August 2004

Running 3-4 node cluster on iSCSI

Clusters with more than 2 nodes using iSCSI storage are not officially supported by Microsoft or NetApp. Yet. Probably being tested in labs. Added 3rd node to my cluster. Failed over Cluster, MSDTC and Exchange groups successfully! Wolfpack (that’s what the cluster is called..) is now truly a pack of wolves! (The nodes are called […]

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Where did the Badmail go in Exchange 2003 SP1?

In previous versions of Exchange, all mail that cannot be delivered ends up in the Badmail directory. This folder grows infinitely till it runs out of disk space! E2K3 SP1 changes that. By default, SP1 will suck up all Badmail in a virtual blackhole – no bad mail accumulates. Would you rather keep your Badmail? […]

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How Premiere is Dell Premiere Support?

Recently one old cluster node failed – after being evicted from the cluster, luckily. A Dell PowerEdge. Went to Dell’s Premiere Support web site to get the phone numbers and the Service Tag of the server – having all Service Tag info stored on Dell’s personalized Premiere Support site is a great help – you’re […]

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Blackberry SIMs and PINs

(Some) Blackberry handheld devices have phones – which is a good thing, the GSM coverage is getting better. Things to keep in mind: the phone and the data communications use different services. The phone works with the SIM card – like any other GSM phone. For data communications, the Blackberries identify each other (and Blackberry […]

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Exchange 2000/2003 Mailbox Manager and msExchMailboxManagerAgeLimit.

Exchange 2000/2003 Mailbox Manager and msExchMailboxManagerAgeLimit.: “Mailbox manager policies may not process items as some administrators might expect. For example if you set up a mailbox manager policy to delete messages from the inbox after 30 days you may find that some of the messages are not deleted after the 30 day window has passed. […]

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Moving mailboxes and corrupted Calendar

Moving mailboxes from an Exchange 2000 virtual server (EVS) to an Exchange Server 2003 EVS – can’t seem to move 1 particular mailbox. User has a history of corrupted Calendar folder/items – Oultook hangs immediately when choosing the Calendar folder from the folder list. (Lot of 8217s – KB327864: Meetings visible in Outlook may not […]

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