Mailbox Move ‘StalledDueToMailboxLock’
Aug17

Mailbox Move ‘StalledDueToMailboxLock’

KB ID 0001581 Problem I was doing a migration from Exchange 2007 (on prem) to Exchange 2013 (on prem), this week. I had a number of mailboxes that were ‘StalledDueToMailboxLock’. Solution Nice easy fix, on the Source and Destination Exchange severs, restart the ‘Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Replication Service’. Wont this break my Mailboxes! No, it will interrupt the migration process, (which is already stalled)....

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Setup RANCID and ViewVC (Part One)
Jul21

Setup RANCID and ViewVC (Part One)

KB ID 0001331 Problem There are couple of good posts out there on setting up Rancid (Really Awesome New Cisco Config Differ). Some even show you how to set it up with ViewVC (Formally ViewVCS, basically a nice web based GUI front end, that does version control and highlights differences). It does this using a system called CVS (Concurrent Version System, hence the original name.) Then I had to do some more searching to get it to back...

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Public Folder Migration Error hr=0x80040111
Aug05

Public Folder Migration Error hr=0x80040111

KB ID 0001228 Problem I usually follow my own documented process for migrating public folders to Exchange 2016. I did that this week, and this happened; Error; MapiExceptionLogonFailed: Unable to make connection to the server. (hr=0x80040111, ec=-2147221231) Diagnostic context:     Lid: 49064   dwParam: 0x1     Lid: 37288   StoreEc: 0x6AB     Lid: 49064   dwParam: 0x2     Lid: 49191   EMSMDBMT.EcDoConnectEx called [length=178]    ...

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Exchange 2016 Install Error ‘Skipping creating Discovery Arbitration Mailbox because of insufficient permission”
Aug01

Exchange 2016 Install Error ‘Skipping creating Discovery Arbitration Mailbox because of insufficient permission”

KB ID 0001221  Problem Note: Can also be seen on Exchange 2013. While installing a new Exchange 2016 Server into a clients Exchange 2010 infrastructure last week, the setup failed with the following error. A cutdown version of the error; Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Info (“Cannot find E-discovery arbitration mailbox with name=$name.”); } } else { write-exchangesetuplog -info “Skipping creating Discovery Arbitration...

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Event ID 2937
Nov17

Event ID 2937

KB ID 0000448  Problem Event ID 2937 Process edgetransport.exe () (PID=6156). Object [CN={mailbox database name},CN=Databases,CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN={domain},CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC={domain},DC=com]. Property [PublicFolderDatabase] is set to value [{domain}.org/Configuration/Deleted Objects/Public Folder Store (EXCH2K3)...

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