Greetings,

I am investigating moving my SBS 2008/Exchange 2007 to the hosted 365 Exchange.

I've been searching through the forums and I see many have done this. I am looking for some feed back on the methods used, potential problems folks may have encountered and any recommendation for how to plan and execute.

I had a local company quote doing the migration for me and the cost was 6K-9K. They said this was due to the need to use a 3rd party migration tool to move the mailboxes. The costs appears to be a tad high for migrating less than 30 mailboxes, but I am not sure how complex an operation this is and I do not want to end up with a broken email system.

Our company has a 365 subscription for 8 of our folks. While on the 365 admin site I found tools that I **think** I can use to perform the migration from the 365 site, but again, I am having difficulty finding exact instructions.

I would be most appreciative of any suggestions.

Thank you

Matt

Hi,

Hoping someone can help me out here.  We have an SBS server that is no longer forwarding external DNS queries.  We setup a secondary DNS server onsite so users would still be able to access web resources, but our primary DC only resolve internal DNS.  We have checked the forwarders on the servers (same on both), and one server resolves the forwarders, the other can't.

I have triedrestarting the DNS service, flushing DNS cache and a server restart.  I've also checked forwarders and root hints, but can't see anything wrong in the configuration.  Both servers have NIC set with the other DNS server as primary and itself as secondary.

I tried running an nslookup which works when both DNS servers are polled, but fails on the SBS server if it tries to poll itself or an external DNS server.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Luke

A recent issue has just started in the last two weeks on a SBS 2011 server, every four days the ability to remote into a computer button stops working-

1. End user authenticates ok via the portal and is presented with the "
Remote Web Access: Remote Workspace...." page

2. End user attempts to click on "Connect" under "computers" and nothing happens

Everything else is working fine, a reboot resolves the issue for about 4 days and then it happens again - it's now happened 3 times. Eg 4th Dec, 8th Dec, 12th Dec and the only thing that has recently changed in the environment is the server was patched on the 30th Nov with the Nov MS updates

Two things are being logged in the app log which appear related-

1) Event id 3

WebHost failed to process a request.
 Sender Information: System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment+HostingManager/6044116
 Exception: System.ServiceModel.ServiceActivationException: The service '/Remote/BuiltIns/HomePage/GadgetDnD/GadgetDnDService.svc' cannot be activated due to an exception during compilation.  The exception message is: Memory gates checking failed because the free memory (1112436736 bytes) is less than 5% of total memory.  As a result, the service will not be available for incoming requests.  To resolve this, either reduce the load on the machine or adjust the value of minFreeMemoryPercentageToActivateService on the serviceHostingEnvironment config element.. ---> System.InsufficientMemoryException: Memory gates checking failed because the free memory (1112436736 bytes) is less than 5% of total memory.  As a result, the service will not be available for incoming requests.  To resolve this, either reduce the load on the machine or adjust the value of minFreeMemoryPercentageToActivateService on the serviceHostingEnvironment config element.
   at System.ServiceModel.Activation.ServiceMemoryGates.Check(Int32 minFreeMemoryPercentage, Boolean throwOnLowMemory, UInt64& availableMemoryBytes)
   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.HostingManager.CheckMemoryCloseIdleServices(EventTraceActivity eventTraceActivity)
   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.HostingManager.EnsureServiceAvailable(String normalizedVirtualPath, EventTraceActivity eventTraceActivity)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.HostingManager.EnsureServiceAvailable(String normalizedVirtualPath, EventTraceActivity eventTraceActivity)
   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.EnsureServiceAvailableFast(String relativeVirtualPath, EventTraceActivity eventTraceActivity)
 Process Name: w3wp
 Process ID: 17308

2) Event ID 1309

Event code: 3005
Event message: An unhandled exception has occurred.
Event time: 12/12/2013 12:44:48 PM
Event time (UTC): 12/12/2013 1:44:48 AM
Event ID: 216f13c02db8408791d38afb5cbd25f8
Event sequence: 5
Event occurrence: 1
Event detail code: 0
 
Application information:
    Application domain: /LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT/Remote-1-130312862474831281
    Trust level: Full
    Application Virtual Path: /Remote
    Application Path: C:\Program Files\Windows Small Business Server\Bin\WebApp\RemoteAccess\
    Machine name: SBS
 
Process information:
    Process ID: 17308
    Process name: w3wp.exe
    Account name: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
 
Exception information:
    Exception type: InsufficientMemoryException
    Exception message: Memory gates checking failed because the free memory (1112436736 bytes) is less than 5% of total memory.  As a result, the service will not be available for incoming requests.  To resolve this, either reduce the load on the machine or adjust the value of minFreeMemoryPercentageToActivateService on the serviceHostingEnvironment config element.
   at System.ServiceModel.Activation.ServiceMemoryGates.Check(Int32 minFreeMemoryPercentage, Boolean throwOnLowMemory, UInt64& availableMemoryBytes)
   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.HostingManager.CheckMemoryCloseIdleServices(EventTraceActivity eventTraceActivity)
   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.HostingManager.EnsureServiceAvailable(String normalizedVirtualPath, EventTraceActivity eventTraceActivity)

 
 
Request information:
    Request URL: <domain name>:443/Remote/BuiltIns/HomePage/GadgetDnD/GadgetDnDService.svc/js
    Request path: /Remote/BuiltIns/HomePage/GadgetDnD/GadgetDnDService.svc/js
    User host address: <user ip address>
    User: <domain>\<user name>
    Is authenticated: True
    Authentication Type: Forms
    Thread account name: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
 
Thread information:
    Thread ID: 4
    Thread account name: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
    Is impersonating: False
    Stack trace:    at System.ServiceModel.Activation.ServiceMemoryGates.Check(Int32 minFreeMemoryPercentage, Boolean throwOnLowMemory, UInt64& availableMemoryBytes)
   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.HostingManager.CheckMemoryCloseIdleServices(EventTraceActivity eventTraceActivity)
   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.HostingManager.EnsureServiceAvailable(String normalizedVirtualPath, EventTraceActivity eventTraceActivity)
 
The server has never had an issue with remote access in the 9 months I've had access to it

SBS Server 2011 Standard (64 bit)

24Gb RAM and E5649 Xeon (IBM X3650 M3)

Hi,

There is something funny with my Exchange 2007.

I cann't niether send or receive emails from 2 external domains. I have no problem receiving from any other one.

Please,

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you 

Hi there,

I had a message on my Windows 7 Professional 32bit PC today, saying

"Contact Microsoft for support

Your version of Microsoft Windows Small Business Server isn't compatible with this version of Windows"

Our Server is running SBS 2011 Standard.

Any info on this would be gratefully received

Hi there,

i am using a SBS 2011 R2 on a vmWare ESXi 5.1 

after a power event (UPS broke down) some virtual diskes crashed and need to be fixed.

 Now all Data are safe, but after the fixing the server is only booting to recovery console.

after following the steps (with luck on booting)

• chkdsk
• fixmbr
• fixboot
• bootsect 

i found at bootsect a strange entry

\devices\HarddiskVolume3
no access to root directy
wrong parameter
(translation from german errormessage)

I do belive that this is a false (old) entry for a storage, i used befor the crash.

Because everything else seems to work, every file is there and accessable and even the recovery console accountmanager works with correct passwords, i belive that this entry causes the recovery boot.

is this possible? and if, how can i remove this entry?

Thank you very much

Konstantin

(Repost because of wrong location)

Windows 7 update is failing with 'Code 80072EFD'.  I am using SBS 2003 with ISA 2004.  We just recently updated the client machine from Windows XP.  WSUS is completely disabled from SBS 2003 and all updates are download directly from windows update server.  Updates were working fine before we updated the machine to Windows 7.

How can I fix updates for the Windows 7 machine?

During a full server backup of SBS 2011, the backup fails due to the following which is seen in the app event log:

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine IVssAsrWriterBackup::GetDiskComponents.  hr = 0x80070057, Falscher Parameter.
.

Vorgang:
   OnIdentify-Ereignis
   Generatordaten werden gesammelt

Kontext:
   Ausführungskontext: ASR Writer
   Generatorklassen-ID: {be000cbe-11fe-4426-9c58-531aa6355fc4}
   Generatorname: ASR Writer
   Generatorinstanz-ID: {921747cd-746e-43a2-a39c-300cc1a8f2c5}

Using vssadmin list writers, all writers appear in a stable state.

Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this?

One of our server's client is receiving Event ID 5 iScsi, we solved this issue by removing targets and disabling iscsi service. Now we are receiving this error:

Hello,

Please need help.

we have Exchange 2010 on SBS 2011 Standard version.

I am the New IT for our company and I've recently found that issue in our exchange server.

History : I use SBS Console to create a new user which automatically creates a shared folder , all permissions and also an email account.

Cause : Yesterday i found that the user's which i had created recently say(since 2 weeks ago) they arent't able to send or receive the external mails.however they can receive the internal mails without any issue.

I have the DFR from the external sender which says " No such users are found"

This is for all the user's for whom i have created recently. the old user's are able to send and receive the external mail without any issue. i am pasting the Internet headers for the external mails that received succesfully.

Could you please help me to find the Root cause. as i am new to exchange, i am having the hardtime.i have just moved from Domino Domain to Exchange and i posses a limited knowledge on exchange.

Kindly revert for more information.Please help.

Thank you

I started an .exe file accidentally on a sbs2011 standard server, this file was probably the migration wizard or had something to do with it. When i start the server an log on the following screen is displayed. When i cancel it the server reboots, when i quit it with task manager the server also reboots. After the reboot this screen is shown again. 

How do i stop this loop ? 

(the server is in dutch language)

Rients

I have a server that creates multiple "at****" tasks every hour. 

From event viewer: 

Task Compatibility module failed to update task "At453.job"  to the required status 4. Additional Data: Error Value: 2147942402.

We have Sophos antivirus running on the server and is up to date. 

We have run the antiroot kits on the workstations and server. 

It is running Windows Small Business Server 2011

Hi Everyone,

I'm working on a client server and was called in after some strange IP issues. I found that Client for Microsoft Networks was missing and am unable to get it reinstalled. 

Originally, I got an error that a Timeout occurred (I don't have the exact error because it isn't what I'm getting anymore).

After a bunch of reboots and a few attempts to reset the network stack with netsh (ipv4, ipv6, winsock), I'm now getting an error when I try to install the Client for Microsoft Networks that the RPC call failed.

The RPC service is running.

I'm at my wits, end, and at a total loss.

Can anyone think of any way to magically reinstall Client for Microsoft networks? Powershell? anything? ha.

Thanks. 

Hi,

I have clean SBS 2011 environment, installed on separated (test) network. Regarding some business cases we need to uninstall built-in Exchange 2010 from SBS Server and install it again (clean installation, new media and key) from the scratch on separated Server. Is this scenario supported? If yes - please advice how to do this.

If is not officialy supported - how can do this anyway? Main request is don't delete AD domain and keep it running.

Many thanks.

James.

We've had pretty much the perfect storm when it comes to this problem. On our SBS 2011 Standard SP1 server the C: drive was filled up by WSUS. While attempting to move the WSUS database and files to a RAID-5 storage array, a drive crashed and it took out the whole array (so WSUS is also hosed, but that's another problem). I've recreated the array for now in a degraded state until replacement hard drives arrive.

Every time I tried to do a file restore, windows backup just hangs. It does this with both the GUI and the CLI (wbadmin) tools. Out of the dozen or two times I have tried to do a restore only one time have I gotten any messages, and that message was: "The open instance of Recovery Wizard was inactive for more than ten minutes. The wizard was automatically cancelled to allow other backup or recovery tasks to proceed." - the other times it just hangs and the GUI will get stuck at the "Please Wait..." dialog box, and the CLI will just sit there after I've selected [Y] to start the restore. I have rebooted the server several times as well.

The backup is on an external Seagate USB drive (FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 2TB - so it's even on the approved list), I have run Seatools on the drive and it comes up clean with no issues found.

Obviously I need to get these files restored ASAP, as they are critical files. Any help would be appreciated.

I get the following error consistently on SBS 2008. It does not seems to effect anything, however at least once a month the SharePoint stops responding and have to restart it, not sure if it is related. Appreciate any assistance:

"error code 2147942432" and that "the file cannot be accessed becasue it is in use by another process". As far as I can tell, the only thing that changed is that I activated IIS7 for an intranet (accessible from the outside) and I istalled "Dokuwiki".

I did run a chkdsk and it ran through without reporting any issues.

Any suggestions?

HELP!

I've followed the SBS 2011 Migration guide for migrating an SBS 2008 server to SBS 2011 (seehttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg615506.aspx).

The SBS 2011 installation completed with 2 installation issues:

• Exchange Server 2010 cannot be installed
• Incoming and outgoing e-mail for Microsoft SharePoint are not configured

Here a few lines from the SBSSetup.log (see www.edv-089.de/downloads/microsoft/SBSSetup.log)

Setup von Exchange Server wurde nicht abgeschlossen. Weitere Details finden Sie im Protokoll 'ExchangeSetup.log' im Ordner '<SystemDrive>:\ExchangeSetupLogs'.

Fehler beim Setup von Exchange Server.
[4492] 140801.150604.8229: Task: InstallExchangeTask: Process C:\Program Files\Windows Small Business Server\Bin\CMPNENTS\EXCHANGE14_SP1\Setup.com returned 1 .
[4492] 140801.150604.8229: Task: InstallExchangeTask: Exchange setup failed with error.
[4492] 140801.150604.8249: Messaging: MessagingTaskException: Exchange Server 2010 kann nicht installiert werden. - Error# (800001)
[4492] 140801.150604.8249: Task: Exchange Setup failed on iteration: 1 ... retrying
[4492] 140801.150634.8239: Task: Exchange Setup failed to run.
[4492] 140801.150634.8239: Messaging: MessagingTaskException: Exchange Server 2010 kann nicht installiert werden. - Error# (800001)
[4492] 140801.150634.8239: Task: InstallExchangeTask: End InstallExchangeTask.
[4492] 140801.150634.8239: Task: In Task InstallExchangeTask: Exchange Server 2010 kann nicht installiert werden.
[4492] 140801.150634.8239: Setup: Task InstallExchangeTask failed.
[4492] 140801.150634.8239: Task: Task ("InstallExchangeTask") execution complete.

Here a few lines from the ExchangeSetup Log (see www.edv-089.de/downloads/microsoft/ExchangeSetup.log):

[08.01.2014 13:06:01.0785] [0] Setup will run the task 'test-setuphealth'
[08.01.2014 13:06:01.0785] [1] Setup launched task 'test-setuphealth -DomainController 'WAG-SBS-2011.wagner.local' -DownloadConfigurationUpdates $false -ExchangeVersion '14.1.218.15' -Roles 'Mailbox' -ScanType 'PrecheckInstall' -SetupRoles 'LanguagePacks','AdminTools','Bridgehead','ClientAccess','Mailbox' -CreatePublicDB $false -TargetDir 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14' -IISInstalled $true'  
[08.01.2014 13:06:01.0786] [1] Die Active Directory-Sitzungseinstellungen für 'test-SetupHealth' lauten: Vollständige Gesamtstruktur anzeigen: 'True', Konfigurationsdomänencontroller: 'WAG-SBS-2011.wagner.local', Bevorzugter globaler Katalog: 'WAG-SBS-2011.wagner.local', Bevorzugte Domänencontroller: '{ WAG-SBS-2011.wagner.local }'
[08.01.2014 13:06:01.0786] [1] Beginning processing test-setuphealth -DomainController:'WAG-SBS-2011.wagner.local' -DownloadConfigurationUpdates:'False' -ExchangeVersion:'14.1.218.15' -Roles:'Mailbox' -ScanType:'PrecheckInstall' -SetupRoles:'LanguagePacks','AdminTools','Bridgehead','ClientAccess','Mailbox' -CreatePublicDB:'False' -TargetDir:'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14' -IISInstalled:'True'
[08.01.2014 13:06:03.0718] [1] Die Active Directory-Sitzungseinstellungen für 'Get-OrganizationConfig' lauten: Vollständige Gesamtstruktur anzeigen: 'True', Konfigurationsdomänencontroller: 'WAG-SBS-2011.wagner.local', Bevorzugter globaler Katalog: 'WAG-SBS-2011.wagner.local', Bevorzugte Domänencontroller: '{ WAG-SBS-2011.wagner.local }'
[08.01.2014 13:06:03.0720] [1] Beginning processing Get-OrganizationConfig
[08.01.2014 13:06:03.0720] [1] Searching objects of type "OrganizationConfig" with filter "$null", scope "SubTree" under the root "$null".
[08.01.2014 13:06:03.0723] [1] Previous operation run on domain controller 'WAG-SBS-2011.wagner.local'.
[08.01.2014 13:06:03.0723] [1] Preparing to output objects. The maximum size of the result set is "unlimited".
[08.01.2014 13:06:03.0734] [1] The Display Name of the recipient should be Microsoft Outlook. Run the Set-OrganizationConfig command without any parameters to correct the Display Name value.
[08.01.2014 13:06:03.0736] [1] Ending processing Get-OrganizationConfig
[08.01.2014 13:06:04.0427] [1] [REQUIRED] Der Neustart einer vorangegangenen Installation steht noch aus. Starten Sie den Computer neu, und führen Sie Setup erneut aus.
[08.01.2014 13:06:04.0427] [1] [RECOMENDED] Wenn Exchange Server auf einem Domänencontroller installiert wird, werden die Rechte für die Exchange-Sicherheitsgruppe 'Vertrauenswürdiges Teilsystem' für Domänenadministratoren erhöht.
[08.01.2014 13:06:04.0427] [1] Ending processing test-setuphealth
[08.01.2014 13:06:04.0429] [0] The Exchange Server setup operation didn't complete.  More details can be found in ExchangeSetup.log located in the <SystemDrive>:\ExchangeSetupLogs folder.
[08.01.2014 13:06:04.0433] [0] End of Setup

What should I now do? How do I go about troubleshooting why Exchange Server 2010 failed and how to I restart the Exchange 2010 installation again?  Do I need to start the migration installation over again?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Edited:

I believe the following line in the ExchangeSetup.log might be the reason:

[08.01.2014 13:06:04.0427] [1] [REQUIRED] Der Neustart einer vorangegangenen Installation steht noch aus. Starten Sie den Computer neu, und führen Sie Setup erneut aus.

Translated this means:

A reboot from a previous installation is pending. Please restart the system and rerun setup.