Anderson Patricio Get-news Blog : Exchange Server 2003

Exchange Server build numbes and release dates..

Anderson Patricio — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:07:18 GMT

Hello folks,

There is a KB with all Exchange Server build number and release dates of the products, check this out: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158530.

Cheers,
Anderson Patricio.

Windows Search 4.0 has been released

Anderson Patricio — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:16:49 GMT

Hello folks,

A new version of Windows Search was released yesterday. This new version has some improvements related to Exchange Server/Outlook. Check this information that came from the Windows Vista Team Blog (http://www.windowsvistablog.com).

Speaking of accessing Microsoft Exchange Server - if your organization selects not to use Microsoft Office Outlook in cached mode, you can set a Group Policy to index Exchange in online mode. Windows Search 4.0 will then index with minimal impact to the server. Our internal testing of this configuration shows significant decrease in the load on the server and the network as compared to Windows Desktop Search 3.01.

You can also download it from here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940157

Best Regards,
Anderson Patricio

Protecting and Recovering E-Mail Using DPM 2007 and Exchange 2007

Anderson Patricio — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:50:12 GMT

Hello folks,

An interesting post about Exchange Server 2007 and DPM 2007.

As more and more data is stored in electronic formats, data backup and recovery is increasingly becoming a key business requirement. Apart from being an operational requirement, today companies also may need to maintain a backup of their data for other reasons such as to fulfill legal requirements. Data comes in various forms, such as operational data, accounting information, and emails among others.

In this blog post, we look at Exchange data recovery goals and why Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 (DPM) is an effective solution to protect emails and mailboxes on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 (Exchange).

Technorati : DPM 2007, Exchange Server 2007

How to find /3GB without using boot.ini

Anderson Patricio — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:45:36 GMT

Hello Folks,

It might be useful for the Exchange Server 2003 admins. The Performance Team explained three different ways to find out if the /3GB is enabled, as follows:

We've talked a lot about the /3GB switch and its effect on system resources in previous posts. Today we are going to discuss how to determine whether or not /3GB is enabled on a 32-bit system without looking at the boot.ini file or using MSCONFIG.EXE. Finding out this information is not as difficult as you would think - there are actually multiple ways to find this information. We are going to find this information in three different ways - by looking in the registry, by using PSTAT.EXE and by looking at a Memory Dump File. So, without further delay, let's look at the simplest of the three methods - finding the information in the registry.

DPM Server protecting Exchange Server

Anderson Patricio — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:45:30 GMT

Hello Folks,

DPM protects either Exchange Server 2003 SP2 or Exchange Server 2007. During the protection group wizard we are able to copy the ese.dll and eseutil.exe in order to run eseutil to validate the backup process on the DPM side to decrease the workload in Exchange Servers.

Basically we just need to copy both files from the Exchange Server box to DPM Server, but we have some variables such as: Which DPM are we running? (x64 or 32bits), Exchange 2003 doesn't run in x64, Exchange Server 2007 doesn't run in 32bits.

To resolve this issue of DPM version versus Exchange Server versions, there is a section into the DPM documentation where we can find a table with all possible configurations, as it follows:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb808827.aspx

Grande abraço,
Anderson Patricio

Data Protection Manager 2007 Storage Calculator

Anderson Patricio — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:12:22 GMT

Hello folks,

The DPM Team has released a DPM 2007 Storage Calculator for Exchange Server.

Best Regards,
Anderson Patricio

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Using the Exchange Calendar Update Configuration Tool (MSExTMZCFG.EXE)

Anderson Patricio — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:39:58 GMT

I've been reading a lot of questions about the MSExTMZCFG Tool in the forums of exchange community. Then, the MsExchangeteam.com guys have published an article about it.

We have put together a step-by-step walkthrough on how to run the Exchange Calendar Update Configuration Tool (MSExTMZCFG.EXE). This is a server-side tool that can be used as part of the 2007 DST process for Exchange. We have also included some information about solutions for commonly seen errors when running the tool.

Please note that the KB article that talks about this package (KB 930879) has additional information about the tool as well as prerequisites and possible complications.

There are 2 files that are downloaded in the above package:

MSEXTMZ.exe - This file extracts time zone information from mailboxes on a server that is running Exchange Server. This file also updates mailbox calendars for a specified list of users by invoking the Outlook tool against each specified user.

MSEXTMZCFG.exe - This file is a configuration tool that describes most of the steps when you update an Exchange Server server.

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