Day: June 3, 2008

Microsoft IT Showcase: Messaging

by ucinfo, posted in !Things2Remember, Exchange, Flaphead, MsExchange

I know you already know about this, but this is for my reference, so I remember to look here in the morning.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb687789(TechNet.10).aspx

Find here Microsoft IT’s early adopter experiences, best experiences, and lessons learned from our own deployments of Messaging solutions within our global enterprise. By leveraging our best practices, you can make decisions about how best to plan for, deploy, and manage Microsoft solutions in your own environment.

I am interested in these, but check the rest of the list out:

 

Powershell Warnings

by ucinfo, posted in Exchange, Flaphead, MsExchange, Powershell

Do you know how sometimes you write a script and the output looks lovely, but for some stupid reason a yellow warning message ruins it.

Well my school day learning from today is that you can turn them off!

So lets say I run this

[PS] C:PS>get-mailboxdatabase -server [Server]

Name                 Server       StorageGroup         Recovery
—-                 ——       ————         ——–
SG2DB2               [Server]     SG2                  False
WARNING: Object [Server]SG2SG2DB2 has been corrupted and it is in an
inconsistent state. The following validation errors have occurred:
WARNING: Exchange cannot store database (.edb) files in the root directory.
Please choose another location. The specified file path is ‘J:SG2DB2.edb’.
SG2DB1               [Server]     SG2                  False
WARNING: Object [Server]SG2SG2DB1 has been corrupted and it is in an
inconsistent state. The following validation errors have occurred:
WARNING: Exchange cannot store database (.edb) files in the root directory.
Please choose another location. The specified file path is ‘J:SG2DB1.edb’.
SG1DB1               [Server]     SG1                  False
WARNING: Object [Server]SG1SG1DB1 has been corrupted and it is in an
inconsistent state. The following validation errors have occurred:
WARNING: Exchange cannot store database (.edb) files in the root directory.
Please choose another location. The specified file path is ‘G:SG1DB1.edb’.
SG1DB2               [Server]     SG1                  False
WARNING: Object [Server]SG1SG1DB2 has been corrupted and it is in an
inconsistent state. The following validation errors have occurred:
WARNING: Exchange cannot store database (.edb) files in the root directory.
Please choose another location. The specified file path is ‘G:SG1DB2.edb’.
SG1DB3               [Server]     SG1                  False
WARNING: Object [Server]SG1SG1DB3 has been corrupted and it is in an
inconsistent state. The following validation errors have occurred:
WARNING: Exchange cannot store database (.edb) files in the root directory.
Please choose another location. The specified file path is ‘G:SG1DB3.edb’.

No do this:
[PS] C:PS>$WarningPreference = “SilentlyContinue”
[PS] C:PS>get-mailboxdatabase -server [Server]

Name                 Server       StorageGroup         Recovery
—-                 ——       ————         ——–
SG2DB2               [Server]     SG2                  False
SG2DB1               [Server]     SG2                  False
SG1DB1               [Server]     SG1                  False
SG1DB2               [Server]     SG1                  False
SG1DB3               [Server]     SG1                  False