How to Reseed a “Failed And Suspended” Mailbox Database Copy. Updating, also known as seeding, is the process in which a copy of a mailbox database is added to another Mailbox server in a database availability group (DAG). The newly added copy becomes the baseline database for the passive copy into which log files copied…
1 CommentReduce Exchange 2016 Mailbox Database size using Eseutil. In this post I will walk through the steps of reducing the Exchange Mailbox Database size, However the method of reducing the Mailbox Database size varies from different administrators. If you can afford to have downtime on a Mailbox Database then these steps would work for…
1 Comment“Fail” LED=550 5.7.136 RESOLVER.RST.SenderNotAuthenticatedForRecipient; authentication required; Delivery restriction check failed because the sender was not authenticated when sending to this recipient. In this post i will go over the option of removing the setting “Require that all senders are authenticated“. In Exchange 2013 this can be removed by logging into the Admin Console > Recipients…
Leave a CommentAssign Office 365 Licenses with Active Directory Groups In this post I will walk through the options of assigning Office 365 Licenses based on Active Directory Group membership. Microsoft has recently released the new feature in Azure Active Directory which allows you to apply Azure licenses as well as Office 365 licenses based on group…
Leave a CommentNew Mailbox Database using PowerShell In this post I will create a new Mailbox Database for Exchange 2016 using PowerShell. Available Syntax for the cmdlet “New-MailboxDatabase”
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New-MailboxDatabase -Name -Server [-AutoDagExcludeFromMonitoring <$true | $false>] [-IsExcludedFromInitialProvisioning ] [-IsExcludedFromProvisioning <$true | $false>] [-IsSuspendedFromProvisioning <$true | $false>] [-OfflineAddressBook ] [-PublicFolderDatabase ] [-Confirm []] [-DomainController ] [-EdbFilePath ] [-LogFolderPath ] [-MailboxProvisioningAttributes ] [-SkipDatabaseLogFolderCreation ] [-WhatIf []] [] |
To get started we need to launch the Exchange PowerShell console and the run the following cmdlet.
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New-MailboxDatabase -Name "DB1" -Server ThatLazyEX-02 -EdbFilePath D:\DB\DB1.edb -LogFolderPath D:\Logs\ |
Next is to mount the newly created DB.
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Mount-Database DB1 |
Lets…
1 CommentRecover Deleted Items using VEEAM for Microsoft Office 365 In todays post I will go through the options of recover a deleted item using VEEAM Backup for Microsoft Office 365. To get started we need to open the VEEAM Backup Console and then Click on the Explore Option. Select from which restore point you want…
Leave a CommentExchange DAG Witness is in Failed State. WARNING: Database availability group ‘DAG01’ witness is in a failed state. The database availability group requires the witness server to maintain quorum. Please use the Set-DatabaseAvailabilityGroup cmdlet to re-create the witness server and the directory. To try and resolve the issue on the DAG , lets have a…
Comments closedPowerShell Script to Bulk Disable Exchange Mailboxes. To ease some of my some of my daily activities , I have created this PowerShell script to bulk disable Exchange Mailboxes. The script can be executed from a non Exchange PowerShell Console, it will import the Exchange PowerShell cmdlets. The script imports a csv and runs the…
Comments closedEnabling Windows PowerShell v2.0 Windows Server 2012 R2 In this Post I will go through the steps of Installing PowerShell V 2.0 on windows Server 2012 R2. The following prerequisites needs to be configured before installing PowerShell V 2.0. On Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012 Use the following procedures to add the…
Comments closedHow to Backup Office 365 Mailbox with VEEAM. In this post i will go through the installation and configuration of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365. Veeam Backup and Replication is a well known backup and replication software commonly used to backup virtual environment like Hyper-V and VMware. About the Product Veeam Backup for Microsoft…
Comments closedSet Exchange resource mailbox to send auto decline for double booking. This is a topic that always seems to come up from the helpdesk team , in this post i will configure a resource mailbox to auto decline when there is a double booking. In this post i will use the Exchange Powershell to configure…
Leave a CommentSlow SMTP Relay for Applications using Exchange 2010 Receive Connectors. In this post we will look at the default “SMTP Delay” for messages received from a system that don’t support shadow redundancy. By default, Receive connectors delay acknowledgement up to 30 seconds. For more information, see “Delayed Acknowledgement” in Understanding Shadow Redundancy. To view the…
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