Exchange Install Error ‘Setup cannot continue with the upgrade because the ‘beremote’
KB ID 0000475 Problem Seen when attempting to install Service Pack 3 on Exchange 2007. On a server that’s also running Symantec Backup Exec. Hub Transport Role Prerequisites Error: Setup cannot continue with the upgrade because the ‘beremote’ () process (ID: xxxx) has open files. Close the process and restart Setup. Client Access Role Prerequisites Error: Setup cannot continue with the upgrade because the...
Exchange 2010 – Delete / Remove all Disconnected Mailboxes
KB ID 0000470 Problem In older versions of Exchange, we just had to “Purge” disconnected mailboxes, now we don’t have that option. Solution WARNING this will remove ALL disconnected mailboxes, make sure you actually want to do this before proceeding. Launch > Exchange Management Shell. Issue the following commands; $mailboxes = Get-ExchangeServer | Where-Object {$_.IsMailboxServer –eq $true} | ForEach-Object {...
Cannot Access Exchange Management Console
KB ID 0000477 Dtd 02/05/13 Problem Since Exchange 2007, its management tasks have been done via PowerShell, (yes even the GUI Management). Which is fine, however it runs all that PowerShell from a virtual directory that lives in the servers’ IIS webserver. When that fails or there is a problem, Exchange runs quite happily, but you can’t run the management tools. There are a number of reasons for this to fail and a number...
Exchange – ‘The certificate status could not be determined because the revocation check failed.’
KB ID 0000484 Problem Seen on Exchange (with or without service packs) when you access the internet through a proxy server. Note: Exchange does NOT take its proxy settings from Internet Explorer. Solution 1. To prove that the proxy is the problem drop to command line and issue the following command: netsh winhttp show proxy If it says “Direct Access (no proxy server)” and you have a proxy server then that’s...
Mailbox move error ‘This mailbox exceeded the maximum number of corrupted’
KB ID 0000489 Problem While attempting tom move an Exchange mailbox the move fails and the details of the movement request tell you, Error: This mailbox exceeded the maximum number of corrupted items that were specified for this move request. Solution 1. As you can see from the error this mailbox has some corrupt Emails in it, Exchange will fail by default if it sees even one corrupt email. What you should do is get the user to tidy...
Update Global Address List Error “WARNING: The recipient “xxxxxMicrosoft Exchange System Objects/xxxxx” is invalid and couldn’t be updated
KB ID 0000516 Problem Seen when manually trying to update the Global Address List, with the following powershell command: Update-GlobalAddressList -identity ‘Default Global Address List’ Error: WARNING: The recipient “{your domain name}/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/{A Public Folder Name}” is invalid and couldn’t be updated. or Error: WARNING: The recipient “{your domain name}/Microsoft...
Exchange 2007 & 2010 – Setup and Deploy Outlook Anywhere
KB ID 0000519 Problem What used to be a fiddly job, is now very simple to do, setting up Outlook Anywhere (formally known at RPC over HTTP) takes about 10 minutes. What is Outlook Anywhere? This is a system that lets you connect Microsoft Outlook to to your Exchange server over the web, this means you can connect to to your email, calendaring and tasks etc, without the need for a VPN connection. Solution Outlook Anywhere with...
Exchange 2007 CCR to Exchange 2010 HA Migration with (HA Proxy)
KB ID 0000525 Problem Today, I am pleased to say we have the work of guest poster Hesan Javed, who runs through an Exchange 2007 CCR to Exchange 2010 HA Migration. Solution Steps Required. Exchange 2007 HUBCAS Upgrade to SP3 Exchange 2007 Mailbox Upgrade to SP3 Installing Exchange 2010 SP1 HUBCAS after Upgrading Exchange 2007 to SP3 Uninstalling Exchange 2007 from the Passive node in the Cluster Installing Exchange 2010 SP1 Mailbox...
ESEUTIL error – “Unable to find the callback library jcb.dll”
KB ID 0000530 Problem Seen when trying to execute an eseutil command on an Exchange database: Error: Callback DLL not found Unable to find the callback library jcb.dll (or one of its dependencies). Copy in the file and hit OK to retry or hit Cancel to abort. Solution 1. Download this zip file, and extract the jcb.dll to the “bin” directory on your Exchange server, then click OK to continue and eseutil will complete....
Exchange Error during/post upgrade from Exchange 2003 ‘ Mailbox manager settings cannot be managed by the current version of Exchange Management Console’
KB ID 0000547 Problem I’ve already covered migration from 2003 here, I got an email today {Thanks Ashley :)} to say that when they tried to migrate the address policies from 2003 to 2010 using this command: Get-EmailAddressPolicy | where {$_.RecipientFilterType –eq “Legacy”} | Set-EmailAddressPolicy –IncludedRecipients AllRecipients They got the following error; Error on Exchange 2010 Set-EmailAddressPolicy : The recipient...