Exchange 2010 server backup.

What is the best practise to take the Exchange server 2010 servers.
We have 4 servers in DAG with 1 active and 3 passive copies. We are currently taking Full backup in the weekend and differential backup daily. We use HP Data Protector for taking backup. Current DB size is 450GB.
What is the prefered method of backup (Differential or Incremental).
If we take incremental backup will it purge logs from all the exchange servers in DAG.

Hi,
Yes, Incremental backup will truncate the transaction log files. Here is an related blog below, please refer to the "DPM 2010 (beta) or every other 3rd party" section.
Backup issues and limitations with Exchange 2010 and DAG
http://blogs.technet.com/b/ehlro/archive/2010/02/13/backup-issues-and-limitations-with-exchange-2010-and-dag.aspx
A similar thread which may help you for your reference.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e76d57a5-5536-4c43-95b8-ea2a636ba054/dpm-2010-and-exchange-dag-recommended-way-to-backup
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Belinda
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TechNet Community Support

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Exchange 2010 server with 2 DAG servers - DAG1 and DAG2 - backup with 2 DPM servers one for each DAG server

Hello,
Please advice, i have an Exchange 2010 server with 2 DAG servers - DAG1 and DAG2 - backup with 2 DPM servers, one for DAG1 and one for DAG2 is it possible ?

Hi,
I confirmed with Exchange support team that DAGs could be backed up separately.
Meanwhile backup database is important if you need to recover both Exchange server settings and database. See:
Recover a database availability group member server
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd638206.aspx
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Restore Exchange 2007 database backup on Exchange 2010 server

Hi,
We have a requirement to restore mailbox from 2 years old when backup taken from Exchange 2007 server. Now we are on Exchange 2010 server where backup happens. So out of 2 years 1 year backup happen from Exchange 2007 & later happen from Exchange 2010
server using Netbackup.
We have 2 Exchange 2010 mailbox server & 1 Exchange 2007 mailbox server. Mailbox to be restore currently exists on Exchange 2010 mailbox server & functional.
can someone guide me with exact steps or best practice for restoring mailbox. confused by reading over multiple posts.

Hi ,
You cannot export data to a .pst file from a mailbox that is in a recovery storage group (RSG).
Mailboxes that are in a database that has been mounted in an RSG cannot be connected to Active Directory directory service accounts. These mailboxes have to be merged into existing mailboxes, or copied to a folder in an existing mailbox.
More information:
How to Export Mailbox Data:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb266964(v=exchg.80).aspx
Recovery Storage Group and PST's:<//span>
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sa/exchangesvravailabilityandisasterrecoverylegacy/thread/f0a062fa-1ec7-4d0c-aa58-bd7356df140d
Understanding Recovery Storage Groups:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124039(v=exchg.80).aspx
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Just updated to my macbook pro to 10.8.2. ical not synching with my Exchange 2010 server. Worked flawlessly prior to the upgrade. Settings set to auto discover. I matched settings of a partner in my who is still using 10.7.1 without issues. Help!

Just updated to my macbook pro to 10.8.2. ical not synching with my Exchange 2010 server. Worked flawlessly prior to the upgrade. Settings set to auto discover. I matched settings of a partner in my who is still using 10.7.1 without issues. Help!

Also - my battery has been telling me "service battery" for a LONG time and then it switched to "replace soon" som time ago. Can't really see what this has to do with anything but whatever.
That could conceivably explain all the problems you're describing. Replacing a Mac's battery should not be postponed since a failed battery will cause other problems to occur. It is also possible that its hard disk has failed, which means the information on it may soon become unrecoverable.
... my latest TM back up was from April 2014, can I just run this when I have rescued everthing and then it might not be as slow?
If that Time Machine backup remains intact, it may be the only viable means of recovering that Mac's information. I suggest you do not attempt to restore its contents to your ailing Mac.
Given that you are having trouble creating a newer Time Machine backup you should stop using that Mac immediately and have it serviced as soon as you are able. Do not take it to anyone other than Apple or a service facility authorized by Apple, for the very reasons you explained. If there are no Apple Stores in your vicinity search for an Authorized Apple Service Provider using the Contact Us link below. Use one of the options that appear under Contact Apple Support. The language on that page will be different for your location.

Exchange 2010 DAG backup & Transaction logs

Hi,
What is Microsoft recommended best practise for Exchange DAG group backup in an environment where there are Active & multiple (2-3) passive copies of the databases?
Is it a good practice to backup transaction logs as frequently as possible in addition to daily full backup ? This I belive will allow to restore the DB to the latest possible state
using last good full backup & transaction logs (Like restoring SQL databases)
Thanks

Hi,
Windows Server Backup can't backup passive copy. If you want to backup both active and passive copies, you need to use DPM or other third party.
Here is a similar thread for your reference.
Exchange 2010 DAG Backup Best Practices
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/269c195f-f7d7-488c-bb2e-98b98c7e8325/exchange-2010-dag-backup-best-practices
Besides, here is a related blog below which may help you.
Backup issues and limitations with Exchange 2010 and DAG
http://blogs.technet.com/b/ehlro/archive/2010/02/13/backup-issues-and-limitations-with-exchange-2010-and-dag.aspx
Hope this helps.
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Belinda
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TechNet Community Support

Remove inaccessible/inactive exchange 2010 server

I had a second exchange 2010 server with a DAG setup between the primary production exchange 2010 server and the secondary one which was at our DR site. I did a DR test and ended up having to break the DAG and mount the DB manually for the DR test. AS a
result this second exchange server has been switched off and I have removed the DAG from the production side and all is ok with that. I am planning to move to a netapp exchange replication solution instead of dag for DR. As the DAG does not work well as a
DR solution.
The only problem that remains is that I still have the old server listed under servers and there is a public folder database that is still listed from the second server. Is there a way to remove this inasscible server from exchange without doing it through
ASDIedit? There is no way that i can turn this second server on again.

Your first option is to uninstall normally as commented by Ed.
If no way you can uninstall (in a documented way), then you can go with the final option of cleaning up from active directory. But take a backup of the active directory system state before doing this to be safe.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/1c638bdd-67ba-44dd-996d-882be5fe5b09/remove-failed-exchange-2010-servers-that-are-no-longer-accessible?forum=exchange2010
http://windowsitpro.com/exchange-server/how-uninstall-stubborn-exchange-server
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Unable to SEND mail using Activesync in Exchange 2010 server on iPhone or Windows Mobile 6.1

Hi All,
We've been setting up a new SBS 2011 server for a client this week. Everything is working, except the staff have 4 x iPhones to connect with Exchange ActiveSync.
There are 2 x iPhone 4's and 2 x iPhone 3Gs's. We can setup the Exchange accounts on each of the phones and they are all able to sync mail and calender etc with the server.
The problem we have is when any of them try to send mail from the phone, it gives an error : "Cannot Send Mail - An error occurred while delivering this message" and it sits in the outbox on the phone.
The newsgroups and forums are littered with people having issues with IOS4 and Exchange 2010 but most of these are from June-August 2010 when IOS4 version was around 4.00 or 4.01
A lot of these people had iPhone 3 handsets running with IOS 3.1.3 which worked with Exchange 2010 but when they upgraded to IOS 4, they had this problem sending mail.
It seems that for most of them, the fix came in the form of IOS version 4.1 which fixed the send issue for them.
We have a variety of Hansets and IOS versions (including an iPhone 3Gs running IOS 3.1.3) but are unable to send mail from any of them:
iPhone 3Gs    IOS 3.1.3
iPhone 3Gs    IOS 4.3.3
iPhone 4       IOS 4.3.3
iPhone 4       IOS 4.3.5
I was surprised that the iPhone 3Gs running 3.1.3 was unable to send either as nearly all the forums etc I read with this issue said the iPhone 3's worked with that IOS version.
Today we used a test iPhone 4 handset from our office to connect to an almost identical Small Business Server 2011 we setup two weeks ago for another client.
The test iPhone 4 was able to connect, Sync and Send email on that server but when set it to connect to this SBS 2011 server, it gets the "Cannot Send Mail" message the same as the others. So clearly the handset is working (on the other server at least),
it must be something misconfigured in this Exchange server right?
We ran the Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyser on the Exchange server and got green ticks across the board.
Outlook Web App and Outlook Anywhere both work normally. Everything we can test on the Exchange server works except sending from any iPhone.
Having said all that, I just setup a Windows Mobile 6.1 handset to sync with the Exchange 2010 server as a test, and it appears to have the same issue.
It will connect & Sync Mail, Contacts and Calendar but if trying to send an email from the phone, it will just sit in the outbox.
Does anyone have some insight into what the problem may be?

Further to this .. I found the solution on a MS Exchange 2010 support forum.
It was not a certificate or firewall issue, looks as thought the “Accepted Domains” in Exchange Mgmt Console –
Org Config – Hub Transport cannot have any spaces in the name field.
I had some spaces and the emails were not downloading fully and able to send. Once I removed the spaces from the Name field and
restarting the Exchange and IIS services emails were now being sent and received ok.
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out :
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvrmobility/thread/321eae51-9cbd-4a5e-85c1-68d8f7b523c3
This
is good one to add to your knowledge bank in case you come across it in the future.
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Outlook 2013 client, not in domain, can't connect to the Exchange 2010 server

Good Aftermoon,
Having issues it seems getting to the right forum but here is what I have. Currently we are running an Exchange 2010 server. OWA is configured and I am not having any issues with people connecting through it. The issue I am having is that any user that tries
to connect through Outlook 2013 gets an error message about the proxy server and then a certificate error. I have run the tests through the toolbox and get the following results.
Attempting to test potential Autodiscover URL https://autodiscover.westmoreland-county.org:443/Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml
Testing of this potential Autodiscover URL failed.
Additional Details
Elapsed Time: 694 ms.
Test Steps
Attempting to resolve the host name autodiscover.westmoreland-county.org in DNS.
The host name resolved successfully.
Additional Details
IP addresses returned: 69.89.25.150
Elapsed Time: 284 ms.
Testing TCP port 443 on host autodiscover.westmoreland-county.org to ensure it's listening and open.
The port was opened successfully.
Additional Details
Elapsed Time: 164 ms.
Testing the SSL certificate to make sure it's valid.
The SSL certificate failed one or more certificate validation checks.
Additional Details
Elapsed Time: 245 ms.
Test Steps
The Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer is attempting to obtain the SSL certificate from remote server autodiscover.westmoreland-county.org on port 443.
The Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer successfully obtained the remote SSL certificate.
Additional Details
Remote Certificate Subject: CN=*.bluehost.com, OU=PositiveSSL Wildcard, OU=Domain Control Validated, Issuer: CN=PositiveSSL CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB.
Elapsed Time: 201 ms.
Validating the certificate name.
Certificate name validation failed.
<label for="testSelectWizard_ctl12_ctl06_ctl00_ctl00_ctl01_ctl02_ctl01_tmmArrow">Tell
me more about this issue and how to resolve it</label>
Additional Details
Host name autodiscover.westmoreland-county.org doesn't match any name found on the server certificate CN=*.bluehost.com, OU=PositiveSSL Wildcard, OU=Domain Control Validated.
Elapsed Time: 1 ms.
Attempting to contact the Autodiscover service using the HTTP redirect method.
The attempt to contact Autodiscover using the HTTP Redirect method failed.
Additional Details
Elapsed Time: 234 ms.
Test Steps
Attempting to resolve the host name autodiscover.westmoreland-county.org in DNS.
The host name resolved successfully.
Additional Details
IP addresses returned: 69.89.25.150
Elapsed Time: 14 ms.
Testing TCP port 80 on host autodiscover.westmoreland-county.org to ensure it's listening and open.
The port was opened successfully.
Additional Details
Elapsed Time: 83 ms.
The Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer is checking the host autodiscover.westmoreland-county.org for an HTTP redirect to the Autodiscover service.
The Microsoft Connectivity Analyzer failed to get an HTTP redirect response for Autodiscover.
Additional Details
The URL specified in the location HTTP header was not HTTPS. URL: http://autodiscover.bluehost.com/Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml
HTTP Response Headers:
Keep-Alive: timeout=10, max=500
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 356
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 18:10:08 GMT
Location: http://autodiscover.bluehost.com/Autodiscover/Autodiscover.xml
Server: Apache
Elapsed Time: 135 ms.
Our setup currently our domain is being hosted and the web master has control of domain settings.
I am fairly new to the Excchange Server world so any suggestions that you may have as to how I can resolve this would be great.
Bill

Hi Bill
Thank you for your pos.
You can use the following command to check whether you have purchased the certificate of audiscovery.westmoreload-country.org in your organization:
Get-ExchangeCertificate –server CASServerName | fl
For example: you want to return all certificates stored on the Client Access server named ClientAccess01, you will type the follow command in EMS.
Get-ExchangeCertificate -Server ClientAccess01 | fl
If you didn’t purchased the certificate of audiscovery.westmoreload-country.org, you could contact your certificate supplier.
You could refer to the following link:
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/940726?wa=wsignin1.0
If there are any questions regarding this issue, please be free to let me know.
Best regard,
Jim

Change name of AD site hosting Exchange 2010 server

We want to change the name of an AD site which currently hosts an Exchange 2010 server. Is this possible? Are there specific steps we need to follow to keep Exchange up & running?
Thanks

Hi Sneaky,
As Vincez mentioned, it is possible to change the name of the AD site with Exchange 2010 is hosted,you just need to restart the AD topology service after changing.
You can also refer to the following threads:
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Unable to uninstall last Exchange 2010 server

Hi,
I am unable to uninstall last Exchange 2010 server from the organization.
I get error message:
Summary: 3 item(s). 2 succeeded, 1 failed.
Elapsed time: 00:00:19
Configuring Prerequisites
Completed
Elapsed Time: 00:00:00
Mailbox Role Prerequisites
Failed
Error:
Uninstall cannot continue. Database 'Mailbox Database 2105185066': This mailbox database contains one or more mailboxes, mailbox plans, archive mailboxes, or arbitration mailboxes. To get a list of all mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox
-Database <Database ID>. To get a list of all mailbox plans in this database, run the command Get-MailboxPlan. To get a list of archive mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox -Database <Database ID> -Archive. To get a list of all
arbitration mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox -Database <Database ID> -Arbitration. To disable a non-arbitration mailbox so that you can delete the mailbox database, run the command Disable-Mailbox <Mailbox ID>. To disable
an archive mailbox so you can delete the mailbox database, run the command Disable-Mailbox <Mailbox ID> -Archive. Arbitration mailboxes should be moved to another server; to do this, run the command New-MoveRequest <parameters>. If this is the
last server in the organization, run the command Disable-Mailbox <Mailbox ID> -Arbitration -DisableLastArbitrationMailboxAllowed to disable the arbitration mailbox. Mailbox plans should be moved to another server; to do this, run the command Set-MailboxPlan
<MailboxPlan ID> -Database <Database ID>.
Click here for help...
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=30939&l=en&v=ExBPA.14&id=4a96fd69-9cec-4a48-9571-5c9e8ab3cfe9
Elapsed Time: 00:00:15
Organization Prerequisites
Completed
Elapsed Time: 00:00:03
I have deleted all the mailboxes, distribution groups, contacts, etc. but I am still unable to uninstall one database. When trying to delete the last database I get following error message:
The mailbox database 'Mailbox Database 2105185066' cannot be deleted.
Mailbox Database 2105185066
Failed
Error:
This mailbox database contains one or more mailboxes, mailbox plans, archive mailboxes, or arbitration mailboxes. To get a list of all mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox -Database <Database ID>. To get a list of all mailbox plans
in this database, run the command Get-MailboxPlan. To get a list of archive mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox -Database <Database ID> -Archive. To get a list of all arbitration mailboxes in this database, run the command Get-Mailbox
-Database <Database ID> -Arbitration. To disable a non-arbitration mailbox so that you can delete the mailbox database, run the command Disable-Mailbox <Mailbox ID>. To disable an archive mailbox so you can delete the mailbox database, run the
command Disable-Mailbox <Mailbox ID> -Archive. Arbitration mailboxes should be moved to another server; to do this, run the command New-MoveRequest <parameters>. If this is the last server in the organization, run the command Disable-Mailbox <Mailbox
ID> -Arbitration -DisableLastArbitrationMailboxAllowed to disable the arbitration mailbox. Mailbox plans should be moved to another server; to do this, run the command Set-MailboxPlan <MailboxPlan ID> -Database <Database ID>.
If I run command "Get-Mailbox -Database "Mailbox Database 2105185066" -Arbitration | ft -Wrap -Auto", I get following result:
Name
Alias
ServerName Prohibit Send Quota
SystemMailbox{e0dc1c29-89c3-4034-b678-e6c29d823ed9} SystemMailbox{e0dc1c29-89c3-4034-b678-e6c29d823ed9} ex01       unlimited
FederatedEmail.4c1f4d8b-8179-4148-93bf-00a95fa1e042 FederatedEmail.4c1f4d8b-8179-4148-93bf-00a95fa1e042 ex01       1 MB (1,048,576bytes)
I suspect it is because of these "maiboxes" why I am unable to delete the database.
If I run command "Disable-Mailbox SystemMailbox{e0dc1c29-89c3-4034-b678-e6c29d823ed9} -Arbitration -DisableLastArbitrationMailboxAllowed ", I get following error message:
A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'e0dc1c29-89c3-4034-b678-e6c29d823ed9'.
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Disable-Mailbox], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Disable-Mailbox
Do you have any ideas how to delete the last database and uninstall the last Exchange 2010 server properly from the organization?
Best regards,
Toni
www.triuvare.fi

Hi,
I agree with Martina. This should be solved somehow without need to use ADSI Edit.
Martina, I did run the command you suggested (Get-mailbox -arbitration | disable-mailbox -DisableLastArbitrationMailboxAllowed), but unfortunately here is the result:
The operation couldn't be performed because object 'Company.local/Users/SystemMailbox{e0dc1c29-89c3-4034-b678-e6c29d823ed9}' couldn't be found on 'DC.Company.local'.
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (Company.local/U...8-e6c29d823ed9}:MailboxIdParameter) [Disable-Mailbox], ManagementObjectNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 63BA19E1,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.DisableMailbox
The operation couldn't be performed because object 'Company.local/Users/FederatedEmail.4c1f4d8b-8179-4148-93bf-00a95fa1e042' couldn't be found on 'DC.Company.local'.
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (Company.local/U...bf-00a95fa1e042:MailboxIdParameter) [Disable-Mailbox], ManagementObjectNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : 4002E2C8,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.DisableMailbox
Connection between the Exchange server and the Domain Controller (DC.Company.local) is working.
Best regards,
Toni
www.triuvare.fi

Outlook 2010/2013 clients, outside of our main office, can't connect to our Exchange 2010 server

Hi,
Our remote users had been connecting to our Exchange server at our office since the Exchange server was installed in 2011.
Starting last Wednesday, Outlook 2010/2013 clients, outside of our main office, can't connect to our Exchange 2010 server. Outlook kept asking for a username and a password. At the same time, entries of Event 4625 were generated on the Event
log on out Exchange server.
Events 4625 has the following properties, "Logon Type: 3", "Failure Reason: An Error occured during Logon.", "Status: 0xc000006d", "Logon Process: NtLmSsp", and "Authentication Package: NTLM".
By the way, I had used a laptop to test this problem. Its Outlook work fine ion the main office, but it won't work outside of our office.
Does anyone have any idea?
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Johnnie :(
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Renew SSL Certificate for for two Exchange 2010 Server and the new rules.

I find DigitCert's website always helpful with cert questions.They've got a pretty helpful page here: https://www.digicert.com/internal-names.htmIt looks like they've got a tool for Exchange, but I've not used it myself, so can't say if it works or how well: https://www.digicert.com/internal-domain-name-tool.htmI bet Microsoft have something on their website too that helps with this sort of question.I'd say you register a completely new domain and use that for public facing and internal servers. Or you could just create a sub domain of an existing one, i.e. subdomain.mydomain.com and use that, i.e. public_exchange.subdomain.mydomain.com and internal_exchange.subdomain.mydomain.com.

Hi there ,
My exchange 2010 Server Certificate is about to expire and i am going to renew it but according to the new rules for SSL Certificate Issuing we can not include our Local Servers Names and Local FQDN such as myserver.contoso.local, my issue is that i have 2 exchange servers one is internet-facing Server (where the certificate is initiated and installed) and one is non-internet-facing Exchange server.
if i am going to renew my certificate with public only name, I have to create a split Domain that reflects my external links to the internal Users, what shall i do for the non-internet-facing server? do i need to create another record in my split DNS Server and add it to my Certificate Request ?
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Exchange 2010 Server not receiving External Mail

Hi everyone,
I have an Exchange 2010 Server which is connected to an edge server.
Suddenly yesterday all the exchange users on this network stop receiving inbound Emails.
Sending and receiving internal emails still works and even sending outbound emails.
I try to restart the server to see if this could have solved the problem but unfortunately it didnt work.
I dont know much about exchange and would be grateful is someone could offer a solution.
Thank
Breon

Hi,
Agree with v_2udan. And I just want to make a supplement to him.
1.
The external Domain Name System (DNS) servers for your domain must have mail exchanger (MX) resource records pointing to your
mail servers, or, if you are using an Internet service provider (ISP) or an external system, this external system must have an MX record for your domain and a mechanism to forward mail to your Exchange servers.
2.
External servers must be able to access 25 port of you Exchange server on the internet. It can’t be blocked by firewall
or other networking settings.
3.
On Receive Connector, Anonymous users should be selected in Permission Groups.
4.   Since
you have Edge server, you can re-subscribe the Edge server.
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Adding a second Exchange 2010 Server to an exsisting site.

We have a working server and I want to load a second Exchange 2010 server and migrate all roles and users to the new server. What if anything do I need to watch when doing this. This first step I want to do is move all users to the new server because we
are running out of space on the old server, and then I will move roles to the new server. then shut the old server down. Again just looking for some good directions to do this.
Thanks,
Dan

Hi,
I agree with DareDevil57. We can add a new Exchange 2010 server and migrate from the old Exchange 2010 to the new Exchange 2010 server. Make sure the new Exchange server works well, then we can decommission the old Exchange 2010 server.
Best regards,
Belinda
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Error vss writers exchange 2010 windows backup

I have this error, when running windows backup on server with exchange 2010:
Writer name: 'Microsoft Exchange Writer'
   Writer Id: {76fe1ac4-15f7-4bcd-987e-8e1acb462fb7}
   Writer Instance Id: {400de426-a419-459f-a953-91026051bf91}
   State: [8] Failed
   Last error: Retryable error
I've rebooted the server several times, but without success.
Does anyone have any idea?
Thank you
Cristiano Ianiri

Hi,
Do you have any running AV software? If there is, please set the AV Exclusion on database file or disable AV temporarily.
From the description, you have restarted server several times. It didn't work. To narrow down the issue, could you please restart the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service again on the server where you did backup at your convenience?
After that, please run the VSSadmin list writers command to determine whether the writer state returns to a stable state.
Besides, please check the database that you want to backup to see if it is in healthy state. You can use the get-mailboxdatabasecopystatus cmdlet to check this.
If you have checked steps above, please increase the diagnostic logging level for the Exchange Writer and check if there is any clues.
Best regards,
Belinda
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TechNet Community Support

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