Exchange Update / Install Error: The Error Code Is 8224
KB ID 0001451 Problem I saw this error while attempting to install an update on Exchange 2010, but it can be seen on all flavours of Exchange. This is the ‘gist’ of the error; Organization Preparation Failed Error: The following error was generated when “$error.Clear(); install-ExchangeSchema -LdapFileName ($roleInstallPath + “Setup\Data\”+$RoleSchemaPrefix + “schema0.ldf”) ” was run:...
Exchange 2010 Stops Working after 6 – 12 Hours Uptime
KB ID 0001447 Problem If your Exchange 2010 Server Stops working after a 6 to 12 hour window, then this is a known problem caused by last months (July 2018) security updates. You will also notice that the ‘transport service’ becomes unresponsive. Note: A reboot will temporarily fix the problem but the server then ceases to function after the same time. Solution Which update you need to uninstall, depends on your operating...
Exchange: “BuildToBuildUpgrade” Error
KB ID 0001436 Problem In the middle of an Exchange upgrade I got a bit stuck with the following error; “Setup previously failed while performing the action “”BuildToBuildUpgrade” You can’t resume setup by performing the action “Install”. There are a couple of variations on this error as well, you can also see either of the following; “Setup previously failed while performing the action “Install” You can’t resume...
Exchange: No Arbitration Mailboxes?
KB ID 0001434 Problem I was doing a ‘mop up’, after an Exchange install problem, (post to follow.) And went to look at the ‘Arbitration’ mailboxes in the clients Exchange Organisation. And they could not be seen? Get-Mailbox | -Arbitration Get-MailboxDatabase | Get-Mailbox -Arbitration Solution In my case, it was because the Exchange server was in a ‘Child Domain’ and the...
Migrating Mailboxes From On-Premises to Office 365
KB ID 0001419 Problem This post continues from Part-One where we connected both our domain, and on-premises Exchange server to Office 365. Now we will add our public domain, and migrate our mailboxes. Step 3 Adding Domains to Office 365 Before proceeding you will need administrative access to your public DNS records so you can create new records. Log into Office 365 > Admin Console. Add a domain. Enter your public domain name >...
Office 365: Migrating To Exchange Online
KB ID 0001418 Problem This is Part-One of a migration from ‘on-premise’ Microsoft Exchange, to Office 365 (Exchange Online). I’m using my spare ‘test domain’ (.co.uk). And I’m using the 5 user E3 Office 365 subscription that the good folk at Microsoft let me have, as part of my MVP benefits. Note: I’m using Exchange 2016, with a ‘full-hybrid’ migration into Office 365. Step 1:...
Exchange: PowerShell Commands
KB ID 0001405 Problem This might seem like an odd title for an article here at PNL? But I’m going to use this page as a place to put all the commands I’m sick of Googling for, and/or working out every time I do an Exchange job. So as with all the posts here, it’s here for my benefit, and if anyone else gets something from it great! Exchange General Change Exchange Licence Code Set-ExchangeServer -Identity Server-Name...
Exchange Mailbox Moves: ‘FailedOther’ Stops at 95%
KB ID 0001376 Problem If you don’t see this happen at least once in a migration I would be surprised! StatusDetail: FailedOther PercentComplete: 95% Solution You can remove the move request and start it again, with both a BadItemLimit and AcceptLargeDataLoss flag, (these might seem scary, but I’ve migrated many thousands of mailboxes, and never seen a problem.) But the mailbox is massive and it had been moving for...
Exchange: Apply Email Address Policy to All Distribution Groups
KB ID 0001361 Problem While doing a migration I needed to update all of a clients ‘Distribution’ groups with an additional mail domain. This is not normally a problem we can do that with an Email address policy, well yes you can if all the groups have ‘update email addresses based on policy’ ticked, (which is the default!) However this client had done everything manually. So that wasn’t an option....
MRS Proxy Error ‘The connection to the server could not be completed’
KB ID 0001358 Problem When attempting a cross forest mailbox migration, When specifying the ‘Remote MRS Proxy Server address’ you get the following error; error the connection to the server ‘server-fqdn’ could not be completed Solution Note: For Office 365 Environments see below. This tripped me up for quite a while, (it kept saying access denied). I’d tested this previously and everything was working....