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HI All

Im on week 3 of my exchange Install :-( and still do not have itinstalled! after battling through every error just to get past the prequisites It finnally got most the way through tghe setup and then failed wityh this:

Error:
The following error was generated when "$error.Clear();
          if (($RoleIsDatacenter -ne $true) -and ($RoleIsDatacenterDedicated -ne $true))
          {
            if (test-ExchangeServersWriteAccess -DomainController $RoleDomainController -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
            {
              # upgrade the discovery mailboxes to R5 version, this will fix the RecipientDisplayType property of the discovery mailbox which was wrong in R4.
              get-mailbox -RecipientTypeDetails DiscoveryMailbox -DomainController $RoleDomainController | where {$_.IsValid -eq $false} | set-mailbox -DomainController $RoleDomainController
              $name = [Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.EnableMailbox]::DiscoveryMailboxUniqueName;
              $dispname = [Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.EnableMailbox]::DiscoveryMailboxDisplayName;
              $mbxs = @( get-mailbox -Filter {name -eq $name} -IgnoreDefaultScope -resultSize 1 );
              if ( $mbxs.length -eq 0)
              {
                $dbs = @(get-MailboxDatabase -Server:$RoleFqdnOrName -DomainController $RoleDomainController);
                if($dbs.Length -ne 0)
                {
                  $mbxUser = @(get-user -Filter {name -eq $name} -IgnoreDefaultScope -ResultSize 1);
                  if ($mbxUser.Length -ne 0)
                  {
                    enable-mailbox -Discovery -identity $mbxUser[0] -DisplayName $dispname -database $dbs[0].Identity;
                  }
                }
              }
            }
            else
            {
              write-exchangesetuplog -info "Skipping creating Discovery Search Mailbox because of insufficient permission."
            }  
          }
        " was run: "Microsoft.Exchange.Data.DataValidationException: Database is mandatory on UserMailbox.".

Error:
The following error was generated when "$error.Clear();
          if (($RoleIsDatacenter -ne $true) -and ($RoleIsDatacenterDedicated -ne $true))
          {
            if (test-ExchangeServersWriteAccess -DomainController $RoleDomainController -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
            {
              # upgrade the discovery mailboxes to R5 version, this will fix the RecipientDisplayType property of the discovery mailbox which was wrong in R4.
              get-mailbox -RecipientTypeDetails DiscoveryMailbox -DomainController $RoleDomainController | where {$_.IsValid -eq $false} | set-mailbox -DomainController $RoleDomainController
              $name = [Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.EnableMailbox]::DiscoveryMailboxUniqueName;
              $dispname = [Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.EnableMailbox]::DiscoveryMailboxDisplayName;
              $mbxs = @( get-mailbox -Filter {name -eq $name} -IgnoreDefaultScope -resultSize 1 );
              if ( $mbxs.length -eq 0)
              {
                $dbs = @(get-MailboxDatabase -Server:$RoleFqdnOrName -DomainController $RoleDomainController);
                if($dbs.Length -ne 0)
                {
                  $mbxUser = @(get-user -Filter {name -eq $name} -IgnoreDefaultScope -ResultSize 1);
                  if ($mbxUser.Length -ne 0)
                  {
                    enable-mailbox -Discovery -identity $mbxUser[0] -DisplayName $dispname -database $dbs[0].Identity;
                  }
                }
              }
            }
            else
            {
              write-exchangesetuplog -info "Skipping creating Discovery Search Mailbox because of insufficient permission."
            }  
          }
        " was run: "Microsoft.Exchange.Data.DataValidationException: Database is mandatory on UserMailbox.
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.WriteError(Exception exception, ErrorCategory category, Object target, Boolean reThrow, String helpUrl)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.WriteError(Exception exception, ErrorCategory category, Object target, Boolean reThrow)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.DataAccessTask`1.Validate(TDataObject dataObject)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.SetTaskBase`1.InternalValidate()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.SetRecipientObjectTask`3.InternalValidate()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Common.SetMailEnabledRecipientObjectTask`3.InternalValidate()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.SetUserBase`2.InternalValidate()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.SetMailboxBase`2.InternalValidate()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.SetMailbox.InternalValidate()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.<ProcessRecord>b__b()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.InvokeRetryableFunc(String funcName, Action func, Boolean terminatePipelineIfFailed)".

This is my first install with 2013 and it has been a  nightmare. Would aprecaite any help with this error.

Many thanks

Nathan

Hi everyone!

I'm trying to upgrade Exchange 2007 SP1 to Exchange SP3 on a SBS 2008 and I'm stuck on setup /ps (tried more than once, everytime the same error at the same place)

(Vaguely) translated error message: "Error at executing ldifde.exe while importing <path>\PostExchange2003_schema91.ldf Error code 31: More details in ldif.err".

Content of ldif.err:

Syntax error in input file

Error in line 224 The last token begins with " "

Error in program

When viewed with a hex-editor, the thing between the quotes is ASCII character 01!

line 224 in PostExchange2003_schema91.ldf  looks like

adminDisplayName: ms-Exch-Mobile-Remote-Documents-Internal-Domain-Suffix-List-BL

no ASCII code 01 there at all, no 01 in the entire file!

I've been searching the net for 3 hours now. Only refernce to "error 31" is with Exchange 2010.

Has anyone any ideas?

BR

Werner

Hi Everyone

I have a question:

Scenario:

-) Microsoft Exchange OnLine with some email address; in this case I use mail01@mydomain.com

-) TWO Computers with Windows 7Pro and Oulook 2010

Question:

Can I set mail01@mydomain.com into First PC with Outlook 2010 using IMAP and into the second PC with Outlook 2010 using Exchange Protocol (not IMAP)?

This type of configuration can cause issues?

Thank you very much for all your replay

Maurizio

We have just completed a staged migration from a single Exchange 2003 Server to Exchange Online (Office 365) using the guide, "Perform a Staged Migration of email to Office 365."

At the end of the guide, Microsoft warns: Decommissioning Exchange can have unintended consequences. Before decommissioning your on-premises Exchange organization, we recommend that you contact Microsoft Support.

The following have been accomplished so far:

• All on-prem mailboxes have migrated successfully.
• All on-prem users have been converted to mail-enabled users.
• Their mailboxes no longer exist in Exchange 2003, as part of the conversion to MEUs.
• DirSync is used to synch AD up to Office 365.

We plan to:

• Decommission Exchange Server 2003.
• Upgrade domain controllers from Windows Server 2003 SP2 to 2012 R2.

Since Exchange 2003 doesn't work in 2012 DFL/FFL, it most likely isn't possible to use any 2003 management tools to edit ADUC.

In this scenario, would you recommend to simply uninstall Exchange 2003?

Thanks!

hello guys, we have a EXC13 deployment "site1" running up to 20.000 users (virtualized: vmware + netapp storage)

3 CAS and 3 MBX 

now we have a new site "site2" (datacenter) connected the "site1" all vlans and subnets were extended same vlans, subnets

we have to expand its EXC13 deployment to support 60.000 users and after planning using exchange calculator we'll have to increase the number of mailbox databases and logs

we have to migrate all mailboxes from site1 to site2 and then create the new users (40.000)

and we have the following doubts:

a. we have DAG1 , should we setup a new DAG? 

b. if we keep DAG1, how can I validade this setup using jetstress without impact the production environment? we have to validate the new storage before move mailboxes.

is this plan A going to work?

: deploy new servers (add 3 mailboxes and 1 cas) at site2 , validade the new storage (netapp) , then move mailboxes to there.

regards,

Thiago

Thiago Beier Se foi útil marca como resposta! Don´t forget to mark as answer!

Following recent acquisition of another company we faced the following situation:

Company A has Exchange 2013 Organization up and running and already using new Public Folders migrated from 2010 when we upgraded.

Company B has Exchange 2010 Organization with their own PF infrastructure.

When it comes to migration, there's already public folder mailbox which was created when first migration occured.

I cant figure next steps to merge those PF infrastructures at the moment, as removing public folder mailbox prior migration is not an option, since we already have big amount of data in 2013 Organization.

Have anyone done similiar task and if so, how did you overcome this limitation?

Hi all,

Please find below some technical information about our Active Directory and Exchange infrastructure :

> 2 AD Forests 

> One Exchange Organization per-forest :

===> AD Forest A : Exch version > 2007

===> AD Forest B : Exch version > 2010

Note : there is no trusts between both AD forest currently.

We would migrate the mailbox from AD Forest A to AD Forest B and i need the complete list of flows and AD prerequisites for the MAILBOX cross-forest migration.

thanks a lot in advance.

Jiji.

I have a failing Exchange 2013 server.  I used database portability to move the failing server's data base to a new Exchange 2013 server.  This process essentially involves repairing the database (which was successful) and copying it to the new server and mounting it.  The copy of the database on the failing server is left in a dismounted state.  At the end of the portability process, the attributes of the users are updated so that their mailboxes are accessed from the database on the new server.

When I attempt to remove Exchange from the failing server, I am informed that the database contains "one or more mailboxes, mailbox plans, archive mailboxes, public folder mailboxes, or arbitration mailboxes."  Using various get- powershell commands, I discovered that the Arbitration mailboxes still point to the old server.  (I don't have any public folders or archive mailboxes.)

I don't want to "move" the Arbitration mailboxes, because they should already exist on the new server's database.  So what do I do to get the Arbitration user accounts (I guess they are accounts) to point to the mailboxes on the new server?

More broadly, are there any other snags I'm going to run into while trying to decommission this server?

Hi

Does anyone have any experience moving mailboxes over a WAN link using new-Moverequest?

We need to move about 1000 mailboxes from the US to the Netherlands over a 100Mb line with an average Roundtrip latency of 150-200 ms ? We need to move 9TB of maildata over a 100Mb link. Is this feasible? I don’t think we’re allowed to copy alle mail data on diks and fly them in.

Thanks for the feedback.
Regards.
Peter

Peter Van Keymeulen, IT Infrastructure Solution Architect, www.edeconsulting.be

We have a co-exist Exchange 2010 / 2013 environment and we are seeing this in Event logs on our our two CAS only.  These are in production but all data is still in 2010, 2013 just the proxy right now:

The specified Client Access server was not found in Active Directory.   

Hello everyone,

I'm in the process of migration of a Exchange 2003 to 2013.
To export the Mailbox from Exchange 2003I used the Exmerge tool that running smoothly.

The problem now is the Exchange2013import operation.
After made the necessary requirements, by theattributes the Mailbox Import Export Role, when you run the New-MailboxImportRequestcommand, I get a Queued in status and stays for hours.
This occurs for one Mailbox or more.

Exchange 2013 is updated with theCU8.

Any idea?

Thanks.

Hi

Setup:

Exchange 2007 On Prem. Exchange 2013 CU2 Hybrid server (both CAS and Mailbox roles on 1 server). Office 365 setup ok. Dirsync and ADFS working ok. Few users migrated from on-prem to O365. Mail flow working OK.

The problem is this - as soon as an on prem user is migrated to O365, their autodiscover stops working against the 2013 Hybrid server. It now comes up with an HTTP Error 500. Running the testexchangeconnectivity tool returns a status of "OrganizationMailboxNotFound"

However - autodiscover for the same user against the 2013 Server on Port 444 (ie the Mailbox role) works perfectly. Copying the contents of the autodiscover folder from the MBX Clientaccess folder to the CAS Httpproxy folder then results in testexchangeconnectivity working perfectly again.

It is almost as if the 2013 CAS is not proxying the requests correctly for users with Office 365 mailboxes. On prem users work ok.

Any thoughts or ideas much appreciated.

Thanks for looking

-Amar Trivedi

Hi All,

When we try to update or Exchange 2013 CU3 environment to CU7 we get some errors when we try to prepare ad.

It fails at 98% with an error:

[2] [ERROR] Save() is not supported on a read-only object.
[2] [WARNING] An unexpected error has occurred and a Watson dump is being generated: Save() is not supported on a read-only object.

We have checked all the security settings with our test environment where it is working. Running command prompt as an admin and we have all necessary domain rights. Also checked alle the objects with Adsi edit, but no difference with our test environment.

Exchange error log:

[03/18/2015 20:17:47.0096] [2] Used domain controller <FQDN> to read object CN=Exchange Servers,OU=Microsoft Exchange Security Groups,DC=prod,DC=local.
[03/18/2015 20:17:47.0096] [2] Used domain controller <FQDN> to read object CN=Exchange Servers,OU=Microsoft Exchange Security Groups,DC=prod,DC=local.
[03/18/2015 20:17:47.0096] [2] [ERROR] Save() is not supported on a read-only object.
[03/18/2015 20:17:47.0096] [2] [WARNING] An unexpected error has occurred and a Watson dump is being generated: Save() is not supported on a read-only object.
[03/18/2015 20:17:47.0962] [1] The following 1 error(s) occurred during task execution:
[03/18/2015 20:17:47.0962] [1] 0.  ErrorRecord: Save() is not supported on a read-only object.
[03/18/2015 20:17:47.0962] [1] 0.  ErrorRecord: System.InvalidOperationException: Save() is not supported on a read-only object.
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADDataSession.Save(ADObject instanceToSave, IEnumerable`1 properties, Boolean bypassValidation)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Tasks.InitializeDomainPermissions.InternalProcessRecord()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.<ProcessRecord>b__8()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Core.LatencyTrackerExtension.StartAndEndInternalTracking(LatencyTracker latencyTracker, String groupName, String funcName, Boolean logDetailsAlways, Action action)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Core.CmdletLatencyTracker.StartAndEndInternalTracking(Guid cmdletUniqueId, String groupName, String funcName, Boolean logDetailsAlways, Action action)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.<ProcessRecord>b__7()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Core.LatencyTrackerExtension.StartAndEndInternalTracking(LatencyTracker latencyTracker, String groupName, String funcName, Boolean logDetailsAlways, Action action)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Core.CmdletLatencyTracker.StartAndEndInternalTracking(Guid cmdletUniqueId, String groupName, String funcName, Boolean logDetailsAlways, Action action)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.ProcessRecord()
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandProcessor.ProcessRecord()

Thanks!

Regards, Raymond

I have some queries for anyone who has used Quest Co-existence Manager for Migrating Lotus Notes to Exchange 2013

Case:

Source: Lotus Notes with Notes client v 9.0.  Notes directory and not integrated with AD

Target: Exchange 2013

Co-existence tool: Quest Co-existence Manager

Queries :

Could users have active mailbox in both Exchange and Notes environment?

If yes then how would the mail flow work and would the mailbox and user calendar be in sync?

Could users use Lotus Notes IMAP client to connect to exchange 2013 for mail , Outlook to connect Exchange 2013, and Lotus Notes normal client to connect Domino servers for application access on the same desktop?

Any known issues or risks?

Is this a MS supported and recommended scenario?

I would appreciate if any documentation from Microsoft available for similar cases 

Hi @all,

DomainA - MSX2010

DomainB - MSX2013

DomainA < Crossforest - Forest Trust > DomainB

In my case here the customer want to have new User Accoun't in DomainB (DomainA - fnln ... DomainB Fn.Ln)

My Planing here is now:

1.) Get all Informations (OU, Groups, Users)

2.) Create the Exports from 1.) in DomainB

3.) Adapt Informations from Users DomainA with ADMT to Users in DomainB

4.) Prepare-Moverequest.ps1 from MSX2010 to MSX2013

here in Pt. 4.) i am not sure how can i prepare to make the Prepare-Moverequest.ps1 from UserDomainA to UserDomainB?

Thx for help

Hi All,

I need to deploy a SAN certificate for Exchange 2013 using SHA256 as a signing algorithm, the structure has an internal standalone CA. I have been looking around and these are my findings:

1. If you create a CSR request from Exchange it will create an SHA1 request

2. You can create a SHA256 request from Windows certificates mmc using CNG but then OWA and ECP won't work because Exchange 2013 doesn't support CNG keys

Now I was about to:

A. change the signing algorithm on the CA

B. create a SHA256 request from a Linux machine using OpenSSL

I can't believe there's no other way using only MS products, but if there is I couldn't find it.

Any Idea?

Thanks

A.

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