Update: Newer firmware has been released since this was originally posted.
Ran into an interesting issue last week with a HP DL 585 Hyper-V host which had intermittent network connectivity over one of its defined virtual networks.
In the system event log the following warning was logged:
To resolve the issue, HP has released an updated NIC driver which is dated 11-11-2011.
The below is pasted from abo… Read the rest “Hyper-V Connectivity Issue”
Was discussing cross forest mailbox move operations with a customer last week to review the details around network requirements for remote move requests. This is as opposed to a local move request which is used within the same Exchange Organisation.
Relevant TechNet documentation:
Create a Remote Move Request That has Exchange 2010 in Both Forests
Create a Remote Legacy Move Request Where One of the … Read the rest “Exchange 2010 Cross Forest Mailbox Moves”
In part one of this series we looked at some of the basic aspects of the PowerShell environment. Let’s now look at the underlying mechanics on Exchange 2007 and 2010 servers. We will need to address some aspects separately due to the different mechanisms that are used between Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010.
For part one please click here.
For part three please click here.
Let’s kick off by looking… Read the rest “How To Maximize Exchange Administrator Productivity With PowerShell–Part 2”
After installing Internet Explorer 9 onto an Exchange server, you may have experienced that the Exchange Management Console (EMC) will not close. The following error is observed:
You must close all dialog boxes before you can close Exchange Management Console
This did not affect everyone, and you may have been blissfully unaware of this 
The Exchange Team Blog originally discussed the issue, an… Read the rest “Exchange EMC May Not Close – Update”
Last week the Exchange team released SP2 for Exchange 2010 over on the Exchange team blog as described in the previous post which announced the upcoming release.
I wanted to use this blog entry to provide links to all the relevant content for SP2 and to raise awareness of some specific issues so that they will not negatively impact your deployments.
You may have heard of the four main features that ar… Read the rest “Exchange 2010 SP2 – What You Need To Know”
Ran into an issue with SCOM, where the SCOM PowerShell console would freeze for extended periods of time.
Solution was found here: Slow tab expansion in Ops Mgr PowerShell V2 console
The fix is to tweak the TabExpansion function in V2 so that it doesn’t try to autocomplete child objects if using the Ops Mgr provider. This can be done via the below script. Paste this into your console session, … Read the rest “SCOM Slow PowerShell Expansion”
This update contains a number of customer reported and internally found issues since the release of SP1 RU5. In particular we would like to specifically call out the following fixes which are included in this release:
As a Microsoft Exchange Server focused Premier Field Engineer I spend a considerable amount of my time with customers at their work place and also when they attend training courses and workshops that I deliver. Naturally people want to talk and learn about the cool new features in Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010, which is great as it shows their underlying passion in the product. What they often do… Read the rest “How To Maximize Exchange Administrator Productivity With PowerShell–Part 1”
One of the great changes to Exchange 2010 SP1 was that a DAG static IP address can be set using the Exchange Managemetn Console. Prior to this in RTM, the Exchange Management Shell had to be used to set a static IP. An example of this would be:
In the SP1 EMC to revert the DAG to using DHCP, simply remove all the IP Addresses that were assigned.
But how can you revert a DAG back to using DHC… Read the rest “Change DAG to DHCP”
These are oldies but goodies. Posting links as requested.
Update: I Created a Deep Zoom of the posters so that it is easy to scroll around in a browser or mobile device. Click the toggle button at the bottom right hand corner to enter full screen mode.
Download Link.
Cheers,
Rhoderick