Avinash C. Pillai

Changed a users default SMTP email address and now he is no longer in GAL Reply from PillaiAvinash on 2/22/2008 5:30:00 PM Guys, You know you can call this as a Bug but funny to know the fact... Mostly the person who is trying to view the new DL's Outlook is configured for cached mode. Go to options and take out the Outlook cache mode and restart your outlook you will be able to see the new DL in your address book. I BET !!!!! Let me know the outcome ... :) Thanks & Regards Avinash Pillai URL : http://avinashpillai.blogspot.com Email: avinashp[AT]aztecsoft[DOT]com, avinashp25[AT]gmail[DOT]com Copyright © 2008 ITtoolbox and message author.No redistribution

Mailboxes path Reply from PillaiAvinash on 3/17/2008 7:01:00 PM You need to check for .edb and .stm files. Most of the time it will be available in Drive Letter:\Program Files\Exchsrv and look in for .edb and .stm files. .edb file are the emails stored on servers. Thanks & Regards Avinash Pillai URL : http://avinashpillai.blogspot.com Email: avinashp[AT]aztecsoft[DOT]com, avinashp25[AT]gmail[DOT]com Copyright © 2008 ITtoolbox and message author.No redistribution.

Mailbox path Reply from PillaiAvinash on 3/18/2008 3:49:00 PM Why are you getting confused?? .EDB is a database where exchange server stores the information store data ( or in simple words Emails). Option 1: Download emails of each user who belongs to the mailbox STORE which is heavy for you, by configuring outlook and downloading their emails to PST files. Running ESEUTIL tool on exchange DB and do a defragmentation once every employees download thier emails from the server to local .PST files. This will reduce the DB size to the actual size. Disadvantage with ESEUTIL: During defragmentation Exchange Information store has to be OFFLINE.Some times due to inconsistancy in the DB defragmenatation can even fail.Time for Defragmenatation will be high ( if its 100 Gb then it may go till 10 hours and so )] Option 2: Download employees emails to .PST files. Create one more Mailbox Store and start moving the mailboxes to the new mailbox store. Point the Edb and Stm file of the new new mailbo

Full Backup for exchange Reply from Avinash Pillai on 3/26/2008 2:09:00 PM Hallo Samir, You dont have to stop the exchange services when you want to take a NATIVE backup if you are taking backup directly on the Exchange server or have an exchange management console installed on the system from where you are taking the backup. While staring the backup, you can select the exchange organisation-> Server-> Mailbox Store to be backed up. Thats all. I used to take daily NTBACKUP on the exchange servers for all my servers and even restore those to my offilne setup on daily basis. Thanks & Regards Avinash Pillai URL : http://avinashpillai.blogspot.com Email: avinashp[AT]aztecsoft[DOT]com, avinashp25[AT]gmail[DOT]com Copyright © 2008 ITtoolbox and message author.No redistribution. Vendors mentioned: Microsoft Mail Server

Exchange Server 2003 - Changing external email address Reply from avinashp on 1/29/2008 5:49:00 PM Ricky, I am not very clear on the problem that yopu have mentioned. 1) Have you created new email address on your exchange server for the employees who works from home ? If so is that same as the earlier address that they were using before ?? Regards Avinash C Pillai URL : http://avinashpillai.blogspot.com Email: avinashp[AT]aztecsoft[DOT]com, avinashp25[AT]gmail[DOT]com Copyright © 2008 ITtoolbox and message author.No redistribution. Vendors mentioned: Microsoft Mail Server

Exchange 2000 server Reply from avinashp on 10/23/2007 4:42:00 PM Hi Niel, Best option is you can install one more Exchange Server 2000/2003 in the same Exchange organization and start moving the mailboxes one by one. This would be the easiest method to proceed. For this there are few steps that need to be done and also to have your exchange 200/2003 talk to existing 5.5 you need to install Active Directory Connector. If you plan to move the new backend server in you place instead of at Michigan then that would be a bad design. Regards Avinash C Pillai URL : http://avinashpillai.blogspot.com Email: avinashp[AT]aztecsoft[DOT]com, avinashp25[AT]gmail[DOT]com Copyright © 2008 ITtoolbox and message author.No redistribution. Vendors mentioned: Microsoft Mail Server

How to delete the mails in exchange server Reply from avinashp on 10/19/2007 12:54:00 AM You need to see two things. 1) Exchnage logs files. Usually called as track logs which can be removed which are 7 days or more. 2) Even if you request employees to download emails exchange DB will now come down immideietly. If you need more assistance you can send me an email to avinashp[AT]aztecsoft[DOT]com Thanks & Regards Avinash Pillai URL : http://avinashpillai.blogspot.com Email: avinashp[AT]aztecsoft[DOT]com, avinashp25[AT]gmail[DOT]com Copyright © 2008 ITtoolbox and message author.No redistribution.

Making an Exchange Distribution Group Issues Reply from avinashp on 2/7/2008 11:37:00 AM Guys, You know you can call this as a Bug but funny to know the fact... Mostly the person who is trying to view the new DL's Outlook is configured for cached mode. Go to options and take out the Outlook cache mode and restart your outlook you will be able to see the new DL in your address book. I BET !!!!! Let me know the outcome ... :) Regards Avinash Pillai URL : http://avinashpillai.blogspot.com Email: avinashp[AT]aztecsoft[DOT]com, avinashp25[AT]gmail[DOT]com

Implementation of Active Directory & MS-Exchange Reply from avinashp on 2/11/2008 10:52:00 AM In brief the steps are shown below. I did the migration from exchange 5.5 to exchange 2003 same time Windows NT PDC to Active Directory 2003 for 3000 mailboxes. 1) Upgrade the same OS on the NT PDC Server to an Windows 2000/2003 Server 2) Configure the same Server as the Active Directory Server ( This will pick up all the PDC DB by default) 3) By Default the AD Site will be in mixed mode. ( Dont change from domain from mixed modeuntil you completely migrate exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000/2003/2007) ) 4) Install Active Directory Connector (ADC) on the AD server so that the Active Directory can talk to Exchange 5.5 and vise versa. 5) Install Exchange 2003 on another system in the same forest and same exchange organisation where the Exchange 5.5 excists. 6) Move mailboxes from Exchange 5.5 to new Exchange 2003 one by one ( this help us to analyse errors, if any while moving mailboxes) 7) Once

Disk space of Exchange server 2003 Reply from avinashp on 2/22/2008 5:18:00 PM Basler, I do faced the same problem earler. There are two ways of addressing this issue.. 1) Running ESEUTIL tool on exchange DB and do a defragmentation once every employees download thier emails from the server to local .PST files. This will reduce the DB size to the actual size. Disadvantage with ESEUTIL is that a) during defragmentation Exchange Information store has to be OFFLINE. b) Some times due to inconsistancy in the DB defragmenatation can even fail. c) Time for Defragmenatation will be high ( if its 100 Gb then it may go till 10 hours and so )] Download employees emails to .PST files . Create one more Mailbox Store and start moving the mailboxes to the new mailbox store . Point the Edb and Stm file of the new new mailbox store to a different location (not to the same folder where the EDB & STM files of the excisting mailbox store is locating) Advantages : No down time required, No risk of DB

Posted by Avinash Pillai on 03/17/2008 07:00:00 PM You need to check for .edb and .stm files. Most of the time it will be available in Drive Letter:\Program Files\Exchsrv and look in for .edb and .stm files. .edb file are the emails stored on servers. Thanks Avinash Pillai URL : http://avinashpillai.blogspot.com Email: avinashp[AT]aztecsoft[DOT]com, avinashp25[AT]gmail[DOT]com -----Original Message----- Hi, Can any one tell where is the users mailboxes will be store? i could see the Mailboxes in system manager. I need the physicall path of the users mails, some users mails are huge in size. i want to delete unwanted mails. I am using POP3 server. Thanks Geetha __.____._ Copyright © 2008 ITtoolbox and message author.No redistribution.

Motivation is an internal drive that makes a person move toward whatever goal they are trying to accomplish. To be motivated a person must have a motive, which is to say that they have to have a reason to take an action. Motivation is a conscious or subconscious choice that we make inside ourselves to decide to do something that we wish to accomplish. Everyone finds motivation in their own ways. What is important to one person may not be as important to another. For example, what motivates you to get up in the morning and go to work? Are you motivated because you love your job and can't wait to get there, or are you motivated because you know you need the money? Knowing what your motivation is will help with your attitude and how your day will turn out. Regards Avinash Pillai URL : http://avinashpillai.blogspot.com Email: avinashp[AT]aztecsoft[DOT]com, avinashp25[AT]gmail[DOT]com