How to recover accidentally deleted service account
If user has accidentally deleted Exchange service account, then the only resolution is to restore from previous backup or reinstallation of all servers affected by it will have to be done.
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How to back up Exchange Server
Step 1
To backup Exchange server, go to Start and select Programs, then choose Accessories ..After that click on Backup
A window will appear as illustrated below.
Step 2
Proceed to expand Microsoft Exchange and then select your storage group. Click on Start Backup when user has provide backup media or location of the backup.
How to back up Microsoft Exchange
There are some essential files that are crucial for the proper functionality of Microsoft Exchange server. So it is important that you backup these file when you’re performing a backup on your server.
Exchange files
| File type | File | File Location |
| Information store | Private | \exchsrvr\mdbdata\PRIV.EDB |
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| Public | \exchsrvr\mdbdata\PUB.EDB |
| Directory |
| \exchsrvr\dsadata\DIR.EDB |
| Transaction logs | Information store | \exchsrvr\mdbdata\*.LOG |
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| Directory | \exchsrvr\dsadata\*.LOG |
| KM server | Exchange 4.0 and 5.0 | C:\security |
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| Exchange 5.5 | \exchsrvr\kmsdata |
How to enable circular logging
Step 1
To enable circular logging go to Exchange System Manager and then expand your server. Right click on your Storage group and then select Properties.
Step 2
Another new window will appear as shown below. To enable circular login, just check on Enable Circular logging.
Step 3
Click on Ok to continue.
What is circular logging
Circular logging is a method of updating exchange database by writing contents on a log first before updating it to database. Logs files that are full are then written on to the next log file. This will follow a circular fashion whereby the first log file will eventually be written when the rest log is full.
How to create Notification
Step 1
Notification can be easily setup by going into Exchange Manager and expand Tool folder.
Step 2
Right click on Notification folder and then select New,after that choose Email notification.
Step 3
Then another window will appear. Here user will provide information require for the delivery of email when a certain monitored limit is breached.
Step 4
Click on Ok when done.
How to view the monitoring parameters
Step 1
To view the monitoring parameters, go to Exchange System manager and then expand the Tools and then select Status.
This will display out the monitoring status that we have created earlier.
How to remove monitoring alerts
Step 1
To remove monitoring resources, go to Exchange System Manager. Right click on Server and then select Properties.
Step 2
When a new window appears, select Monitoring tab. In this example we will remove the CPU threshold. Just select CPU threshold and then click on Remove.
How to monitor in Exchange
Step 1
User can setup monitoring parameters in Exchange. To do so, go to Exchange System Manager. Right click on "Server" and then select "Properties".
Step 2
When a new window appears, select Monitoring tab.
Step 3
User can then choose to Add additional monitoring parameter in Exchange.
Step 4
Click on the Resource that you would like to add as part of your monitoring task.
In this example we will set monitoring to start issuing warning when disk space has reach below 1000 megabytes.
Step 5
Click on Ok0 when done.
How to view diagnostic logging information
Step 1
To view diagnostic logging information that user have created earlier, go to Start and select Programs ,choose Administrative Tools ,then click on Computer Management
Step 2
Expand Event Viewer and then choose Application.
Step 3
As indicate in the diagram below, information is logged in here.
How to do diagnostic logging
Diagnostic logging allows users to determine performance bottleneck in Exchange by logging these information into Event viewer instead of a normal log files.
Step 1
To do diagnostic logging, go to Servers and then right click on your server to select its Properties.
In this example we will set the Diagnostic logging on mailbox services on it’s logon category and set this to medium logging level.
Step 2
Click on Ok when done.
How to enable Protocol logging
Step 1
To enable protocol logging, go to IIS and right click on Default Web site to select properties. Then choose Web site tab and check on Enable Logging to switch on protocol logging.
User can then proceed to set the logging properties.
How to remove logs files in Message Tracking
Step 1
Users can remove message tracking log file by going to Exchange System manager.
Step 2
Under the Log maintenance section change the Remove log file days to remove log files.
How to change to Exchange 2000 Native Mode
Step 1
User can change to Exchange 2000 native mode simply by going to Exchange System Manager and right click on it to select its Properties.
Step 2
Then click on Change Mode.
Native mode simply means that your installation is Exchange 2000 compatible only.
How to choose connection type in Microsoft Outlook
Step 1
User can change to connection configuration when Outlook is run. These configuration can be customized by going to Tools and choose Services
Step 2
Then select Microsoft Exchange Server and choose Properties
Step 3
When a new window appear as shown below, choose the General tab and then under the section Manually control connection state, select the type of connection to the network.
How to create a sub address list
Step 1
To create a sub-address list inside the Address List, right click on our newly created address list and then choose New Address List.
Step 2
When another window appear, then we will call this sub address list A-E.
That consist of a list of individual names that starts from A to E.
Step 3
Click on the filter rules to specify this.
Step 4
Click on Ok when done.
How to create Address List
Step 1
To create an address list go to Exchange system Manager, then right click on Address List. When popup menu appears, click on New
Then we will call this address list By location.
Step 2
Before click on Finish we will provide a filtering rules for our newly created Address List.
Step 3
Click on Filter Rules
Step 4
Specify the criteria here and then click Finish when done
How to move mailbox
Step 1
To move a mailbox go to Active Directory users and computers. Then right click on the user that you would like to move.
Step 2
When a popup menu appears, click on Move to move the mailbox.
Next another window will appear, prompting for destination of your mailbox.
How to set Exchange locale
Step 1
To set Exchange locale, go to Exchange System Manager and then expand Servers. Right click on your server as shown below :
A new window will appear,
Step 2
Click on Add to set a locale.
Step 3
Click on Ok when done.
How to use the advance function in Active Directory Users and Computers
Step 1
By enabling Advance Feature in Active Directory Users and Computers, users can have access to advance features when users click on the Properties of an individual.
It looks something like this
Step 2
Go activate this, just go to Active Directory Users and Computers, then under the View select Advanced Features.
How to set retry interval for Exchange
Step 1
To set retry interval for mail delivery in Exchange, go to Exchange System Manager and then expand on your server, Protocols.
Step 2
Right click on it and then select Properties.
Then another window will appear as shown below:
Step 3
User can customized the delivery option for Fist Retry, Second Retry and Third Retry.
How to activate Message Tracking
Step 1
To use message tracking in Exchange, go to Exchange system manager and then right click on Message Tracking Center once you have expanded Tools.
Another window will appear as shown below:
Step 2
Then user can specify the message tracking criteria. In this example we will track message from Administrator. User can provide more complicated input in the Sent to column or Server(s) column.
Step 3
Then click on Find now to begin the search. As can be seen from the screen above, there’s one entry found. To display more information, click on the Recipients and then click on Message history.
An example of output coming from Message History is illustrated below:
What is the difference between Enable Subject logging and display and Enable message tracking
Enable subject logging and display captures information about the sender.
Enable message tracking on the other hand capture information on incoming and outgoing mail to the server.
How to enable logging in Exchange
Step 1
To enable users activity logging in Exchange, go to Exchange System Manager and then click on Servers.
Step 2
Right click on your server and when a popup menu appears, click on Properties.
Another window will appear as shown below.
Step 3
Select the General tab and check on Enable subject logging and display and Enable message tracking
How to recover Mailbox
Step 1
To recover a mailbox, go to Exchange System Manager and then expand your storage group and click on MailBox. In this group, you will be able to see that some of your mailbox is marked with a red cross sign.
Then another window will appear as shown below:
This will allow administrator to assign this mailbox to a particular user in this case we will assign it to wkwoo
How to run clean up wizard
Running clean up wizard will be allow System Manager to update information on your Exchange such as the size occupied by a users or even users that are no longer valid in Exchange.
Step 1
Expand your Exchange system manger and then proceed to expand your storage group, then right click on the mailbox for Run CleanUp Wizard
Step 2
An example of output from Clean Up Wizard is illustrated below.
How to choose information to display on System Manager
User can customized information available to them during administrating mailbox.
Step 1
To do so, go to Exchange system manager and then expand your storage group to go to your mailbox.
Step 2
Right click on your mailbox and then Choose columns.
A new window will appear as illustrated below:
Step 3
In this example we will add another column called Storage limits. Just click on Storage Limit and then click Add to put it into the Displayed columns.
Step 4
Click on OK when done.
How to retrieve mailbox size for each individual
Step 1
To retrieve the size of a mailbox, go to Exchange System Manager and expand your storage group. Go to Mailboxes as illustrated below :
Step 2
On the right hand side of this window, there’s a column called Size(KB) that basically shows the amount of storage occupied by the current user.
How to setup which offline folders to synchronize
Step 1
To determine which offline folders to synchronized go to Tools and select Synchronize then choose sOffline Folder Settings
Step 2
Then select the Quick Synchronization tab and then click on Choose Folder. We will select all the folders to synchronize.
Step 3
If user would like to synchronize Address List just click on Download Offline Address Book.
Step 4
Just check all the folders and then click Ok when done.
How to add offline folders to Outlook
Step 1
To add this newly created offline folder to Outlook go to Microsoft Outlook and choose File ,after that click Open ,then choose Personal Folder Files as shown below
Step 2
A dialog box will appear. Here choose the name and location of offline file that you have created
Step3
Click Ok when done.
