt -StartupType Automatic
            Start-SetupService -ServiceName WinMgmt
          }
        " was run: "Service 'Windows Management Instrumentation (WinMgmt)' cannot be configured due to the following err
or: Access is denied".

    Prerequisite Analysis                                                                             COMPLETED

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

Microsoft Certified IT Professional Server Administrator

Hello - having a problem with OAB.  We have several E2K7 servers mixed with several E2K13 servers (recently deployed).  All E2K13 servers have cas/mbx roles.

Problem 1:  On E2K7 "Default OAB", set to Version4 only, disabled Public Folder distribution and added all E2K13 servers to the Web based distribution" list.  Seems this would put the E2K7 Default OAB on all E2K13 servers so I can keep all users pointing to E2K7 OAB copy and not have all users download OAB after they are migrated (can do in controlled fashion).  The problem is, I don't see the E2K7 OAB files copied to the "owa (back end)" on any of my E2K13 servers.  Better way?

Problem 2:  E2K13 "Default OAB (E2K13)" is setup to generate on 1 server (Org Mbx), GlobalWebDistribtion=True, VirtualDirectories=$null ... the OAB gen's fine on the 1 server, however it's not distributed out to my other E2K13 servers.

Any suggestions? 

Thanks.

Microsoft Certified IT Professional Server Administrator