Monday, August 11, 2014

Exchange 2013 drive space alert

You may get this alert:
The performance counter '\\exchange server\LogicalDisk(Datebase)\Free Megabytes' sustained a value of '7,027.00', for the '15' minute(s) interval starting at '8/11/2014 3:48:00 PM'. Additional information: None. Trigger Name:DatabaseDriveSpaceTrigger. Instance:Database

You can disable these alerts, edit the config file:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\V15\Bin\Microsoft.Exchange.Diagnostics.Service.exe (config file)

Change "xchangeJobs.Triggers.DatabaseDriveSpaceTrigger" from "True" to "False".

Friday, August 8, 2014

Exchange 2013 anonymous relay IMPORTANT TIP

If you are running exchange 2013 and need to setup an anonymous relay make sure you choose FRONT END TRANSPORT, not hub transport.  There is an issue with port 25 being used by another transport and it will cause the front end transport service to not start and fill up your event log.  You create the connector the same the rest of the way including the powershell script.