November 2nd 2012
Chalk & Talk Online
Exchange Troubleshooting and
Rporting basics (tools and how-to)
Mihai Bobu
Support Engineer
Microsoft France
Content
Objective:
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Know tools to troubleshoot and provide reporting
and how to use them with Exchange
What you will find:
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General presentation
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When to use what
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Tools and techniques for different kind of issues
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Practical examples
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Q&A
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx
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TROUBLESHOOTING:
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TROUBLESHOOTING:
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SOLUTION:
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ISSUE:
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TROUBLESHOOTING:
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SOLUTION:
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Microsoft.Exchange.RpcClientAccess.Service.exe.config
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UserA
UserA
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UserA
UserA
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ISSUE:
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TROUBLESHOOTING:
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TROUBLESHOOTING:
400
400 RequestLength
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EXPLANATION:
RESOLUTION:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2491354
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2020943
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ISSUE:
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TROUBLESHOOTING:
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403.4
443
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403 4
EXPLANATION:
SOLUTION:
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ISSUE:
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TROUBLESHOOTING:
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EXPLANATION:
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SOLUTION:
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ISSUE:
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TROUBLESHOOTING:
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ANALYSIS:
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ANALYSIS:
Error:HttpLayerFailure
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ANALYSIS:
Connection_Dropped MSExchangeSyncAppPool
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SOLUTION:
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ISSUE:
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TROUBLESHOOTING:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/01/31/ascript-to-troubleshoot-issues-with-exchange-activesync.aspx
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TROUBLESHOOTING:
SOLUTION:
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/01/31/ascript-to-troubleshoot-issues-with-exchange-activesync.aspx
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/0
3/07/introducing-log-parser-studio.aspx
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Transport Troubleshooting
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Get-ExchangeServer | where {$_.isHubTransportServer -eq $true -or
$_.isMailboxServer -eq $true} | Get-MessageTrackingLog -MessageId “id”…
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cscript ProcessTrackingLog.vbs "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange
Server\V14\TransportRoles\Logs\MessageTracking\MSGTRKxx.LOG" 1 all
cscript ProcessTrackingLog.vbs "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange
Server\V14\TransportRoles\Logs\MessageTracking" 0 all yesterday
http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2011/10/21/updated-process-tracking-log-ptl-tool-for-use-with-exchange-2007-and-exchange-2010.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2008/02/07/process-tracking-log-tool-for-exchange-server-2007.aspx
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Process-Tracking-Log-PTL-904448e5
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ISSUE:
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ANALYSIS:
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EXPLANATION:
MaxAcknowledgementDelay
TarpitInterval
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SOLUTION:
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ISSUE:
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TROUBLESHOOTING:
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ANALYSIS:
www.hscripts.com/tools/HDNT/dnsrecord.php
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ANALYSIS and EXPLANATION:
• Actually, these attempts never get to the server NIC
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SOLUTION:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;929852
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ISSUE:
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TROUBLESHOOTING:
ANALYSIS:
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EXPLANATION:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916299
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FURTHER TROUBLESHOOTING:
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SOLUTION:
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SOLUTION:
Retry-Queue -Identity "server_name\Unreachable" -Resubmit $true
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ISSUE:
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TO DOs:
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Mailbox Troubleshooting
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259851/EN-US
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PTL
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Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited | Get-MailboxFolderStatistics -folderscope Outbox |
Sort-Object Foldersize -Descending | select-object
identity,name,foldertype,itemsinfolder,@{Name="FolderSize
MB";expression={$_.folderSize.toMB()}} | export-csv OutboxItems.csv
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Get-LogonStatistics | select-object
username,Windows2000account,identity,messagingoperationcount,otheroperationcount,p
rogressoperationcount,streamoperationcount,tableoperationcount,totaloperationcount |
where {$_.totaloperationcount -gt 1000} | sort-object totaloperationcount -descending| ft
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 account causing the flood
 mail storm
 blank
 machine account of a HUB
 reference to the user account
Get-ExchangeServer | where {$_.IsHubTransportServer -eq "true"} | Get-Queue |
where {$_.Deliverytype -eq “MapiDelivery”} | Select-Object Identity,
NextHopDomain, Status, MessageCount | ft -auto
Get-ExchangeServer | where {$_.IsHubTransportServer -eq "true"} | Get-Message
-resultsize unlimited | Select-Object
Identity,Subject,status,LastError,RetryCount,queue,size | sort-object -property
size -descending | ft -auto
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PTL
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee424432.aspx
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ISSUE:
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SOLUTION:
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Q&A
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9A49C22E-E0C7-4B7C-ACEF-729D48AF7BC9&displaylang=en
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Error when running ExMon: “Unknown StartTrace error (183)”
“Exchange Event Trace”
Solution:
“Exchange Event Trace”
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