Best/Safest way to P2V a SBS 2008 Server to sit on Hyper V

We have used Double Take when we did our P2V migrations to Hyper-V. We did it during office hours and didn't get any downtime.

After doing a lot of searching I managed to find that Microsoft have released an updated Version of MVMC (Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 3.0). This new version now includes the ability to do a Live Physical to Virtual conversion.Previously they had removed this feature from SCVMM 2012 R2 and as a result I was going to do a Disk2VHD of the SBS 2008 server and then load that into Hyper V.But after doing more research I am thinking that doing a Live P2V on a SBS 2008 is risky as its got Exchange, SharePoint and other programs that change constantly.I am worried that even if I disconnect the server from the network and P2V it that something might change and I won't get a 100% carbon copy.As such I am thinking of taking an image of the Server using something like Acronis True Image Universal Restore boot CD and then restoring the image...
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Upgrading exchange but want to leave SBS 2008 server in place.

Hello TechNet
I would like to install an exchange 2013 server in my organization, currently i have a sbs 2008 server. I would like to keep the remote user functionality of sbs but upgrade the exchange. If that's not possible i am still upgrading exchange. Does anyone
have a best practice steps for moving from SBS 2008 to exchange 2013. Should i just fallow the upgrade path from exchange 2007 to exchange 2013? The server i'm installing exchange on is a AD server on the domain currently and is running Windows server 2012.
Thanks in advance for any advice or help.
Bri
RBIT@CA

We went that route as a stop gap when hardware constrained us: SBS 2008 successfully virtualised on a 2012 R2 Hyper-V host. It was not all plain sailing. Having shut down and disabled all the services on the physical SBS2008,
we used the Sysinternals disk2vhd tool to get two vhds (C: was system, E: was all the data including Exchange info stores), converted to vhdx using 2012.R2 Hyper-V manager and built a VM using these vhdxs. It booted at first but then
froze at restart after the Hyper-V host tools were automatically installed. We found a work round which involved running the MS System Update and recovery Tool (SURT) after the VM initial boot and before any subsequent VM restart. Once services
were put back to normal, the virtualised SBS 2008 ran fine.
There is some doubt as to whether this is a supported configuration, and it will not be easy to configure robust backups (see
this thread). However, our SBS2008 VM has been running for over a year in this configuration and am just now planning a move to Office 365 integrated Exchange with onsite Exchange 2013 plus virtualised 2012.R2 DC as per Larry's first reply.
Good luck which ever way you go, and tread carefully!

Accidently removed a mailbox on the SBS 2008 server during the migration from SBS 2003

I accidently removed a legacy mailbox from the SBS 2008 server while still doing the migration from SBS 2003. I meant to click on the Move Mailbox like the instructions said but clicked on the Remove option, then clicked the 'X' to close the box since
I figured that would cancel what I did however it removed the mailbox from the SBS 2008 list.
Please tell me that I can get it back. It still shows up in the old SBS Exchange System Manager but now when an email is sent, it sends back a no delivery message. It's like the account doesn't exist any more.
Can it be recovered and if so, how?
thanks,
Jeff

Hi Jeff,
Would you please let us know current situation of this issue? Just check if above suggestions can help you.
If any update, please feel free to let us know.
In addition, please also refer to following article and thread, and then check if can help you.
How
to use a Recovery Storage Group in SBS 2008
How
to recover a deleted user and mailbox on SBS 2008
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

Outlook 2010 Will Not Connect to Exchange 2007 on SBS 2008 Server

Good Morning,
I have a user who cannot connect to the exchange server on SBS 2008 with outlook 2010. When they start outlook, it shows disconnected and will not connect for a minimum of 20 minutes to an hour. Any suggestions on how to fix this would be appreciated.
I have rebuilt their profile, but that does not fix the issue.
Thank you,
Lee F.
Lee Feldman SMB Consultant

Hi,
Thanks for posting in the forum.
Regarding the current issue, since you have recreated the user profile without any issue, I suspect that it’s mainly caused by the network issue. At this time, please first check the TCP/IP
configurations as Larry mentioned. Then, please also refer to the article below for details about how to troubleshoot Outlook connectivity issue.
Troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange: Outlook Connectivity Issues
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mspfe/archive/2011/04/12/troubleshooting_2d00_microsoft_2d00_exchange_2d00_outlook_2d00_connectivity_2d00_issues.aspx
Hope this helps.
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SBS 2008 - Server Infrastructure Licensing - event id 4 and 38

Hi everybody,
I have these errors in Event Viewer
The Additional Server Count Check in the Licensing component did not pass because error 0x8007200a occurred in function f1031 [WLTT]. The specified directory service attribute or value does not exist.
Make sure that your DNS server can be contacted and the following services are running: Active Directory Domain Services (NTDS), DNS Server (DNS), Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC). This server will be automatically shut down if the issue is not corrected
FOLLOWED BY
The Additional Server Count Check detected a condition in your environment that is out of compliance with the licensing policy. This server will be automatically shut down if the issue is not corrected in 58 day(s) 16 hour(s) 30 minute(s). Please look for additional
events for Additional Server Count Check to troubleshoot.
BEFORE these events we have 3 informational events:
Domain Controller Check passed.
Forest Trust Check passed.
FSMO Role Check passed.
We have just ONE server (the SBS 2008, not R2); we had two but the second one (Win2008 Srv) has been dismissed. No reference to the old server is found in AD, registry or other location (DNS, DHCP...). No event about the old server is recorded at all.
This server is also a DNS server; in its network properties it has itself as the DNS server (I mean: its IP, of course)
We have no problem in FMSO roles (checked with "dcdiag /test:fsmocheck") and the server is going on regularly (no issues with services, users, ...)
Any idea? I tried to solve this all by myself but with no result at all
Thanks
Cosimo
Milan, Italy

Hi Justin,
thanks for your reply. This server was a clean install, but the domain existed before (with a SBS 2003).
I have a failed test with dcdiag /e /v
Starting test: NCSecDesc
* Security Permissions check for all NC's on DC SERVERNAME.
The forest is not ready for RODC. Will skip checking ERODC ACEs.
* Security Permissions Check for
DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=DOMAINNAME,DC=msft
(NDNC,Version 3)
Error NT AUTHORITY\ENTERPRISE DOMAIN CONTROLLERS doesn't have
Replicating Directory Changes In Filtered Set
access rights for the naming context:
DC=ForestDnsZones,DC=DOMAINNAME,DC=msft
* Security Permissions Check for
DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=DOMAINNAME,DC=msft
(NDNC,Version 3)
Error NT AUTHORITY\ENTERPRISE DOMAIN CONTROLLERS doesn't have
Replicating Directory Changes In Filtered Set
access rights for the naming context:
DC=DomainDnsZones,DC=DOMAINNAME,DC=msft
* Security Permissions Check for
CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=DOMAINNAME,DC=msft
(Schema,Version 3)
* Security Permissions Check for
CN=Configuration,DC=DOMAINNAME,DC=msft
(Configuration,Version 3)
* Security Permissions Check for
DC=DOMAINNAME,DC=msft
(Domain,Version 3)
......................... SERVERNAME failed test NCSecDesc
And BSA shows:
The DNS client is not configured to point only to the internal IP address of the server. For information about how to fix network settings, see "Managing Your Windows Small Business Server 2008 network" at the Microsoft Web site (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=115881).
+
There are no DNS name server (NS) resource records with SERVERNAME.DOMAINNAME.msft for the _msdcs delegation in the forward lookup zone astra.msft.
+
The DNS CNAME resource record for Connect in the forward lookup zone for Windows SBS 2008 does not exist.
What would you suggest to me?
thanks
Cosimo

Best (safest) way to label photos?

Hi,
I have an iMac running OS X 10.6.8.
When my previous iMac G5 started to conk out, it disconnected my photo library from iPhoto; when the library was reconnected with iPhoto, all the photo labelling I had one in iPhoto was lost (several thousand photos). Also prior to that, I when I attempted to back up my photos on DVDs (problematic enough in itself with the iMac G5 not accepting the DVDS most of the time), the labelling I'd done in iPhoto did not come across to the back up. (I guess I realize now that I was not really labelling the file in iPhoto; I was probalby only labelling a display of the file?)
Anyway, to prevent this happening again with this computer, what is the recommended way of labelling photos? On the hard drive (Finder)? If so, what is the best way of doing this? I need to see the photo to be apply the right label to it.
Thanks in advance for any help.
reluctantuser

I restored them to iPhoto as per advice from Apple Support, however none of the titles, description, keywords, etc. came along with them.
How did you restore them?
As it is right now, with +12000 photos in iPhoto on this new machine, searching on the title doesn't work very well. It, sometimes, eventually, gets me to the search phrase, but it seems it's past its capacity.
How are you searching?
So, are you saying that if I export batches of photos out of iPhoto to the hard drive, the titles, etc. in iPhoto will write to the files?
It will if you tell it to. Note the options in the Export dialogue.
The point in all of this - "I copied files to disk, copied them back" is all about how you did these things. What disk? Did you write the metadata to the files? If not, well then... If so, was it a DVD? and so on

I need to know the best, safest way to convert video for Mac. I just had home movies converted to a DVD format a realize now that I need another step to burn them to my computer.

I just had home movies converted to a DVD format a realize now that I need another step to burn them to my computer. This is for a Christmas present! Help.

I don't think you need to use a ripper program to read a home movie DVD. Those are primarily for copy-protected commercial DVDs, right?
I think you just need to transcode the DVD files using a utility like Handbrake, which is free and fast.
http://handbrake.fr/details.php

Trying to improve perfomance of a SBS 2008 Server

My customer has a 2008 Small Biz Server running on an HP Proliant ML 310. This system is somewhere between 4 and 5 years old. The problem is that we have maxed out the physical RAM at 8 GB. When I originally specced out this system, I though that would be
plenty, but time has proved me wrong.
The amount of free memory on the server is often at very close to 0. The MS Exchange store takes a huge amount of RAM. I know that it is designed to do that, but it would be nice if it would leave a little more for other processes.
When I am sitting at the server console doing any kind of work, the performance is very slow. This afternoon, I was trying to install a 2nd backup drive and test it and next thing I know the server console had completely locked down. I could not log off or
even access the task manager to kill whatever offending task was causing the problem. Client PCs could not access shared files or email. Finally, after waiting about 30 minutes, I reluctantly powered the system down. Fortunately, it came back OK.
A couple of weeks ago, I had to do a normal re-boot and it took close to an hour. About 20 minutes to shut down and 30 to come back up.
I have tried to convince the owners of this firm that a new server would be a great thing, but they simply refuse to spend the money. Is there anything I can do to improve this server's performance with its existing hardware? Maybe some services that don't
need to be running that are? I don't have that much running at startup - just McAfee antivirus and an on-line backup program.
Thanks,
Mike

It is normal for exchange to grab RAM and free RAM on a server is wasted RAM but I understand your issue, especially when you are trying to do some tasks on the server. Any chance a BIOS upgrade or something will let the server support more than 8GB
of RAM?
If not, try throttling exchange a bit (not too much):
http://www.bursky.net/index.php/2012/05/limit-exchange-2010-memory-use/ (this works for exchange 2007 but note that page size difference in the calculations)
You can also throttle the SQL databases used for Wsus, Monitoring/Health and Companyweb in the SQL manager. Best to experiment a bit depending upon how much they are used by your users and how much RAM they use (check task manager).
-- Al

How to backup a SBS 2008 Server

This should be a simple question.
My concern the entire server including the exchange store.
There is a lot of conflicting information.
SO, if I used the backup wizard to backup the entire server, will I be able to restore the entire server including exchange.
Charles Frost

Absolutely, positively, affirmative. Assuming the external drive is compatible and there is a link here:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1780.windows-small-business-server-external-backup-drives-compatibility-list.aspx
And, for your reading pleasure, please review this link and the links contained therein:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1919.sbs-2011-v-backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery.aspx
You should have at least 2 targets and preferably 3. With 3, one is always out of the building. But regardless of how many, you should do a regular test restore of different items to a test folder on the server.
I have found the WD Passport Ultra to be very cost effective, comes with a three year warranty. Note that 2 TB is the largest supported target. And I have not had any issues with the ones labeled nesn.
Larry Struckmeyer[MVP] If your question is answered please mark the response as the answer so that others can benefit.

SBS 2008 - 'Sites' Certificate Expired - How to find out where/service it's used - if at all

Greetings,
Is there a way to see what options or services might be using the default sites certificate on our sbs 2008 server?
PowerShell or Certificates MMC add-in?
We have a Go Daddy for email and remote - so I'm thinking this self-signed- expired certificate can be deleted.
Thank you
Thanks in advance

Hi,
As far as I know, we could only use Certificates console check the certificates for the logged on user, for the specific service account and for the specific computer account. It’s hard to
verify which option needs a specific certificate.
For details about Certificates Console, please refer to the following article.
Certificates Console
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc962086.aspx
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Safest way to transition between iPhones

Hi,
I have an iPhone 4 and will soon be upgrading to a 5s.
My question here pertains to the fact that I want to wipe the old phone clean, i.e., get all my info off it (purchased apps, data, etc) unlock it (I am out of contract and now changing carriers). then offer it for sale (since it is in in pristine condition and will help me pay for new one).
I wonder how to do best wipe the phone clean to prepare it to sell without risking losing any data too soon that is needed for my new phone.
I also wonder about best, safest way to get data (including important data in certain apps) onto my new phone?
A few related questions:
Can iTunes distinguish between two iPhones?
If I plug in iPhone 4 and hit restore, what happens?
After I have figured out (with help of this forum) how to get my info off my present phone, can I—and is it a good idea—to install IOS7 (might that make phone more appealing?)
THANKS!
A.
PS. I was not going to raise question of unlocking on this forum but if anyone wants to offer advise or guidance about that, it's most welcome!

Thank you, Petvas.
I am attempting the update to ISO 7 (0.3) as I type. previously, I got a message that there was not enough room. (one reason for my other question on the forum about how to delete voice memos).
You wrote:
As soon as you get your new iPhone, you can reset the previous one. This can be done in the settings of your iPhone.
Now, put the SIM card in the new phone, connect it per USB with iTunes and when asked if you want to set up your phone as new, or restore from backup, select to restore from backup. iTunes will prompt you to select from a list of backups. Select the latest and click on next.
I will be getting a phone sent from APPLE set up to work with Verizon (no sim card for me to install, far as I know)? I imagine that I will just connect new phone to iTunes and restore from backup?
My other question is: after I have done the above and set-up new phone from backup, how do I remove all my data from the iPhone4 so that all that is left is latest OS and native apps and nothing more?
Also, I am still curious about the difference between a computer back up and an icloud backup?
Thanks!

Issues After Disabling IPv6 on Your NIC on SBS 2008

If you uncheck the IPv6 protocol from your network interface card on your Windows SBS 2008 server you may see the following issues after a reboot:
Microsoft Exchange services fail to start
Server hangs at “Applying Computer Settings…” (can eventually logon after 30 – 60 minutes)
Network icons show as offline
Some or all of the following events
Application Log Events
Source: MSExchange ADAccess
Event ID: 2114
Task Category: Topology
Level: Error
Description:
Process MAD.EXE (PID=2088). Topology discovery failed, error 0x80040a02 (DSC_E_NO_SUITABLE_CDC). Look up the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) error code specified in the event description. To do this, use Microsoft Knowledge Base article 218185,
“Microsoft LDAP Error Codes.” Use the information in that article to learn more about the cause and resolution to this error. Use the Ping or PathPing command-line tools to test network connectivity to local domain controllers.
Source: MSExchange ADAccess
Event ID: 2601
Task Category: General
Level: Warning
Description:
Process MSEXCHANGEADTOPOLOGY (PID=952). When initializing a remote procedure call (RPC) to the Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service, Exchange could not retrieve the SID for account <WKGUID=DC1301662F547445B9C490A52961F8FC,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,…>
– Error code=80040a01.
The Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service will continue starting with limited permissions.
Source: MSExchange ADAccess
Event ID: 2102
Task Category: Topology
Level: Error
Description:
Process MAD.EXE (PID=2088). All Domain Controller Servers in use are not responding: SBS.sbs2008.local
Source: MSExchange ADAccess
Event ID: 2105
Task Category: Topology
Level: Warning
Description:
Process MAD.EXE (PID=2088). Exchange Active Directory Provider failed to obtain DNS records for domain sbs2008.local. DNS Priority and Weight for the Domain Controllers in this domain will be set to the default values 0 (priority) and 100 (weight).
Source: MSExchange ADAccess
Event ID: 2114
Task Category: Topology
Level: Error
Description:
Process MSEXCHANGEADTOPOLOGYSERVICE.EXE (PID=952). Topology discovery failed, error 0x80040a02 (DSC_E_NO_SUITABLE_CDC). Look up the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) error code specified in the event description. To do this, use Microsoft Knowledge
Base article 218185, “Microsoft LDAP Error Codes.” Use the information in that article to learn more about the cause and resolution to this error. Use the Ping or PathPing command-line tools to test network connectivity to local domain controllers.
Source: MSExchangeFBPublish
Event ID: 8197
Task Category: General
Level: Error
Description:
Error initializing session for virtual machine SBS. The error number is 0x80040a01. Make sure Microsoft Exchange Store is running. Also, make sure that there is a valid public folder database on the Exchange server.
Source: MSExchangeTransportLogSearch
Event ID: 7005
Task Category: General
Level: Error
Description:
Microsoft Exchange couldn’t read the configuration from the Active Directory directory service because of error: Failed to load config due to exception: Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.NoSuitableServerFoundException: The Exchange Topology service on server
localhost did not return a suitable domain controller.
System Log Events
Source: Service Control Manager
Event ID: 7044
Task Category: None
Level: Warning
Description:
The following service is taking more than 16 minutes to start and may have stopped responding: Microsoft Exchange System Attendant
Source: Service Control Manager
Event ID: 7022
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Description:
The Microsoft Exchange Transport service hung on starting.
Source: Service Control Manager
Event ID: 7024
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Description:
The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service terminated with service-specific error 0 (0×0).

Hi,
Based on your description, it seems to be the same as the following blog.
Issues
After Disabling IPv6 on Your NIC on SBS 2008
Did you mean that encounter the same issue? If so, there is a resolution in that blog, please check if can
help you solve the issue.
If any other issue exists or any update, please don’t hesitate to let me know and provide more details. It
will help me understand clearly.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

Removing Exchange 2007 from SBS 2008 (In an Exchange 2010 Coexistance Scenario) - In order to remove 2007 Mailbox Objects from Active Directory and remove the SBS2008 server completely

I'm trying to remove Exchange 2007 from an SBS 2008 server
(Server 2008 Standard FE). My ultimate goal is to completely remove the SBS 2008 Server from the network environment.
We have an Exchange 2010 Coexistence Scenario and Mailboxes/Public Folders/etc have been moved over to the 2010 mail server, on Server 2008 R2.
I have moved all Shares, FSMO roles, DHCP, DNS, etc over to their respective servers. We have two full blown DC's in the environment.
I'm ready to remove Exchange 2007 from SBS 2008 and DCPROMO the server. I can NOT seem to find a TechNet article that shows me how
to proceed in this kind of scenario. I am trying to use the TechNet article:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd728003(v=ws.10).aspx
This article references Disabling Mailboxes, Removing OAB, Removing Public Folder Databases, then uninstalling Exchange using the Setup Wizard.
When I go to Disable Mailboxes I get the following error:
Microsoft Exchange Error
Action 'Disable' could not be performed on object 'Username (edited)'.
Username (edited)
Failed
Error:
Object cannot be saved because its ExchangeVersion property is 0.10 (14.0.100.0), which is not supported by the current version 0.1 (8.0.535.0). You will need a later version of Exchange.
OK
I really don't see why I need to Disable Mailboxes, Remove OAB and Public Folder Databases since they have been moved to 2010. I just want
to remove Exchange 2007 and DCPROMO this server (actually I just want to remove any lingering Exchange AD Objects referring to the SBS 2008 Server, using the easiest and cleanest method possible).
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks!

Hi,
Based on your description, it seems that you are in a migration process (migrate SBS 2008 to Windows Server
2008 R2). Now, you want to remove Exchange Server and demote server. If anything I misunderstand, please don’t hesitate to let me know.
On current situation, please refer to following articles and check if can help you.
Transition
from Small Business Server to Standard Windows Server
Removing SBS 2008 –
Step 1: Exchange 2007
Removing SBS 2008 – Step 2:
ADCS
Removing
SBS 2008 – Step 3: remove from domain / DCPROMO
Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft
does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

Snow Leopard/SBS 2008: Empty folders out of root?

Hi,
We have our iMac connected to a SBS 2008 server. We can access the root directory of the server's SMB shares without problem, however all sub-folders are blank when navigated to in Finder.
Oddly enough their contents is shown when navigating using an Open dialog from within an application.
What is going on? Thanks.

Hi Arnel,
Please refer to the suggestion that Merv Porter provided. It will help you to recover Disk Space.
Just additional. In MonitoringServiceLogs, Contains logs for SBS Monitoring and its associated data collection
tasks. Also, please refer to following articles. It will help us to understand the winsxs folder and Installer folder better.
What is the WINSXS directory in Windows 2008 and Windows Vista and why is it so large?
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2008/09/17/what-is-the-winsxs-directory-in-windows-2008-and-windows-vista-and-why-is-it-so-large.aspx
Should you delete files in the \WinSXS directory? And what’s the deal with VSS?
http://blogs.technet.com/b/joscon/archive/2010/08/06/should-you-delete-files-in-the-winsxs-directory-and-what-s-the-deal-with-vss.aspx
Can you safely delete files in the %windir%\Installer directory?
http://blogs.technet.com/b/joscon/archive/2012/01/18/can-you-safely-delete-files-in-the-windir-installer-directory.aspx
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

Excessive hard drive activity on SBS 2008

Hello again. Now that I've essentially solved the network activity problem, I've found that my SBS 2008 server spends a lot of time on hard disk requests that don't appear to have anything to do with it's role as a file server. It's reading between
1-2GB/min. about 50% of the time.
Resource Monitor shows that is from sqlservr.exe. We don't use SQL server or at least not that I'm aware of. It's just a file server now after our Exchange server was moved to the cloud (Office 365) a couple years ago.
I will try attaching a screen cap from Resource Monitor, showing the problem.
Any suggestions on how to solve this problem are welcome.
Thank you,
Mike

Hi Falcon_73,
Please refer to Jason’s suggestion and check if help you to find which sql service caused this issue.
Just addition, did you check the SBSMONITORING database? Please refer to following thread and KB, then check
if can help you.
Solved:
Why is SBSMONITORING Slow/Using all my processor resources?
The Windows SBS Console of Windows Small Business Server 2008
may crash, display "Not Available" for Other Alerts, or require a long time to display the Security and Other Alerts statuses
If anything I misunderstand or any update, please don’t hesitate to let me know.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu
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