Event ID 3154 ‘Active Manager Failed To Mount Database’
Nov17

Event ID 3154 ‘Active Manager Failed To Mount Database’

KB ID 0000867  Problem Seen on an Exchange server, in my case I got one for the mailbox database, immediately followed by one for the public folder database. Active Manager failed to mount database MailStore 01 on server {Server-name}. Error: An Active Manager operation failed with a transient error. Please retry the operation. Error: Database action failed with transient error. Error: A transient error occurred during a database...

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Exchange – Emails go Straight to ‘Drafts’
Nov17

Exchange – Emails go Straight to ‘Drafts’

KB ID 0000898  Problem It’s been such a long time since I’ve seen this, but I got this problem this morning at one of our sister companies. When attempting to send and email, via Outlook (or Outlook Web Access), the email does not get sent and instead drops straight into the users drafts folder. Solution 1.Locate the EdgeTransport.exe.config file (By default it will be in c:Program FilesMicrosoftExchange ServerBin but your...

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Stop Exchange Store.exe Taking 99 – 100% Physical Memory
Nov17

Stop Exchange Store.exe Taking 99 – 100% Physical Memory

KB ID 0000903  Problem Before you go any further with this article THIS IS COMPLETELY NORMAL! It may look a little odd if you look in Task Manager. Store.exe will take as much RAM as it can get hold of, the difference between that, and a program that ‘hogs’ memory is, it has been designed to monitor the system, and release memory as it’s required by other processes. So for 99.999% of you stop reading now! OK, You can...

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Message Size Limits on Exchange 2003

KB ID 0000030  Problem Typical Error Message, ———————————————————————————— Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Subject: Emailing: name.md domain first name last name Sent: 05/10/2005 09:29 The following recipient(s) could not be reached:...

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Upgrade Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003 (On Different Hardware)
Nov17

Upgrade Exchange 2000 to Exchange 2003 (On Different Hardware)

KB ID 0000259  Problem Your Exchange 2003 will be on a new server, if you simply want to do an in place upgrade of Exchange 2000 to 2003 then see this. Before you start 1. The new server must be a domain member – can be a domain controller but this is NOT recommended – at the very least try not to put it on a Global Catalogue Server, unless this is unavoidable (i.e. you only have one server). 2. Minimum requirements CPU...

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