Cannot create a new Offline Address Book

I have 2 instances of Exchange Server installation in one single organisation (by one per domain):
1. Exchange 2010 Version 14.3 (Build 123.4).
2. Echange 2013 Version 15.0 (Build 1044.25).
I have created new OAB and arbitration mailbox following
this article.
It is result of command:
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-Mailbox -Arbitration | where {$_.PersistedCapabilities -like "*oab*"} | ft name,servername
Name ServerName
BK Arbitration OAB vsrv-exbk
But when i try generate new OAB using command:
Update-OfflineAddressBook -Identity "OAB-FAB"
I get this error message:
Не удалось создать автономную адресную книгу "\OAB-FAB". Это может быть вызвано двумя причинами: служба помощников по обслуживанию почтовых ящиков не
запущена на сервере "SRV-MAILBOX.xxx.local" или у вас нет разрешений на выполнение этой операции. Сообщение об ошибке: "Не удается вызвать службу по
мощников по обслуживанию почтовых ящиков на сервере. 'SRV-MAILBOX.xxx.local': сбой. Ошибка RPC: -2147220990.".
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidResult: (OAB-FAB:OfflineAddressBookIdParameter) [Update-OfflineAddressBook], LocalizedException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : [Server=VSRV-EXBK,RequestId=84bb0fb1-d6dd-4718-a704-4e9a20e178b6,TimeStamp=19.02.2015 12:07:00] [FailureCategory=Cmdle
t-LocalizedException] 12FE7FE1,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemConfigurationTasks.UpdateOfflineAddressBook
+ PSComputerName : vsrv-exbk.xxx.local
Roughly translation from Russian is - "Cannot create a new Offline Address Book
"\OAB-FAB" This may be caused to two reasons: the service "Mailbox Assistant service." did not started on "SRV-MAILBOX.xxx.local"
server or you do not have permission to perform this operation.
I investigated this situation and found out that i have "Organisation Management" role on my account, and "Mailbox Assistant service." is started on server "SRV-MAILBOX.xxx.local".
I try to restart the service but it does not fix this issue.
Please help me ;)

Hi,
How did you create a new OAB and an OAB Generation Mailbox? When creating new OABs after Exchange CU5, we need to specify the GeneratingMailbox property.
For example:
New-Mailbox -Arbitration -Name "BK Arbitration OAB" -Database DB4 -UserPrincipalName [email protected] –DisplayName " BK Arbitration OAB"
Set-Mailbox "BK Arbitration OAB" –Arbitration –OABGen $true
New-OfflineAddressBook -Name "OAB-FAB" –GeneratingMailbox "CN= BK Arbitration OAB,CN=Users,DC=contoso,DC=com" –AddressLists "Default Global Address List"
For more information, please refer to this article.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2014/05/13/oab-improvements-in-exchange-2013-cumulative-update-5.aspx
Best Regards.

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Please follow this to create OAB in Exchange2013
http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2013/01/14/managing-oab-in-exchange-server-2013.aspx
Please check this for the details of OAB in Exchange2013
http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/10/26/oab-in-exchange-server-2013.aspx
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WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Users/HealthMailbox033a6d5dc2734020861241094e333a83" is invalid and couldn't be
updated.
WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/Monitoring
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WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/Monitoring
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updated.
WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/OAB Version 3a" is invalid and couldn't be
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WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/OAB Version 4" is invalid and couldn't be
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WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/Offline Address Book -
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WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/Schedule+ Free Busy Information - first
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WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Users/HealthMailboxc5809e7b325d447f91bc3d7ea36c15e2" is invalid and couldn't be
updated.
WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Users/HealthMailbox6d5b50c9e47e4ad283e5ceef43f051e8" is invalid and couldn't be
updated.
WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Users/HealthMailbox033a6d5dc2734020861241094e333a83" is invalid and couldn't be
updated.
WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/Monitoring
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WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/Monitoring
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updated.
WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/OAB Version 3a" is invalid and couldn't be
updated.
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WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Users/HealthMailbox033a6d5dc2734020861241094e333a83" is invalid and couldn't be
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updated.
WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Users/HealthMailbox6d5b50c9e47e4ad283e5ceef43f051e8" is invalid and couldn't be
updated.
WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Users/HealthMailbox033a6d5dc2734020861241094e333a83" is invalid and couldn't be
updated.
WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/Monitoring
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WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/Monitoring
Mailboxes/HealthMailboxb55608d9ec2c42029346ccf54541fc45" is invalid and couldn't be updated.
WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/Monitoring
Mailboxes/HealthMailbox70d4dd84317b4819a90a2dff0178614b" is invalid and couldn't be updated.
WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/OAB Version 2" is invalid and couldn't be
updated.
WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/OAB Version 3a" is invalid and couldn't be
updated.
WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/OAB Version 4" is invalid and couldn't be
updated.
WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/Offline Address Book -
\/o=MyDomain\/cn=addrlists\/cn=oabs\/cn=Default" is invalid and couldn't be updated.
WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/Offline Address Book - first administrative
group" is invalid and couldn't be updated.
WARNING: The recipient "MyDomain.local/Microsoft Exchange System Objects/Schedule+ Free Busy Information - first
administrative group" is invalid and couldn't be updated.
From what I read this is due to invalid characters in these entries of the Address Books. If I still had my 2010 box I could go in to the Exchange Toolbox, manage the Address Lists and change the Alias of these entries. I don't have a 2010 box though. All
I have is 2013 and from what I have read there is no way to manage the Address lists through the ECP.
I have tried changing them in the Shell with this command:
Get-Mailbox | Where {$_.Alias -like "* *"} | ForEach-Object {Set-Mailbox $_.Name -Alias:($_.Al
as -Replace " ","")}
But this did not work.
How do I fix this issue in an Exchange 2013 environment? Please let me know if more information is needed and thank you in advance for any help.

Hi,
I suggest we rebuild the GAL by contacting a Microsoft Support, or it will be a non-support environment. For your reference, a simple version of the rebuilding steps:
1. Remove the current GAL
2. Run “/PrepareAD” and it will recreate the GAL.
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All of a sudden, I cannot create any new groups within Address Book! Will not work either from the plus sign at the bottom of the group list or the main menu!
Any advice on how to resolve?

quit Address book and delete the file homedirectory/library/application support/address book/AddressBook-v22.abcddb. then start Address Book and see if you can create groups.

Problem with an unavailable server and the "Offline address book" rol

I have a site with two Exchange 2007 servers and tried to install a new Exchange 2013 but the process did not end well.
Now the 2013 server has the role of "Offline address book" and is no longer available which creates multiple problems. How I can do to remove the references to the 2013 server and move the role referred to one of the existing Exchange 2007 servers?

My recommendation would be to fix whatever went wrong and complete the setup.
The server is probably the generation server for a new offline address list. Check that by entering the following command.
Get-OfflineAddressBook
If there's a new list created by Exchange 2013 setup, you can simply remove it using Remove-OfflineAddressBook, and that should take care of what you're seeing.
Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."

Unable to download offline address book

Upgraded from Exchange 2003 to 2010 and ran through the steps upgrading the OAB to the new format.
I have configured Outlook Anywhere which works but when I attempt to download the offline address book I get the following error:-"Task Microsoft Exchange Server reported error (0x800401f): The operation failed."
These are the steps I have already taken:-
Turn off SSL for the OAB directory in IIS
Created a new OAB on Exchange 2010 and waited overnight to allow for changes.
When I then tried to select the new OAB, this does not appear in the dropdown list on the client either.
Can anyone advise?

check out this...it will work
1
On the CAS server/s stop the Microsoft Exchange File Distribution Service. You can do this from the command prompt with
'net stop MSExchangeFDS'
2
Untick 'Enable Web-based Distribution' of OAB: From EMC-->Org-->Mailbox-->Offline Address Book-->double click on your Offline Address Book (normally called 'Default Offline Address Book')-->'Distribution' Tab-->Untick
'Enable Web-based Distribution' then press Apply. You can also do it from
EMS with the command 'Get-OfflineAddressBook | Set-OfflineAddressBook -VirtualDirectories:$Null'. This should of resulted in the
<Drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\ClientAccess\OAB\<GUID> folder being removed from your CAS server/s
3
Open EMS and do "Get-OABVirtualDirectory | Remove-OABVirtualDirectory-confirm:$false". This will remove the OAB Virtual Directory from all of your CAS server/s. So use the -WebSiteName parameter if you have more than 1 CAS
server and you only want to perform this reset on 1 server.
4
Delete/Rename the <Drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\ClientAccess\OAB folder on the CAS server/s
5
Delete/rename the <Drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\ExchangeOAB
folder on the OAB Generating server (usually a mailbox server).
6
Open EMS and do "New-OABVirtualDirectory -Server <CASServerName>".
This will create the OAB Virtual Directory on the CAS server and will create the <Drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\ClientAccess\OAB
folder on the CAS server too. Repeat this step for each of your CAS servers. If you only have one CAS server then you do not need the
Server parameter. This will also set the InternalURL value of the
OABVirtualDirectory to "http://<CASfqdn>/OAB" which is fine if you don't want to use SSL internally to download the OAB (this is the default Exchange setting). WARNING: SBS seems to default to HTTPs on the OAB
VD because of the Bindings on the SBS Web Applications web site, so I suggest you use HTTPs, or if you really want to use HTTP then look at the Bindings and which HostNames will allow you to connect to the SBS Web Applications web site on port 80. on SBS use
'New-OABVirtualDirectory -WebSiteName "SBS Web Applications"' To ensure the OAB VD is created under the correct web site.
7
Open EMS and do 'Get-OfflineAddressBook | Set-OfflineAddressBook -VirtualDirectories "<CASServerName>\oab (default web site)"'. On a SBS server the (default web site) is normally (SBS Web Applications), so open IIS and confirm
what the web site name is that contains your Exchange Virtual Directories and then use that value instead of (default web site) if you need to. You can do this step in EMC as you may find it easier, especially if you are running multiple CAS servers.
8
Open EMS and do "Get-OfflineAddressBook | Update-OfflineAddressBook". This will recreate and populate the
<Drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\ExchangeOAB folder on the OAB Generating server (usually a mailbox server) and it will also share the folder out as
ExchangeOAB.
9
On the CAS server/s start the Microsoft Exchange File Distribution Service. You can do this from the command prompt with "net start MSExchangeFDS". This will copy the
<Drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\ExchangeOAB\<GUID> folder on the OAB Generating server to the <Drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\ClientAccess\OAB
folder on the CAS server/s.
Recycle the MSExchangeAutodiscoverAppPool Application Pool in IIS, so autodiscover picks up the new OAB URLs. Then restart Outlook so it reads the new Autodiscover information about the OAB URLs and test Downloading the Offline Address
Book from an internal Outlook 2007/2010 client and it should now work.
regards

Send/receive hang on "Offline address book Connecting to Microsoft Exchange" and will never finish?

When I hit send/receive on a few clients the process will hang on "Offline address book Connecting to Microsoft Exchange" and will never finish? These same user can long on the OWA and send/receive just fine. The problem is that while it's hanging it can't go out and look for new email. Any thoughts?

I had similar problem.
This actually arose due to the fact I had mistakenly set the Default web Site directory with a HTTP redirect which applied to all subfolders including OAB.
I did then rectify this by going into individual subfolders and unchecking Http Redirect from each sub folder, however unknowingly it created/modified a webconfig file under the OAB virtual directory. (you can explore it to see the
file there)
If you test your OAB url (for people with the issue), which is : http(s)://servername/oab/[code]/oab.xml you will get Error 500.
Each time Outlook 2007 was trying to connect to get OAB, it was trying to read that webconfig file.
I fixed this by changing the permissions on that webconfig file to allow everyone and the above error was done, and also my Outlook 2007 was downloading the OAB again!
Now if the above fix did not fix your problem, you can temporarily effectively disable OAB by unticking Web Distribution of OAB and Public Folder Distribution in EMC under Organisation/Mailbox/Offline Address Book. Users will be able to do a
send/reiceve without any errors/issues. However, if a new contact/user is added to your AD with exchange attributes, the clients will not be able to see this. I'm guessing if cached mode was also not used, issues would also occur if they tried using the GAL.
acidack, you are a lifesaver.
I looked at the other webconfig files in the internet directories and noticed they all had 'Authenticated Users' with read permissions while the OAB one did not. Adding this group with read permissions solved the problem; Outlook 2007
users are no longer frozen on the 'Offline address book connecting to Microsoft Exchange" message.
What caused this? I'm not sure. I was messing with the web settings trying to redirect people to OWA. Something I did must have caused this file to be re-created without the needed permissions.
Acidack and AndrewB, You are both live savers. After all these years, your solution to this problem is still spot on.

Offline Address Book problem

Scenario:
We had an Exchange 2010 Server that we wanted to temporarily migrate over to another server, then migrate back. We ended up deciding not to migrate it back, but now it will be migrated to another piece of hardware. There are 3 Exchange Servers involved;
Exchange1 (the originating server, which has since been deleted from AD), Exchange2 (the temporary mail server), and Exchange3 (the final destination).
Problem:
Currently, Exchange1 has been deleted from AD, mail is flowing on Exchange2 and I'm trying it install Exchange onto the third server, but I'm having a problem with Offline Address Books. I receive the following error during the initial installation process
for Exchange 2010...
Client Access Role Prerequisites: Failed
Error: The nominated Exchange server for offline address book 'Base-OAB' has been deleted. Nominate a valid server and restart setup.
And naturally, I receive the following when I attempt to update the OAB...
Error: Exchange server "PEARCEDEL:903400db-dd36-463f-950e-3d1db9313db0" was not found. Please make sure you typed the name correctly.
Details:
When I look at the OAB on Exchange2, I can see the default OAB that derived from Exchange1. I've tried to move that OAB to Exchange3, but i get the following (I'm also unable to delete it):
Error: You must provide a value for this property. Warning: The server from which this offline address book is being moved, "PEARCEDEL:903400db-dd36-463f-950e-3d1db9313db0", no longer exists in Active Directory. The
OAB will be moved, but this will lead to a full OAB download for all users who are provisioned to use this OAB. If public folder distribution was enabled, the older replica will be removed from the public folder. Also, some OAB settings may be
changed during the move. Please examine the OAB after it has been moved and verify the settings.
Now, the above message says that it will move, but it doesn't.
I also receive that same "You must provide a value for this property." error when I try to create a new OAB.
I'm not concerned about salvaging the old OAB, I just need to be able to install Exchange on Exchange3.
Thank you in advance for your help!

And naturally, I receive the following when I attempt to update the OAB...
Error: Exchange server "PEARCEDEL:903400db-dd36-463f-950e-3d1db9313db0" was not found. Please make sure you typed the name correctly.
Details:
When I look at the OAB on Exchange2, I can see the default OAB that derived from Exchange1. I've tried to move that OAB to Exchange3, but i get the following (I'm also unable to delete it):
Error: You must provide a value for this property. Warning: The server from which this offline address book is being moved, "PEARCEDEL:903400db-dd36-463f-950e-3d1db9313db0", no longer exists in Active Directory.
Hi,
Manually removing Exchange 2007 and later versions using ADSIEDIT is not supported and will not do the necessary cleanups of different settings outside the servers own container.
With that said, you will need to manually change the OAB Generation Server for your OAB using ADSIEdit and you do that by modifying the setting configured for
offLineABServer shown in the picture below.
Martina Miskovic

Outlook 2013 Not Responding and Offline Address Book Issues with Office 365

Around 3 months ago I setup a small business with Office 365 for email. They have 10 PCs, all running newly installed Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, eight with Office 2013 and two with Office 2010. All are connected to a local domain (Server Essentials
2012) with a single internet connection through a new TP-LINK router. Each user logs into their own PC only.
The network runs perfectly, internet connection is good but there seems to be RANDOM, INTERMITTENT issues with email not being SENT from Outlook every so often. Email will sit in the outbox for up to an hour sometimes before, eventually, being sent. Incoming
email seems ok, although this is more difficult to tell. At others times, email will be sent instantly - the size of the message and any attachments makes no difference.
The issue has happened at some point on every one of the PCs but no particular PC/user seems worse than any other. When email is stuck on one user's PC it can still be sent ok by other users at the same time - so the internet connection is not down. Users can
can always login to the OWA service ok and iPhones etc. all sync ok even when email is stuck in the Outbox.
To debug the issue I have worked on one particular user's PC and carried out the following changes -
Changes that made no difference
I have checked the router. A SPI firewall is available on the router but this is switched off.
I have changed the MTU on the router with no effect.
There are no unsual add-ins to Outlook
Outgoing email virus scanning is disabled
Outlook is NOT integrated with Lync
The OST file is around 1.7 GBytes is size.
I have recreated the Outlook profile twice but this made no difference
Switched OFF "Cached Exchange Mode" - this made things worse !
The Outlook address book is set to \Offline Global Address List
I have disabled with Windows firewall on the client PC - no change
I have adjusted the KeepAliveTime for packets in the registry of the PC to 20 minutes
Changes that reduced the frequency of "Not Responding"
I have changed the Outlook automatic Send/Receive time from 30 to 10 minutes - this seemed to help
Possible Related Problem
I have attempted to download the offline address book manually - this hangs at "Copying offline address book template file" in the Send/Receive dialog and there a NO OAB files in the data file location on the PC.
So the only measure that has so far "helped" has been the Outlook Send/Receive time change - now set to 10 minutes. Even so, Outlook will occasionally go "Not Responding" for 30 minutes or more (no windows active - only option
is to close and reopen Outlook).
There does seem to be a problem with the Offline Address book. I can download this ok for this user on my home PC (Outlook 2010) but this will not download manually on the work pc with Outlook 2013 (despite following all the debug steps above).
On work PC I can see literally hundreds of "Schannel" errors in the Windows System event logs -
Error - Event 36888 Schannel
The following fatal error was generated :10
The internal error state is 10
These errors occur every 2-4 minutes continually all the time Outlook is running. When Outlook is closed the "Schannel" errors stop !
Can anyone suggest what else to try, please ?
I have already investigated this issue on the Office 365 Community Forum, and the Outlook forum and they suggested that it was a client (i.e Outlook) issue and that I should post here for further information.
Thanks for reading !

An update to this problem.
I brought one of the office PCs back to my home network and connected it up there. With no changes to the PC I was immediately able to download the Offline Address Book without errors.
This suggests to me that there must be some problem with the internet connection or router setup in the office environment.
The router is a TP-LINK W8970. The internet connection is PPPoA. I have seen some suggestion that an SPI firewall can cause issues. This router has an SPI firewall but this feature is disabled on the router.
While investigating this issue I have frequently been connected remotely to an office PC - sometimes for up to an hour or more. During these periods I have not experienced any connection dropouts so the actual internet connection seems to be ok (i.e. it is
not dropping out).
However, something seems to be preventing the Outlook client from connecting properly with the Office 365 Exchange server in the office environment - or something is dropping the connection to Outlook. Does anyone know of any router settings that might affect
this ?
I could try changing the office router but I do not have a spare available. Can anyone suggest a reasonably low cost, currenbtly available router that they know definitely works in the Office 365 environment so that I could buy this for test purposes ?

Best Solutions For Offline Address Book on Workstations Not Updating Frequently Enough?

We use Exchange 2010 SP2 and we set Outlook 2010 to Exchange Cached mode by default for all workstations. This seems to work OK for the majority of email most of the time, but because we are very frequently adding and removing external mail contacts
and and adding and removing them from distribution lists, the GAL and distribution lists memberships are frequently out of date in the middle of the work day.
Sometimes the users can manually download an updated OAB assuming it has been updated on the server, but sometimes the OAB is not updated yet and redownloading the OAB solves nothing. It is a lot of hassle, confusion about bounced messages and
missing contacts and phantom names in distribution lists with this method.
I notice that for mail contacts, there is an All Contacts address book that is live, but it does not include include anything else other than contact addresses. Distribution List memberships are still out of date until the OAB is updated on the server
and then downloaded to the Outlook client. This is taking too long.
Is there a keyboard shortcut to force the client to do a GAL address lookup in online mode rather than using the cached OAB?
Can Outlook display both an online and offline address book for the GAL and let the user manually select online version of the GAL if a contact or new mailbox or DL has not synced to the OAB yet?
If we set the registry key to force online address books even when Outlook is in cached Exchange mode, is there any performance downside for PCs on the LAN other than the GAL being unavailable when the network is not available?
Would the Exchange server have a significantly higher load if most PCs were accessing the GAL without an OAB cache?
If we should not expect a significant increase in server load or network traffic, we might set desktops to use online access to the GAL and only laptops to use OAB.

Hi,
If users are accessing the GAL without OAB cache, definitely it will increase in server load and network traffic. If you are in cached mode, one suggestion is to define that in Send/Receive Settings:
Go to Send/Receive Groups -> Define Send/Receive Groups
-> Select the account and Edit -> Select
Include the selected account in this group, and check Download offline address book -> Click
OK -> Go back to Send/Receive Groups, select the frequency for automatic send/receive(Schedule an automatic send/receive every x minutes.), and then close.
I hope this setting can help in your scenario.
Regards,
Melon Chen
TechNet Community Support

How do I create groups in the address book?

How do I create groups in the address book?

Hi,
Open Address Book > go to the File Menu and come down to New Group.
Hope this helps.

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