After the upgrade to CU3 on all my Exchange Servers, some of the end users started complaining about username and password popups. Password was entered but the box kept on appearing. Check credential manager and all seemed fine. I then went and had a look at my Exchange Server. After Read more…
Today I upgraded all my exchange servers to CU3. All of them went well except for one. The transport service started and stopped after 1 minute and would log 3 event errors straight after each other: Error 1036 Error 7001 Error 1018 The main error was complaining about one of Read more…
Today MS released the much awaited CU3 for Exchange 2013. The download is 1.5GB almost as big as the previous versions. The major fix/factor here is the calendar forwarding issue that MS say has been fixed that was a problem with the release of CU2 and CU2v2. Lets start. First Read more…
Yesterday I did some cleanups and move mailboxes to the new databases I created. I think created Mailbox Copies (More on how to do this: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd335158(v=exchg.150).aspx). In the event log I started to receive the following warning: “RPC request to the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service for log truncation failed for Read more…
Yesterday I downloaded System Center Data Protection Manager 2012 R2. I extracted the ISO file and started the splash screen. Upon clicking the link to install DPM another screen similar to the earlier versions appears and you click next. With this install you have the option to install using SQL Read more…
Last week I upgraded one of my test servers from Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2012 R2. The upgrade went successfully except for one service. The SQL Server Reporting Services. I wanted to pull a report and the app I was using reported the service wasn’t started. I clicked Read more…
Yesterday I downloaded the new System Center Configuration Manager R2 Setup files. I extracted the ISO and started the setup. Pretty straight forward as SCCM has to download newer updates etc. The Assessment and Deployment Tool kit has to be updated to support Windows 8.1. This download is quite large, Read more…
Today I tested an upgraded on my CRM system running server 2012. I first upgraded CRM Dynamics 2011 to RU15, after that I did a restart. I ran the upgrade from Server 2012 to Server 2012 R2 (Note that CRM Dynamics 2011 is not supported on Server 2012 R2) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2669061 Read more…
Yesterday I ran CU3 upgrade for Lync Server 2013 on my Front-End Server. After the upgrade I noticed that the Front-End Service was stuck starting. In event viewer the errors were just rolling over like informational alerts. I ran a repair, that did not work. I rebooted again, nothing. I Read more…