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Event ID 9327

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KB ID 0000480 

Problem

Seen when an Exchange server attempts to build the Offline Address book but encounters an error.

Source: MSExchangeSA
Event ID: 9327
Task Category: (13)
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Description:
OALGen skipped some entries in the offline address list 'Global Address List'. To see which entries are affected, event logging for the OAL Generator must be set to at least medium.

This is just an instruction to enable logging so that you can see the REAL error.

Solution

Option 1 Enable Logging via the Exchange Management Shell

1. Launch the Exchange Management Shell and check the current logging level it will probably be set to “Lowest” Issue the following command:

[box]Get-EventLogLevel[/box]

Then scroll down to “MSExchangeSAOAL Generator” and check its status.

2. To turn the logging Level Right up issue the following command:

[box]Set-EventLogLevel -Identity “MSExchangeSAOAL Generator” –Level Expert[/box]

Option 2 Enable Logging via the Exchange Management Console

1. Launch the Exchange Management Console > Server Configuration > Right click the offending server > Manage Diagnostic Logging Properties > Expand MSExchangeSA > Select OAL Generation > Tick Expert > Configure > Finish.

Then rebuild the Offline address Book

1. Launch the Exchange Management Console > Organization Configuration > Offline address book Tab > Right click “Default Offline address Book” > Update.

2. Select “Yes” when prompted.

3. Wait a few minutes the re-check the server application log, you will see this error again but there should be a more descriptive error near it to let you know what is failing.

 

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Event ID 9323

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KB ID 0000481 

Problem

Seen when an Exchange server attempts to build the Offline Address book but encounters an error.

Source: MSExchangeSA Event ID: 9323 Task Category: (13) Level: Warning Keywords: Classic Description: Entry ‘{Username}’ has invalid or expired e-mail certificates. These certificates will not be included in the offline address list for ‘Global Address List’.

Solution

1. Go to a domain controller, Launch “Active Directory Users and Computers”, Select View and enable “Advanced Features”. Locate the username reported in the error (In this example it’s the administrator), On the properties for that user locate the “Published Certificates” tab.

If you can’t see the published certificates tab you are probably on the Exchange Server and NOT on a domain controller.

2. You will see that this user has a certificate which you can see by pressing the view certificate button, In this case we can see that the certificate has expired.

3. I didn’t need to renew this certificate, so I simply removed it.

Then rebuild the Offline address Book

1. Launch the Exchange Management Console > Organization Configuration > Offline address book Tab > Right click “Default Offline address Book” > Update.

2. Select “Yes” when prompted.

3. Wait a few minutes the re-check the server application log, to make sure it now completes without error.

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Event ID 9323

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KB ID 0000481 

Problem

Seen when an Exchange server attempts to build the Offline Address book but encounters an error.

Source: MSExchangeSA
Event ID: 9323
Task Category: (13)
Level: Warning
Keywords: Classic
Description:
Entry '{Username}' has invalid or expired e-mail certificates. These certificates will not be included in the offline address list for 'Global Address List'.

Solution

1. Go to a domain controller, Launch “Active Directory Users and Computers”, Select View and enable “Advanced Features”. Locate the username reported in the error (In this example it’s the administrator), On the properties for that user locate the “Published Certificates” tab.

If you can’t see the published certificates tab you are probably on the Exchange Server and NOT on a domain controller.

2. You will see that this user has a certificate which you can see by pressing the view certificate button, In this case we can see that the certificate has expired.

3. I didn’t need to renew this certificate, so I simply removed it.

Then rebuild the Offline address Book

1. Launch the Exchange Management Console > Organization Configuration > Offline address book Tab > Right click “Default Offline address Book” > Update.

2. Select “Yes” when prompted.

3. Wait a few minutes the re-check the server application log, to make sure it now completes without error.

 

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Force Media Center to Update its Libraries

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KB ID 0000627 

Problem

I use Media Center a lot, and the one thing that bugs me is, every time I add a new film or TV series etc, I have to restart Media Center, restart services, or reboot the entire media PC before I can see them in the list.

After some searching it appears that Media Center uses the same repository/database of media that Windows Media Player uses. There is a convoluted method of stopping services, deleting files and restarting everything that will fix the problem.

However that is a pain, as when I’ve fired up Media Center it’s because I want to watch a film, or listen to some tunes, not start manually messing about with services and deleting cached copies of stuff.

So I wrote a script to do it all for me, and seeing as I couldn’t find one anywhere else, I tarted it up a bit, and made it easy to install. You can launch it from an icon on your desktop, it will stop Media Center, flush the cache, then restart Media Center for you.

Solution

1. First download this zip file and extract the contents to your desktop.

2. From within the ‘Refresh Media Library’ folder double click the install.bat file (this will copy the needed files to your “Program Files” folder and drop the shortcut on your desktop).

3. Whenever you want to update the Media Center Library simply run the script form the shortcut on your desktop.

4. After it’s completed it will launch Media Center for you. Once installed you can safely delete the ‘Refresh Media Library’ folder.

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HP MSA P2000 – Replacing a Failed Disk

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KB ID 000087

Problem

If you have a disk fail in one of the volumes on your HP MSA SAN, this is the process for replacing it.

Note: Normal RAID rules apply, if you replace a 146GB drive with a 300GB drive, it will add it fine, but you will lose the difference.

Solution

1. Remove the failed drive, and replace with the new one.

2. Connect to the web cosole of the storage array. Select the MSA > Provisioning > Manage Global spares.

3. Tick the replacement drive > Modify Spares

Note: If you cannot see the drive, and/or it is flagged LEFTOVR it may have metadata on it that needs removing.

4. That’s it, the vdisk that HAD the failed drive will ‘claim’ the spare and rebuild, this may take a little time. After this process is finished, the vdisk will carry out a ‘Media Scub’ job.

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