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Forefront Security for Exchange SP2 setup hangs on “Setting Up Registry”

Tariq Jaber — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:52:24 +0000

I was installing FSE SP2 on the Exchange Server. I have installed it on more than one server but on the last one, the setup hung on “Setting Up Registry” message with no errors nor warnings in the event viewer!

I found that the solution was to install Hotfix Rollup 2 for Forefront Security for Exchange Server Service Pack 1 (KB 946864).

Exchange 2007 Standby Continuous Replication – Configuration & Testing

Tariq Jaber — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:51:00 +0000

I wrote an article about Exchange 2007 Standby Continuous Replication (SCR); an overview, how it works and how to enable it. There is also a test for SCR by moving the Exchange service to the disaster recovery (DR) site.
To read the full article, you can find it on ExchangeInbox.com @ http://www.exchangeinbox.com/article.aspx?i=149

Set maximum message tracking logs age in Exchange Server 2007

Tariq Jaber — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:14:32 +0000

Some times you need to increase the period for which the message tracking logs kept in your Exchange server. The default maximum age for message tracking logs in Microsoft Exchange server 2007 is 30 days:

Get-TransportServer | fl *track*

To set the maximum message tracking logs age to another period you can use the following command:

Set-TransportServer -MessageTrackingLogMaxAge dd.hh:mm:ss

Now check
Get-TransportServer | fl *track*

OAB Generation on a Single Copy Cluster server fails with event id 9334 and 9109

Tariq Jaber — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:04:48 +0000

If you have installed Exchange 2007 on a Single Copy Cluster (SCC) server you may have the Offline Address Book generation process failed with the event id 9334 and 9109.

EntryType : Error
EventID : 9334
Message : OALGen encountered error ffffffff while initializing the offline address list
generation process. No offline address lists have been generated.
Please check the event log for more information.
- Default Offline Address Book

Category : OAL Generator
CategoryNumber : 13
ReplacementStrings : {ffffffff, Default Offline Address Book}
Source : MSExchangeSA
TimeGenerated : 7/17/2008 3:10:31 PM
TimeWritten : 7/17/2008 3:10:31 PM

EntryType : Warning
EventID : 9109
Message : OALGen encountered an error ffffffff (internal ID 505068d) while generating address list ‘/o={Organization Name}/cn=addrlists/cn=oabs/cn=Default Offline Address Book’. Check other logged events to see if this is a serious error.
- Default Offline Address Book

Category : OAL Generator
CategoryNumber : 13
ReplacementStrings : {ffffffff, 505068d, /o={Organization Name}/cn=addrlists/cn=oabs/cn=Default Offline Address Book, Default Offline Address Book}
Source : MSExchangeSA
TimeGenerated : 7/17/2008 3:10:31 PM
TimeWritten : 7/17/2008 3:10:31 PM

Microsoft told us that this is a Bug and they are working to solve it, but don’t worry there is a workaround to generate the Offline Address Book.

When we are installing the mailbox server role the setup process will create the following registry value ‘SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeSA\Parameters\{Clustered-Mailbox-Server name}\OabDropFolderLocation’ which is the shared registry location between the server nodes, and points to the existing path on shared storage.

The bug is that the Exchange 2007 can not generate the OAB on the shared media using this type of cluster. So you have to change the registry value to point to a path that is stored locally on the node, e.g. ‘C:\ExchangeOAB’.
Now try to generate the offline address book.
Update-OfflineAddressBook “Default Offline Address Book”
The OAB must now be successfully generated. Do the same procedure on the other node.