Transport Agent Exchange 2013 questions and considerations

Hi,
I need to intercept all email messages (within the org, coming in, and going out)
save their attachments somewhere else, remove the attachments from the mail and manipulate the body to add links to the saved attachments.
I have little exchange experience and was thinking about doing it with a Transport Agent (in an async fashion),
I have a few questions:
1. Is a transport agent the right way to do such a task?
2. Using SmtpReceiveAgent and OnEndOfData, will catch all the emails?
3. Is there a maximum time to finish my work on an EmailMessage?
4. Should I create and install a local service to handle my saving/upload of attachments or will it work in worker threads in process?
5. Configuration of transport agent 'Worker threads' is according to http://bit.ly/1gbsm0Y? should i be bothered with it?
6. In a big exchange installation, which servers must install the transport agent?
Thanks a lot,
Asaf.

G'day Asaf,
1. Yes you have to use a transport agent (specifically, a routing agent).
2. "All emails" right ? NO, you can't use an SMTP Receive agent (you must use a routing agent - see above)
3. No BUT, take too long and you'll stall the Exchange queue / put the server into back pressure. Be as quick as possible and if possible do the grunt work outside the agent (in a separate service).
4. I would (as above)
5. It depends on just how long your processing takes and how well you spec your Exchange boxes. By default (on 2007->2010, not sure about 2013) you get 6 threads per core i.e. 1 core = 6 threads, 8 core = 48 threads.
Cheers,
Scott
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RunspaceId                            : 8467f253-8c82-4206-a002-14779e701b0e
Identity                              : DB1\EX2013-MB1
Id                                    : DB1\EX2013-MB1
Name                                  : DB1\EX2013-MB1
DatabaseName                          : DB1
Status                                : Mounted
InstanceStartTime                     : 12/10/2013 7:02:44 PM
LastStatusTransitionTime              :
MailboxServer                         : EX2013-MB1
ActiveDatabaseCopy                    : EX2013-MB1
ActiveCopy                            : True
ActivationPreference                  : 1
StatusRetrievedTime                   : 1/7/2014 12:54:19 PM
WorkerProcessId                       : 10292
ActivationSuspended                   : False
ActionInitiator                       : Unknown
ErrorMessage                          :
ErrorEventId                          :
ExtendedErrorInfo                     :
SuspendComment                        :
RequiredLogsPresent                   :
SinglePageRestore                     : 0
ContentIndexState                     : Healthy
ContentIndexErrorMessage              :
ContentIndexVersion                   : 1
ContentIndexBacklog                   : 0
ContentIndexRetryQueueSize            : 0
ContentIndexMailboxesToCrawl          :
ContentIndexSeedingPercent            :
ContentIndexSeedingSource             :
CopyQueueLength                       : 0
ReplayQueueLength                     : 0
ReplaySuspended                       : False
ResumeBlocked                         : False
ReseedBlocked                         : False
MinimumSupportedDatabaseSchemaVersion : 0.121
MaximumSupportedDatabaseSchemaVersion : 0.126
RequestedDatabaseSchemaVersion        :
LatestAvailableLogTime                :
LastCopyNotificationedLogTime         : 1/7/2014 12:38:09 PM
LastCopiedLogTime                     :
LastInspectedLogTime                  :
LastReplayedLogTime                   :
LastLogGenerated                      : 3510
LastLogCopyNotified                   : 3510
LastLogCopied                         : 0
LastLogInspected                      : 0
LastLogReplayed                       : 0
LowestLogPresent                      : 2875
LastLogInfoIsStale                    : False
LastLogInfoFromCopierTime             : 1/7/2014 12:54:19 PM
LastLogInfoFromClusterTime            : 1/7/2014 12:54:16 PM
LastLogInfoFromClusterGen             : 3510
LogsReplayedSinceInstanceStart        : 0
LogsCopiedSinceInstanceStart          : 0
LatestFullBackupTime                  : 12/9/2013 10:31:32 PM
LatestIncrementalBackupTime           :
LatestDifferentialBackupTime          :
LatestCopyBackupTime                  :
SnapshotBackup                        : True
SnapshotLatestFullBackup              : True
SnapshotLatestIncrementalBackup       :
SnapshotLatestDifferentialBackup      :
SnapshotLatestCopyBackup              :
LogReplayQueueIncreasing              : False
LogCopyQueueIncreasing                : False
ReplayLagStatus                       : Enabled:False; PlayDownReason:None; Percentage:0; Configured:00:00:00; Actual:00:00:00
DatabaseSeedStatus                    :
OutstandingDumpsterRequests           : {}
OutgoingConnections                   : {}
IncomingLogCopyingNetwork             :
SeedingNetwork                        :
DiskFreeSpacePercent                  : 99
DiskFreeSpace                         : 4.365 TB (4,798,945,292,288 bytes)
DiskTotalSpace                        : 4.366 TB (4,800,702,836,736 bytes)
ExchangeVolumeMountPoint              :
DatabaseVolumeMountPoint              : C:\Disks\DB1\
DatabaseVolumeName                    : \\?\Volume{b95c7aa2-2cd9-430e-ab75-ea4b0efba659}\
DatabasePathIsOnMountedFolder         : True
LogVolumeMountPoint                   : C:\Disks\DB1\
LogVolumeName                         : \\?\Volume{b95c7aa2-2cd9-430e-ab75-ea4b0efba659}\
LogPathIsOnMountedFolder              : True
LastDatabaseVolumeName                :
LastDatabaseVolumeNameTransitionTime :
VolumeInfoError                       :
IsValid                               : True
ObjectState                           : Unchanged
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RunspaceId                                   : 8467f253-8c82-4206-a002-14779e701b0e
JournalRecipient                             :
MailboxRetention                             : 30.00:00:00
OfflineAddressBook                           : \Default Offline Address Book
OriginalDatabase                             :
PublicFolderDatabase                         : CMBS1CC\CMBS1PF\CMBS1PF
ProhibitSendReceiveQuota                     : Unlimited
ProhibitSendQuota                            : 2 GB (2,147,483,648 bytes)
RecoverableItemsQuota                        : 30 GB (32,212,254,720 bytes)
RecoverableItemsWarningQuota                 : 20 GB (21,474,836,480 bytes)
CalendarLoggingQuota                         : 6 GB (6,442,450,944 bytes)
IndexEnabled                                 : True
IsExcludedFromProvisioning                   : False
IsExcludedFromInitialProvisioning            : False
IsSuspendedFromProvisioning                  : False
IsExcludedFromProvisioningBySpaceMonitoring : False
DumpsterStatistics                           :
DumpsterServersNotAvailable                  :
ReplicationType                              : Remote
AdminDisplayVersion                          : Version 15.0 (Build 775.38)
AdministrativeGroup                          : Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)
AllowFileRestore                             : False
BackgroundDatabaseMaintenance                : True
ReplayBackgroundDatabaseMaintenance          :
BackgroundDatabaseMaintenanceSerialization   :
BackgroundDatabaseMaintenanceDelay           :
ReplayBackgroundDatabaseMaintenanceDelay     :
MimimumBackgroundDatabaseMaintenanceInterval :
MaximumBackgroundDatabaseMaintenanceInterval :
BackupInProgress                             :
DatabaseCreated                              : True
Description                                  :
EdbFilePath                                  : C:\Disks\DB1\DB\DB1.edb
ExchangeLegacyDN                             : /o=%%%%%/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Configuration/cn=Servers/cn=EX2013-MB1/cn=Microsoft
Private MDB
DatabaseCopies                               : {DB1\EX2013-MB1, DB1\EX2013-MB2, DB1\EX2013-MB3, DB1\EX2013-MB1-DR,
DB1\EX2013-MB2-DR}
InvalidDatabaseCopies                        : {}
AllDatabaseCopies                            : {DB1\EX2013-MB1, DB1\EX2013-MB2, DB1\EX2013-MB3, DB1\EX2013-MB1-DR, DB1\EX2013-MB2-DR}
Servers                                      : {EX2013-MB1, EX2013-MB2,
EX2013-MB3, EX2013-MB1-DR, EX2013-MB2-DR}
ActivationPreference                         : {[EX2013-MB1, 1], [EX2013-MB2, 2], [EX2013-MB3, 3], [EX2013-MB1-DR, 4], [EX2013-MB2-DR, 5]}
ReplayLagTimes                               : {[EX2013-MB1, 00:00:00], [EX2013-MB2, 00:00:00], [EX2013-MB3,
00:00:00], [EX2013-MB1-DR, 00:00:00], [EX2013-MB2-DR, 00:00:00]}
TruncationLagTimes                           : {[EX2013-MB1, 00:00:00], [EX2013-MB2, 00:00:00], [EX2013-MB3, 00:00:00], [EX2013-MB1-DR,
00:00:00], [EX2013-MB2-DR, 00:00:00]}
RpcClientAccessServer                        : EX2013-MB1.%%%%%%.local
MountedOnServer                              :
DeletedItemRetention                         : 60.00:00:00
SnapshotLastFullBackup                       :
SnapshotLastIncrementalBackup                :
SnapshotLastDifferentialBackup               :
SnapshotLastCopyBackup                       :
LastFullBackup                               :
LastIncrementalBackup                        :
LastDifferentialBackup                       :
LastCopyBackup                               :
DatabaseSize                                 :
AvailableNewMailboxSpace                     :
MaintenanceSchedule                          : {Sun.1:00 AM-Sun.5:00 AM, Mon.1:00 AM-Mon.5:00 AM, Tue.1:00 AM-Tue.5:00 AM, Wed.1:00
AM-Wed.5:00 AM, Thu.1:00 AM-Thu.5:00 AM, Fri.1:00 AM-Fri.5:00 AM, Sat.1:00 AM-Sat.5:00 AM}
MountAtStartup                               : True
Mounted                                      :
Organization                                 : %%%%%%%
QuotaNotificationSchedule                    : {Sun.1:00 AM-Sun.1:15 AM, Mon.1:00 AM-Mon.1:15 AM, Tue.1:00 AM-Tue.1:15 AM, Wed.1:00 AM-Wed.1:15 AM, Thu.1:00 AM-Thu.1:15
AM, Fri.1:00 AM-Fri.1:15 AM, Sat.1:00 AM-Sat.1:15 AM}
Recovery                                     : False
RetainDeletedItemsUntilBackup                : False
Server                                       : EX2013-MB1
MasterServerOrAvailabilityGroup              : DAG1
WorkerProcessId                              :
CurrentSchemaVersion                         :
RequestedSchemaVersion                       :
AutoDagExcludeFromMonitoring                 : False
AutoDatabaseMountDial                        : GoodAvailability
DatabaseGroup                                :
MasterType                                   : DatabaseAvailabilityGroup
ServerName                                   : EX2013-MB1
IssueWarningQuota                            : 1.9 GB (2,040,110,080 bytes)
EventHistoryRetentionPeriod                  : 7.00:00:00
Name                                         : DB1
LogFolderPath                                : C:\Disks\DB1\LOGS
TemporaryDataFolderPath                      :
CircularLoggingEnabled                       : False
LogFilePrefix                                : E01
LogFileSize                                  : 1024
LogBuffers                                   :
MaximumOpenTables                            :
MaximumTemporaryTables                       :
MaximumCursors                               :
MaximumSessions                              :
MaximumVersionStorePages                     :
PreferredVersionStorePages                   :
DatabaseExtensionSize                        :
LogCheckpointDepth                           :
ReplayCheckpointDepth                        :
CachedClosedTables                           :
CachePriority                                :
ReplayCachePriority                          :
MaximumPreReadPages                          :
MaximumReplayPreReadPages                    :
DataMoveReplicationConstraint                : SecondCopy
IsMailboxDatabase                            : True
IsPublicFolderDatabase                       : False
MailboxProvisioningAttributes                :
AdminDisplayName                             : DB1
ExchangeVersion                              : 0.10 (14.0.100.0)
DistinguishedName                            : CN=DB1,CN=Databases,CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative
Groups,CN=%%%%%,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=%%%%%%,DC=%%%
Identity                                     : DB1
Guid                                         : 765d01d0-4468-43fd-a1e8-ad205b25c8ee
ObjectCategory                               : %%%%%%.%%%/Configuration/Schema/ms-Exch-Private-MDB
ObjectClass                                  : {top, msExchMDB, msExchPrivateMDB}
WhenChanged                                  : 12/10/2013 7:02:44 PM
WhenCreated                                  : 11/13/2013 11:00:58 AM
WhenChangedUTC                               : 12/11/2013 12:02:44 AM
WhenCreatedUTC                               : 11/13/2013 4:00:58 PM
OrganizationId                               :
OriginatingServer                            : %%%%%-DC4.%%%%%.%%%
IsValid                                      : True
ObjectState                                  : Changed
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MB1-DB0    EX2013-MB1    1/6/2014 11:30:46 PM
DB1        EX2013-MB1    1/6/2014 11:30:46 PM
DB2        EX2013-MB1    1/6/2014 11:30:46 PM
MB3-DB0    EX2013-MB3    1/6/2014 10:45:44 PM
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DB6        EX2013-MB3    1/6/2014 10:45:44 PM
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Senior System Engineer

Since I don't see this with Hyper-V I'll assume this is on ESX. Please let me know it that's not correct.
In terms of virtualization best practices - whose list was that :)
There are multiple configuration things that you *MUST* do when using WLBS on ESX. It will depend upon multiple things in the environment. I'd start with this
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1556
Fix that, and chances are the other item will be also remediated.
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Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013 Migration and Architect a resilient and high availability exchange setup

Hi,
I currently have a single Exchange 2010 Server that has all the roles supporting about 500 users. I plan to upgrade to 2013 and move to a four server HA Exchange setup (a CAS array with 2 Server as CAS servers and one DAG with 2 mailbox Servers). My
goal is to plan out the transition in steps with no downtime. Email is most critical with my company.
Exchange 2010 is running SP3 on a Windows Server 2010 and a Separate Server as archive. In the new setup, rather than having a separate server for archiving, I am just going to put that on a separate partition.
Here is what I have planned so far.
1. Build out four Servers. 2 CAS and 2 Mailbox Servers. Mailbox Servers have 4 partitions each. One for OS. Second for DB. Third for Logs and Fourth for Archives.
2. Prepare AD for exchange 2013.
3. Install Exchange roles. CAS on two servers and mailbox on 2 servers. Add a DAG. Someone had suggested to me to use an odd number so 3 or 5. Is that a requirement?
4. I am using a third party load balancer for CAS array instead of NLB so I will be setting up that.
5. Do post install to ready up the new CAS. While doing this, can i use the same parameters as assigned on exchange 2010 like can i use the webmail URL for outlook anywhere, OAB etc.
6. Once this is done. I plan to move a few mailboxes as test to the new mailbox servers or DAG.
7. Testing outlook setups on new servers. inbound and outbound email tests.
once this is done, I can migrate over and point all my MX records to the new servers.
Please let me know your thoughts and what am I missing. I like to solidify a flowchart of all steps that I need to do before I start the migration.
thank you for your help in advance

Hi,
okay, you can use 4 virtual servers. But there is no need to deploy dedicated server roles (CAS + MBX). It is better to deploy multi-role Exchange servers, also virtual! You could install 2 multi-role servers and if the company growths, install another multi-role,
and so on. It's much more simpler, better and less expensive.
CAS-Array is only an Active Directory object, nothing more. The load balancer controls the sessions on which CAS the user will terminate. You can read more at
http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2014/03/05/load-balancing-in-exchange-2013.aspx Also there is no session affinity required.
First, build the complete Exchange 2013 architecture. High availability for your data is a DAG and for your CAS you use a load balancer.
On channel 9 there is many stuff from MEC:
http://channel9.msdn.com/search?term=exchange+2013
Migration:
http://geekswithblogs.net/marcde/archive/2013/08/02/migrating-from-microsoft-exchange-2010-to-exchange-2013.aspx
Additional informations:
http://exchangeserverpro.com/upgrading-to-exchange-server-2013/
Hope this helps :-)

How to configure AD on windows 2012 server for Exchange 2013 internal and external email flow

Dear Experts,
I have to configure exchange 2013 on Windows server 2012 STD. Company has registered Static IP addresses and can get the MX record pointing to any of this Static IP.
The registered domain name is e.g. contoso.com.
a. What should I use as domain name on AD? contoso.com or contoso.local
b. Is it recommended to have two different servers for AD and Exchange?
c. What should be my connector settings for mail flow?
d. how can I set 2 email servers in company for load balancing?

Hi,
a, I suggest use contoso.com as domain name. It is convenient to add urls into our certificate for internal and external mail flow.
b, Recommended that installing AD
and Exchange Server on two separate
Servers. If Exchange Server downed unfortunately, it can prevent AD server from crushing at the same time.
c, Found some articles for your reference:
Configure Mail Flow and Client Access
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj218640(v=exchg.150).aspx
Configuring Outbound Mail Flow in Exchange Server 2013
http://exchangeserverpro.com/configuring-outbound-mail-flow-in-exchange-server-2013/
d, Load Balancing
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj898588(v=exchg.150).aspx
Hope it is helpful
Thanks
Mavis
Mavis Huang
TechNet Community Support

Exchange 2013 journaling and JBOD

Is anyone using JBOD on exchange journaling servers? If yes, how is that working out for you?

Hi mombu,
Microsoft does not support Exchange server deployed on JBOD storage architecture without DAG. JBOD have two main advantages: full space utilization and cost effective. However, if you lose a single disk in the JBOD then there is a high likelihood that you
will lose data, as the concept of a JBOD does not include not fault tolerance.
So it is important to point out at this stage that JBODs should not be considered if you do not plan to use DAG.
More details about Exchange 2013 storage configuration and
high availability, for your reference:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee832792(v=exchg.150).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn789066(v=exchg.150).aspx
Best Regards,
Allen Wang

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