Back in July of last year, I posted about how the DS/IS hotfix prereq check works and why you need to apply it. Since that time, I’ve run into one other item I wanted to talk about in the process that I didn’t provide enough detail on in the original post. Here’s a recap of…
Tag: Exchange 2003 SP1
I installed the roll-up, why does it still say I’m running SP3?!
Ok, so that title sort of says it all. You’ll find that installing a roll-up hotfix onto an Exchange 2000 or 2003 server may not update the display in the Exchange System Manager to reflect the new version. So what’s really going on? For example, an Exchange 2000 SP3 server is going to display itself as…
KB.841765 Ex55 Post-Sp4 hotfix re-released
The “Exchange 5.5 Post-SP4 Rollup” (KB.841765) containing the DS/IS Hotfix required for Exchange 2003 SP1 Site Consolidation work (see my earlier posting) has been updated as of December 16, 2004. If you’ve been looking for it, you can now download the updated version here.
Evan gets a mention in Redmond Mag
Wow, this is a pretty cool scenario. I’m sitting on a plane, diligently reading my December 2004 Redmond Magazine. I flip the page and there’s an article on Exchange 2003 consolidation. Here’s where it gets good… Reading through the article by Bill Boswell, I think to myself – “wow, this sure sounds a lot like the…
Cross-AG moves and ADC version upgrades
If you’ve tried to do Exchange 2003 SP1 cross-AG mixed-mode moves, you’ve (hopefully!) realized that you need to meet a bunch of prereqs before you can proceed. The Site Consolidation Overview KB (KB.843104) lists these various prereqs, but here is the short version again for reference: Upgrade all ADCs to Exchange 2003 SP1 (earlier blog…
IMF on machines with 15 character names
If you’re running Intelligent Message Filter (IMF) on an Exchange server with a 15 character servername (for instance, if your gateway with IMF installed is called ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO), you may have noticed that IMF doesn’t process the inbound messages. This is because IMF does not bind properly to a server where the NetBIOS name is 15 characters in…
Technet article on new Recover Mailbox Data wizard in Exchange 2003 SP1
I completely forgot to post this link when it first went live in mid-July! Better late than never, have a look at my Technet article on the new “Recover Mailbox Data wizard” introduced in Exchange 2003 SP1. This is the new feature built-into the Exchange System Manager GUI that allows you to bypass Exmerge when…
So what if the "stub" objects never go away?
A while back, I wrote a blog post about verifying that you are ready to remove the source site after undergoing the process of SP1 mixed-mode site consolidation. See here for that intro. Since that post, I’ve run into a few questions about what to do if these validations never pass. Suppose you keep checking for…
Configure IMF gateway settings per server?
Someone sent me email the other day asking about the global configuration of the Intelligent Message Filter (IMF). “Is there anyway to configure the IMF settings at the Admin Group level or something less than global,” they asked. Well, it turns out there is a way to configure the IMF (or at least, the gateway portion…
New Domain Rename (Rendom.exe) tools released
Windows group released an updated set of Domain Rename tools last week — download here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/downloads/domainrename.mspx. You’ll still need to understand and follow the steps for the XDR-FIXUP utility. Note the required Exchange version information from the website: Important: The domain rename operation and the use of the domain rename tools is not supported in…