Virtual directories on second exchange server

On my first Exchange install I changed all the virtual directory's to point to mail.domain.com. I've added a second exchange server to another site and have round robin dns including the host name in the A record "mail". Would I also
change the virtual directories on the second server to mail.domain.com?

Hi
You can create a DAG if the servers are on the same OS and same version.
You can then install your certificate that has the name mail.domain.com and change your urls to match the first server.
You need to update DNS with a A record if you using Round Robin so that mail.domain.com points to server A but also server B, so in short you will have 2 records with the same name but pointing to different servers.
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Installing second Exchange server 2010 with all roles (CAS, HT and MB) in the same domain?!

Dear all,
first of all thanks for reading this topic :-)
In our enviroment, we have a Exchange 2010 server (Version: 14.01.0438.000), whitch is installed with all server roles (CAS, HT and MB) on one server(OS is Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise). This exchange server sends all external mails to a smarthost (Redddox).
We are using Outlook Anywhere, Active Sync and OWA.
Now, we need to migrate this Exchange server to another one, because we think, that the server´s OS is corrupt and also, there are wrong licenses installed. The "new" server will have the same OS Version and Exchange Version (2010).
Currently I´m a little afraid, to install a new one - because I think when I will install the CAS and HT role, something will happen in my productive enviroment (Autodiscover, SMTP Connectors, Cerficates a.s.o.).
To install the mailbox role, I think this will not affect anything.
Can you help me a little bit in what to take care of? Do I need to preconfigure something, before I will install the second exchange? What about the version / service pack of Exchange to install? Must it be the same as installed on the first one?
Any help would be appreciated!
Jennie

Hi Jennie,
Below are the steps if you are not planning to upgrade.
1) Install new Exchange2010-SP3 Server all roles Please check
this
2) Install the certificate in the new server by requesting a duplicate from the 3rdparty CA. Or export from the existing Exchange 2010 and import to the new one. Please check
this
3) Set your autodoscover, OAB, ECP, OWA URLs same as the current Exchange. Below artciles will help you to do that.
For OAB, Autodiscover, EWS please check steps 5,6,7in this
For setting OWA and ECP URLs please check
this.
4) Move few mailboxes as a test and check. If no errors move the rest.
5) Move your OAB generation server to the new server. Please check
this
6) Move you public folder contents to the new server you have. Please check
this
7) Configure your firerwall to receive emails on the new server and other services like EWS, OWA, ActiveSync.
8)
Add the new server as the source server and in the current send connector and remove the old server from the send connector.
Shutdown the server for a couple of days and monitor. So you will know if you missed something.
Uninstall Exchange2010 from the add remove programs.
Thanks, MAS
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Public folder read/unread status is lost after a public folder on a second Exchange Server 2007 server is added as a replica folder

KB983115
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post more information in this article when that information becomes available.
Are there any news about this issue?

Hi,
Yes, it has been awared as a known issue.
So far, we do not have official update about it.
But if the issue is urgent to you, I recommend you try to contact Microsoft to request the fix.
http://support.microsoft.com/
Xiu Zhang
TechNet Community Support

Multiple OWA & ECP Virtual Directories on Exchange 2010 - 500 internal server error

hello folks,
I've been using below link to create multiple owa & ecp virtual directories on exchange 2010, but I have similar error -500 internal server error
during auth.owa from my 2nd owa url login.
exactly steps follow as below:-
http://johnyassa.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/publish-multiple-owa-ecp-virtual-directories-on-one-exchange-2010-cas-server/
did anyone has come across on this issue and do mind share to me?
thanks
regards
Jimmy

hi Ed Crowley,
thanks for responding to me...
yes, I'm exactly follow blog below to configure my 2nd OWA URL with form based authentication method. upon login to my 2nd OWA URL, the owa authentication failed with return 500 - internal server error.
http://johnyassa.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/publish-multiple-owa-ecp-virtual-directories-on-one-exchange-2010-cas-server/

Second Exchange 2013 server in remote site

Just finished migrating from 2007 to 2013 and decommissioned 2007. Exchange 2013 is running in site A with 350 mailboxes on it. However, almost half of those users reside in site B so the plan is to introduce a second Exchange 2013 server to
this site and migrating mailboxes to it. There already exists a DC & GC in both sites.
My question is, immediately after I introduce Exchange 2013 into site B with CAS & MBX role, client computers from that site will start to receive certificate errors. Will updating the SCP on the new exchange server to point to the SCP on the exchange
server in site A be enough to mitigate that problem? What other precautions will I need to take? Has anybody been down this road?

Hi
You can introduce the second exchange server in the remote site and also setup a DAG. If you are using the same name on your certificate like mail.domain.com then you can use the cert for your second server as well. You need to make sure you have autodiscover
records setup correctly.
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More than one Exchange server on a domain @ different locations

Hello, I'm looking for advice, best practices, on setting up a backup exchange server. I currently have one Exchange 2010 server that everyone connects to. We have about 30 users spread out between 8 locations. We have a mix of bandwidth
capabilities. A couple of us have fiber, we have a couple of sites with t1's, and the rest have business class cable or dsl. All the sites are connected by IPsec tunnels. We're all part of a single domain and some of the sites have a local domain controllers.
What I would like to do is add a second exchange server, at a different site, so that if something happens to the primary server like a fire, power loss, comet :) the other server could take it's place and users could get their email without noticing much
of a difference. Or maybe having them both up at the same time and assigning some users to one server and the balance to the other, and if one went down everyone would still be able to use the server that is working. Any idea's?
If it matters I do have Exchange 2013 licenses. I haven't upgraded yet, but it on the to do list.

Hi Profector,
Great information from Ed.
DAG is a great method to configure a DR site for backup.
I find an article on "Database Availability Group Design Examples" for your reference:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd979781(v=exchg.141).aspx
Thanks
Mavis Huang
TechNet Community Support

Exchange server 2013 - Setting up DAG

Hi Guys,
I have an Exchange 2013 server(a single dedicated box with all the roles(MailBox and Client Access) configured in it. Now I want to enable data redundancy and Failover. So, I want to setup a DAG and my idea is given below.
I Want to setup a 2 node DAG. The first node is my current working box and the second node is another box at a different location. I would then Install Exchange on the 2nd node with mailbox role on it. As it is a 2 node DAG, I would require another box as
a witness server.
Please let me know if there is any flaws with the above setup. Also, let me know if I require a different Exchange server license for the second installation.
Thanks and Regards,
Nash Burns

Hi,
From the article blow, we know a license must be assigned for each instance of the server software that is being run. The second Exchange server need a license.
Exchange Server 2013 licensing
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/microsoft-exchange-server-licensing-licensing-overview-FX103746915.aspx
And the type of license is based on the number of mailbox databases.
Standard: designed for the mailbox needs of small to midsize organizations. Also appropriate for non-mailbox roles in a larger Exchange deployment. This edition supports 1 to 5 mailbox databases.
Enterprise: designed for larger organizations that may require a greater number of mailbox databases. This edition supports 1 to 100 mailbox databases.
Best regards,
Belinda
Belinda Ma
TechNet Community Support

Exchange Server 2010 get error HResult = -2147024891 when Accessing Virtual Directories on CAS

I've just installed a Exchange 2010 server in an Exchange 2007 server environment.
The 2007 enviroment include two exchange server "Server-A" and "Server-B"
and "Server B" has dead on hardware issue for half year.
When I go to Microsoft Exchange On-Premises -> ServerConfiguration -> Client Access and receive the following error message
An IIS directory entry couldn't be created. The error message is Access is denied. . HResult = -2147024891 It was running the command 'Get-OabVirtualDirectory'
I try run the “Get-OwaVirtualDirectory” in powershell and get following result
From the power Shell command prompt .. Run
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-OwaVirtualDirectory
An IIS directory entry couldn’t be created. The error message is Access is denied.
. HResult = -2147024891
+ CategoryInfo : NotInstalled: (<Server-B\Exchange (Default Web Site):ADObjectId) [Get-OwaVirtualDirectory]
, IISGeneralCOMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : 4B12EB5D,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemConfigurationTasks.GetOwaVirtualDirectory
I've google that i need to add "Exchange Trusted Subsystem" as a member in local admin group in Exchange 2007
but my exchange 2007 "Server-B" already dead, how should i fix it?
Appreciate for any help!!

re-create the new virtual directories does not work for me.
still got the error
An IIS directory entry
couldn’t be created. The error message is Access is denied.
. HResult = -2147024891
+ CategoryInfo : NotInstalled: (<Server-B\Exchange (Default Web Site):ADObjectId) [Get-OwaVirtualDirectory]
, IISGeneralCOMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : 4B12EB5D,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemConfigurationTasks.GetOwaVirtualDirectory
I don't understand why change new exchange server 2010 setting require me to have permission to access
my dead exchange server 2007

Exchange 2013 Autodiscover and Webservices virtual directories with wrong address

Hey people,
I have 3 2013 Servers
Server 1 CAS
Server 2 & 3 MBX
having a bit of trouble here - everything was working fine after migration (about 6months ago), and now mac users can't access e-mail.
If I try to access EWS page (https://webmail.domain.co.ao/EWS/exchange.asmx) , i get
Service
You have created a service.
To test this service, you will need to create a client and use it to call the service. You can do this using the svcutil.exe tool from the command line with the following syntax:
svcutil.exe https://SERVER2.domain.int:444/EWS/Services.wsdl
If I try to access the autodiscover webpage, i get
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Autodiscover xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/autodiscover/responseschema/2006">-<Response>-<Error Id="1286627925" Time="17:58:59.7730521"><ErrorCode>600</ErrorCode><Message>Invalid Request</Message><DebugData/></Error></Response></Autodiscover>
When testing outlook web services, i get the following error
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Test-OutlookWebServices
Source ServiceEndpoint Scenario Result Latency
(MS)
SERVER2.domain.int webmail.domain.co.ao Autodiscover: Outlook Provider Failure 64
SERVER2.domain.int Exchange Web Services Skipped 0
SERVER2.domain.int Availability Service Skipped 0
SERVER2.domain.int Offline Address Book Skipped 0
if i run
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory | fl
Creating a new session for implicit remoting of "Get-AutodiscoverVirtualDirectory" command...
RunspaceId : 9f23dad1-7806-42a6-8545-89b66847a359
Name : Autodiscover (Default Web Site)
InternalAuthenticationMethods : {Basic, Ntlm, WindowsIntegrated, WSSecurity, OAuth}
ExternalAuthenticationMethods : {Basic, Ntlm, WindowsIntegrated, WSSecurity, OAuth}
LiveIdNegotiateAuthentication : False
WSSecurityAuthentication : True
LiveIdBasicAuthentication : False
BasicAuthentication : True
DigestAuthentication : False
WindowsAuthentication : True
OAuthAuthentication : True
AdfsAuthentication : False
MetabasePath : IIS://SERVER1.domain.int/W3SVC/1/ROOT/Autodiscover
Path : C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\FrontEnd\HttpProxy\Autodiscover
ExtendedProtectionTokenChecking : None
ExtendedProtectionFlags : {}
ExtendedProtectionSPNList : {}
AdminDisplayVersion : Version 15.0 (Build 775.38)
Server : SERVER1
InternalUrl : https://webmail.domain.co.ao/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml
ExternalUrl : https://webmail.domain.co.ao/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml
AdminDisplayName :
ExchangeVersion : 0.10 (14.0.100.0)
DistinguishedName : CN=Autodiscover (Default Web
Site),CN=HTTP,CN=Protocols,CN=SERVER1A,CN=Servers,CN=Exchange Administrative
Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN=DOMAIN,CN=Microsoft
Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=int
Identity : SERVERONE\Autodiscover (Default Web Site)
Guid : fbed978f-7442-46ac-bb3c-53d9d7995507
ObjectCategory : domain.int/Configuration/Schema/ms-Exch-Auto-Discover-Virtual-Directory
ObjectClass : {top, msExchVirtualDirectory, msExchAutoDiscoverVirtualDirectory}
WhenChanged : 12/19/2013 10:30:26 AM
WhenCreated : 12/19/2013 10:30:26 AM
WhenChangedUTC : 12/19/2013 9:30:26 AM
WhenCreatedUTC : 12/19/2013 9:30:26 AM
OrganizationId :
OriginatingServer : DC2.domain.int
IsValid : True
ObjectState : Changed
and run
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-WebServicesVirtualDirectory | fl
RunspaceId : 9f23dad1-7806-42a6-8545-89b66847a359
CertificateAuthentication :
InternalNLBBypassUrl :
GzipLevel : High
MRSProxyEnabled : False
Name : EWS (Default Web Site)
InternalAuthenticationMethods : {Basic, Digest}
ExternalAuthenticationMethods : {Basic, Digest}
LiveIdNegotiateAuthentication :
WSSecurityAuthentication : False
LiveIdBasicAuthentication : False
BasicAuthentication : True
DigestAuthentication : True
WindowsAuthentication : False
OAuthAuthentication : False
AdfsAuthentication : False
MetabasePath : IIS://SERVER1.domain.int/W3SVC/1/ROOT/EWS
Path : C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\FrontEnd\HttpProxy\EWS
ExtendedProtectionTokenChecking : None
ExtendedProtectionFlags : {}
ExtendedProtectionSPNList : {}
AdminDisplayVersion : Version 15.0 (Build 775.38)
Server : SERVER1
InternalUrl : https://webmail.domain.co.ao/EWS/exchange.asmx
ExternalUrl : https://webmail.domain.co.ao/EWS/exchange.asmx
AdminDisplayName :
ExchangeVersion : 0.10 (14.0.100.0)
DistinguishedName : CN=EWS (Default Web Site),CN=HTTP,CN=Protocols,CN=SERVRE1,CN=Servers,CN=Exchange
Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative
Groups,CN=DOMAINL,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=domainl,DC=int
Identity : SERVER1\EWS (Default Web Site)
Guid : cbdd447b-54f8-4bba-9834-6c28b807711e
ObjectCategory : domain.int/Configuration/Schema/ms-Exch-Web-Services-Virtual-Directory
ObjectClass : {top, msExchVirtualDirectory, msExchWebServicesVirtualDirectory}
WhenChanged : 12/19/2013 9:31:11 AM
WhenCreated : 12/19/2013 9:31:11 AM
WhenChangedUTC : 12/19/2013 8:31:11 AM
WhenCreatedUTC : 12/19/2013 8:31:11 AM
OrganizationId :
OriginatingServer : DC2.domain.int
IsValid : True
ObjectState : Changed
Summarizing:
webmail.domain.co.ao maps to server1
Autodiscover and exchange web services point out to server1 (CAS), but when openning the respective webpages, the result is an error.
I have already deleted and recreated the autodiscover and EWS virtual directories but with no success.
Help anyone?
Many thanks,
Andrey

Hi Andrey,
Exchange Web Service in Exchange server configuration is working for all users in your Exchange environment, not just for one specific user. If you want to double make sure the EWS service in client side, we can directly access the EWS URL in IE of your
Windows machine, and see whether a proper XML file is returned. If so, then we can safely ignore the web service test result.
As for automatic signature application, do you mean
Add a signature automatically to every message? Please try to remove the signature and reset it again to check whether the issue persists.
Thanks,
Winnie Liang
TechNet Community Support

Exchange BPA Errors (Exchange server is a virtual machine but the additional tools are not installed and The 'Services' string type value located in 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\Setup\Services' registry key is missing)

Hi,
I am running BPA on My Exchange 2010 VM (Server 2008 R2 VM on Hyper-V) and get the following errors:
The 'Services' string type value located in 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\Setup\Services' registry key is missing or inaccessible. The Microsoft Exchange Information Store service won't start. As a result, all services that depend
on this service won't be able to start
Exchange server [Exchange Server FQDN] is a virtual machine but the additional tools are not installed. This configuration is not supported. Install Virtual Machine Additions for this guest.
Problem is that, for the first, that Key exists and the service is actually running fine. And for the second my VM tools are already installed.
Hopefully someone out there has had the same issue and can assist.
Pete

Hi Pete,
For the first error message, please try the following steps:
Make sure the Information Store service is in Starting status,
Automatic startup type and works well, as a test we can try to
restart the Infroamtion Store service and verify the service works well.
Start
Registry Editor, find the registry key “Services” under “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\Setup”, its value is “C:\Program
files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\v14”(default install location), please check your registry, make sure the key “Services” exist and value is the Exchange Server install location and the
location is accessible;
Start
Registry Editor, and locate the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Exchange\Setup
Use the
Permission option under the Security tab to check the permission setting on this key. Make sure
System is in the list with Full Control permissions if the service account is Local System. If you are not using Local System as the service account, check the existence of the corresponding account in the list and ensure that
it has Full Control permissions. Please refer to this article:
Title: Exchange Store Does Not Start: Errors 7024, 1026, 9542, and 5000
Link:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/285116
Start
ADSI Edit, and then browse to the following location:
Domain.com/Configuration/Services/Microsoft Exchange/Org/Administrative Groups/AdminGroup/Servers/Server Name
Right-click the
server name, and then click Properties.
Click the
Security tab, make sure this own server’s server object have
full control permission on its own server.
If not or the object is missing, please modify the permission or click
Add, locate the computer account for the Exchange Server computer, add it to the Permissions list with full control.
Click OK, and then close ADSI Edit.
Use
Active Directory Users and Computers to add the current affected
Exchange Server computer account to the Exchange Servers(previous version should be “Exchange Domain Servers”) group in the
Microsoft Exchange Security Groups( or Users) OU. Refer to this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297295.
Restart the Exchange Server computer, then rerun the ExBPA.
For the second error message, Microsoft don’t recommend to install Exchange Server on virtual machine without additional tools, so the error message occurs. We can just ignore
this message, it will not affect the Exchange servers.
Regards, Eric Zou

Exchange 2007 to 2013 virtual directories

I'm gathering information before I do my transition to Exchange 2013. One thing I'm not sure about is the virtual directory for OWA. The information I have gathered states to change the internal/external URL to legacy.domain.com. However
my virtual directory for OWA are not defined. How do I approach that? do I just not set anything?
Thanks

I planned on configuring each like this below. I'm not using UM but that is also good to know. Outlook Anywhere is enabled on the 2007 side. This is also just a single exchange server
Internal DNS and Certificate will have these entries.
mail.mydomain.com - Points to Exchange 2013
autodiscover.mydomain.com - Points to Exchange 2013
legacy.mydomain.com - Points to Exchange 2007
Set the Virtual Directories on Exchange 2013
Set-OutlookAnywhere -Identity "EXC02\RPC (Default Web Site)" -IISAuthenticationMethods Basic,NTLM
Set-ECPVirtualDirectory -Identity "EXC02\ecp* -InternalURL
https://mail.mydomain.com/ecp -ExternalURL
https://mail.mydomain.com/ecp
Set-OWAVirtualDirectory -Identity "EXC02\OWA* -InternalURL $null -ExternalURL $null
Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectory -Identity "EXC02\ews* -InternalURL
https://mail.mydomain.com/ews/exchange.asmx -ExternalURL
https://mail.mydomain.com/ews/exchange.asmx
Set-OABVirtualDirectory -Identity "EXC02\oab* -InternalURL
https://mail.mydomain.com/oab -ExternalURL
https://mail.mydomain.com/oab
Set-ActiveSyncVirtualDirectory -Identity "EXC02\microsoft* -InternalURL
https://mail.mydomain.com/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync -ExternalURL
https://mail.mydomain.com/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync
Set-PowershellVirtualDirectory -Identity "EXC02\powershell* -InternalURL
https://mail.mydomain.com/Powershell -ExternalURL
https://mail.mydomain.com/Powershell
Set-ClientAccessServer -Identity EXC02 -AutoDiscoverServiceInternalURI
https://autodiscover.mydomain.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml
Set the Virtual Directories on Exchange 2007
Set-OutlookAnywhere -Identity "EXC01\RPC (Default Web Site)" -IISAuthenticationMethods Basic,NTLM
Set-OutlookAnywhere -Identity "EXC01\Rpc (Default WebSite)" -IISAuthenticationMethods Basic,Ntlm
Set-OWAVirtualDirectory -Identity "EXC01\OWA* -InternalURL https://legacy.mydomain.com/owa -ExternalURL
https://legacy.mydomain.com/owa
Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectory -Identity "EXC01\ews* -InternalURL
https://mail.mydomain.com/ews/exchange.asmx -ExternalURL
https://mail.mydomain.com/ews/exchange.asmx
Set-OABVirtualDirectory -Identity "EXC01\oab* -InternalURL
https://legacy.mydomain.com/oab -ExternalURL
https://legacy.mydomain.com/oab
Set-ActiveSyncVirtualDirectory -Identity "EXC01\microsoft* -InternalURL
https://mail.mydomain.com/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync -ExternalURL $null
Set-PowershellVirtualDirectory -Identity "EXC01\powershell* -InternalURL
https://legacy.mydomain.com/Powershell -ExternalURL
https://legacy.mydomain.com/Powershell
Set-ClientAccessServer -Identity EXC01 -AutoDiscoverServiceInternalURI
https://autodiscover.mydomain.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml

Exchange Server Virtual Machine Move

Hi team,
Here's my focus area. There's an Exchange Server 2010 (Hub/CAS/MBX) in a virtual instance(Hyper-V 2k8 R2). Everything is running smoothly, except the engineer who deployed it had taken a snapshot after 2 months of use which is dated in 2012. Since then no
back-up has been taken and is running without an issue.
Now, they want to move all the virtual machines into a NEW physical server. All the other VM's are to be Exported and Imported. However, with Exchange 2010, I want to know if the Export > Import theory will work.
My concerns are;
Is the snapshot taken in 2012 going to be an issue when Exporting and Importing?
Since both Active Directory and Exchange are virtualized, will exporting these two make any issues?
What would be my best option if Export > Import is not going to work?
As the last place of resort, I'm thinking of adding a ADC, make it Primary. Then add a secondary Exchange Server, Move mailboxes, Calendar, connectors n then, demote the second one. But it's going to be a lengthy task.
Thank You.
Chris!

I wouldn't use snapshot for Exchange 2010 (and thus Active Directory) as those are point in time restore which will bring you back to the time when it was taking and will lose the data or all updates since then...
Besides snapshot is not supported in Exchange 2010 as mentioned here... http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj126252(v=exchg.141).aspx
Some hypervisors include features for taking snapshots of virtual machines. Virtual machine snapshots capture the state of a virtual machine while it's running. This feature enables you to take multiple snapshots of a virtual machine and then revert
the virtual machine to any of the previous states by applying a snapshot to the virtual machine. However, virtual machine snapshots aren't application aware, and using them can have unintended and unexpected consequences for a server application that maintains
state data, such as Exchange. As a result, making virtual machine snapshots of an Exchange guest virtual machine isn't supported.
Install Exchange on physical server and move mailbox, connector and all other services from Virtual to Physical and then uninstall Exchange from Virtual server properly. I know it is lengthy process but gives you peace of mind as no data or change lose...

Creation of a second Exchange 2013 server on a different site (with the roles of MBX and CAS) fails on prepare active directory and prepare schema.

Hello everyone
I have a network infrastructure consisting of 3 sites, site A, site B, and site C. i have 2 domain controllers on every site, and the AD roles are on the primary domain controller on site A. On site A I have an Exchange 2013sp1 CU6.
I want to create a second Exchange on Site B, with the roles of mailbox (the exchange on Site A will be first DAG member and the Exchange on Site B will be the second member of the DAG) and CAS.
First question: Is my thought correct about installaing on the same server mailbox and CAS server?
Second question: how many DAG witnesses I need for the DAG? One per site, or one in general (for example located on site A)
Third question: When I am trying to perform “Setup.exe /PrepareSchema /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms” I receive the error
“ Setup encountered a problem while validating the state of Active Directory:
The Active Directory schema version (15303) is higher than Setup's version (15292). Therefore, PrepareSchema can't be executed. See the Exchange setup log for more information on this error. For more information, visit:
http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.AdInitErrorRule.aspx “
I tried to run the PrepareSchema from the ISO of Exchange 2013 SP1 and form the extracted content of Exchange 2013SP1 CU6 archive, but still receive the same error. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.

Thank you for your answer,
I have tried to run "Setup.exe /PrepareSchema /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms” from
Exchange 2013 CU6 media, but I still receive the error:
The Active Directory schema version (15303) is higher than Setup's version (15292). Therefore, PrepareSchema
can't be executed. See the Exchange setup log for more information on this error. For more information, visit:http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.AdInitErrorRule.aspx “
any ideas?

How to Properly Protect a Virtualized Exchange Server - Log File Discontinuity When Performing Child Partition Snapshot

I'm having problems backing up a Hyper-V virtualized Exchange 2007 server with DPM 2012. The guest has one VHD for the OS, and two pass-through volumes, one for logs and one for the databases. I have three protection groups:
System State - protects only the system state of the mail server, runs at 4AM every morning
Exchange Databases - protects the Exchange stores, 15 minute syncs with an express full at 6:30PM every day
VM - Protecting the server hosting the Exchange VM. Does an child partition snapshot backup of the Exchange server guest with an express full at 9:30PM every day
The problem I'm experiencing is that every time the VM express full completes I start receiving errors on the Exchange Database synchronizations stating that a log file discontinuity was detected. I did some poking around in the logs on the Exchange server
and sure enough, it looks like the child partition snapshot backup is causing Exchange to truncate the log files even though the logs and databases are on pass-through disks and aren't covered by the child partition snapshot.
What is the correct way to back up an entire virtualized Exchange server, system state, databases, OS drive and all?

I just created a new protection group. I added "Backup Using Child Partition Snapshot\MailServer", short-term protection using disk, and automatically create the replica over the network immediately. This new protection group contains only the child partition
snapshot backup. No Exchange backups of any kind.
The replica creation begins. Soon after, the following events show up in the Application log:
=================================
Log Name:      Application
Source:        MSExchangeIS
Date:          10/23/2012 10:41:53 AM
Event ID:      9818
Task Category: Exchange VSS Writer
Level:         Information
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      PLYMAIL.mcquay.com
Description:
Exchange VSS Writer (instance 7d26282d-5dec-4a73-bf1c-f55d5c1d1ac7) has been called for "CVssIExchWriter::OnPrepareSnapshot".
=================================
Log Name:      Application
Source:        ESE
Date:          10/23/2012 10:41:53 AM
Event ID:      2005
Task Category: ShadowCopy
Level:         Information
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      PLYMAIL.mcquay.com
Description:
Information Store (3572) Shadow copy instance 2051 starting. This will be a Full shadow copy.
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The events continue on, basically snapshotting all of Exchange. From the DPM side, the total amount of data transferred tells me that even though Exhange is trunctating its logs, nothing is actually being sent to the DPM server. So this snapshot operation
seems to be superfluous. ~30 minutes later, when my regularly scheduled Exchange job runs, it fails because of a log file discontinuity.
So, in this case at least, a Hyper-V snapshot backup is definitely causing Exchange to truncate the log files. What can I look at to figure out why this is happening?

Exchange Server 2010 - DAG - Physical and Virtual

Hi All,
we are trying to configure Exchange Server 2010 SP1 DAG with TWO Servers, we are getting the error sector size on log file header was mismatch
1) Physical Server - when we check the sector size on log file - 512 bytes   (RAID5)
2) Virtual Server - when we check the sector size on log file - 4096 bytes
is there any workaround to solve this issue or do i need to re-install the physical server with 4096 sector size..
When i check the Volume details on both machine
1)
Bytes Per Sector :               512
Bytes Per Physical Sector :       <Not Supported>
Bytes Per Cluster :               4096
Bytes Per FileRecord Segment    : 1024
2)
Bytes Per Sector :               512
Bytes Per Physical Sector : 4096
Bytes Per Cluster :               4096
Bytes Per FileRecord Segment    : 1024
MCITP

Hi Jared,
I've got a question regarding your answer.
We have an existing Exchange 2010 DAG configuration with 3 mailbox servers in NL and 3 in the UK.
2 for normal databases at each site and 1 for Archive databases at each site.
The current Mailbox servers for the Archive databases are Hyper V 2008 R2 based VM's with a passthrough for storing the databases.
We now want add 1 new Mailbox server for storing archive databases at each site and add them to the DAG.
Can we use Windows 2012 Hyper-V hosts and create the new VM's with 4k sectorsize vhdx files for the new mailbox servers ?
Regards
Misha Verhoeven

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