Day: March 1, 2011

#BlackBerry and Windows Updates

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

#Exchange

So following on from a previous post (http://flaphead.dns2go.com/archive/2011/02/11/blackberry-administration-services-continually-stops-and-restarts.aspx) i discovered another security update that “kills” Blackberry.

So the list for BES 5.0 SP2 MR3 running on Windows 2008 R2 against Exchange Server 2010 is:

In line with BlackBerry KB23927
http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB23927

Ensure you do not install the following updates:

  • Security Update for Microsoft Windows (KB981852)
  • Security Update for Microsoft Windows (KB979683)

And additionally this one caused me some issues

  • Security Update for Microsoft Windows (KB2393802)

Get-MailboxStatistics

by ucinfo, posted in Exchange, Flaphead, MsExchange

#Exchange #Exchange2010 #Powershell

So trying to remove a database and I get the usual .. u can as there are mailboxes on it .. yeah yeah .. so tried the standard stuff and couldnt for the life of me find the mailboxes .. until this cmdlet

Get-MailboxStatistics –Server

Use the Get-MailboxStatistics cmdlet to obtain information about a mailbox, such as the size of the mailbox, the number of messages it contains, and the last time it was accessed. In addition, you can get the move history or a move report of a completed move request