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Ofcourse you also now the telnet commands to test a smtp server. But what when you know someone who doesn’t ? I found this nifty little program on the internet : Just fill in the appropriate data and hit send. Fill in the server configuration you want to use or test Mirror here […]
On this site https://www.digicert.com/easy-csr/exchange2010.htm you can easily create a powershell command for a Exchange 2010 certifcate request (CSR). Just fill in the appropriate names and the powershell command will be created. For the command name I always use the name of the Exchange receive connector. Maybe you have a good alternative or script to create […]
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You can easily check if you have an open relay with websites like http://www.mxtoolbox.com/, https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com and http://www.checkor.com/ When you found out that they say that you have an open relay you can double check that with the following command :
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Get-ReceiveConnector | Get-ADPermission | where {($_.ExtendedRights -like “*SMTP-Accept-Any-Recipient*”)} | where {$_.User -like ‘*anonymous*’} | ft identity,user,extendedrights |
Then use the following command to close the anonymous relay :
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Get-ReceiveConnector “YourReceiveConnectorName” | Remove-ADPermission -User “NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON” -ExtendedRights “ms-Exch-SMTP-Accept-Any-Recipient” |
Then […]
A customer had a problem that a virusscanner didn’t like a executable on the desktop and therefore somehow refused access to the user’s profile. The user decided to remove his profile (all the files in c:\users\<user>) and tried to logon. The user noticed that each time a temporary profile was created. The solution was as […]
This is how you reset the root password. Reboot your filer. Hit control-c to boot into the boot menu. Choose 3, change password. Enter the new password and reboot. […]
This weekend I upgraded a Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP1 Multi tenant environment to SP2. I received the following error : The solution was to start Exchange 2010 SP 2 in unattended mode with the following parameters : Use the Upgrade and the /hosting mode! […]
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Today I ran into some problems while upgrading Exchange 2010 SP 1 multi tenant to SP 2. The error was “Setup cannot continue with the upgrade because the TevoSource <> process has open files. After some investigating I found that the Appasure Replay agent was causing some interference. Stopping the service (and killing the proces […]
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Follow the following steps to setup a PPP connection with Windows 7 : Open control panel, and search for Phone and Modem (or use the Dutch equiv. etc) Go to Modems, add modem Select don’t detect my modem Select the Communications cable between two computers Go to network and sharing centre and […]
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When you are running Citrix Provisioning Services you might run into this problem after this weekend : “The clocks on the client and server machines are skewed” As a result Group Policy Objects are not applied. This problem appear when daylight savings time goes into effect. Citrix wrote a kb article about it : http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX123336 I […]
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A customer had different DNS (windows) names then VM names (the names that you see in vCenter) and wanted to change them. Here is how you can easily do that : Choose to migrate (storage vmotion) the server to a different datastore. (This can be local or shared storage) When the files are […]
Yesterday I posted an article how to install VMware vShield App. Here is some basic information about configuring it : First here are the virtual machine (hardware) settings about the VM : As you can see above, 3 Gb of memory and 1 CPU. You will need such a VM one every VMware server you […]
I’ve installed several versions of vShield, but now I decided to write a how-to on how to install VMware vShield App. First of all, download the OVF-image on the VMware website : It’s approx. 850 mb to download. Then use the import OVF appliance option to import the image to your VMware server. Follow […]
I’ve been working some time with Veeam Backup & Replication and I’m very pleased about it. At last I found some time to upgrade my V5 to V6… it took about 2 minutes Hereby the steps for the upgrade : Notice that Veeam already sees the previous installation. Hit Yes to upgrade. It’s very […]
Today I noticed that my Blackberry server wasn’t running as it should be. After logging on to the server my application log was full of errors and warnings : For me it was quicker to restore the back-up then start troubleshooting, so I did a restore. After restoring the virtual machine I noticed there where […]
Today I again received a question regarding Android phones who refuse to synchronize the calendar items. (Email etc is no problem, it’s only the calendar function). I found the following solution : Go to instellingen (settings) applications toepassingen beheren Alles Agenda opslag Gegevens wissen When you synchronize again the problem should be fixed. […]
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I ran into the following error : I also noticed that Microsoft Exchange Information Store would not start. I found that the ExchangeApplicationPool was stopped : (IIS Admin) I re-started the ExchangeApplicationPool and after it was running I was able to start the Information Store. […]
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This week after changing the IP address of an Exchange 2003 server I ran into the following error : After some troubleshooting I noticed the IP subnet in Active Directory Sites and Services was not created as it should be. Therefore I created the right subnet and the error disappeared. […]
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Today a customer complained about the SBS console not completely working. The administrator’s account received an error no “rights for exchange”. Although the user was a member of all the correct groups, the solution was simple. The domain admin account’s primary group membership was domain admins and should be domain users. Now everything is working fine! […]
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Before I upgrade a domain I usually check for problems and issues. I use the following steps to give me an idea of the status :
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dcdiag /v |
(Check DC en services)
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netdiag /v |
Check networking components
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netsh dhcp show server |
Show DHCP status
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repadmin /showreps |
Show all replication between sites
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repadmin /replsum /errorsonly |
Show replication issues When you perform the steps mentioned […]
I ran into a problem with VMware converter. I got the following error : unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code: 2147754774 The following steps worked for me : Confirm that there are no errors with the following command :
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vssadmin list writers |
I found more then one provider with the […]
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