Error “IIS 6 WMI Compatibility” installing Exchange 2010 SP3

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Issue: While installing Exchange 2010 SP3 you get the error "IIS 6 WMI Compatibility component is required" Cause: Exchange 2010 SP3 requires additional IIS pre-requisites that were not required by previous versions of Exchange 2010.  Note: if this is a new Exchange 2010 installation make sure you install all of the Exchange 2010 pre-requisites. Solution: Add the IIS 6 WMI Compatibility role feature 1) open Server Manager 2) click Roles > scroll down to "Web Server (IIS)" > click Read more [...]

Error in DCDIAG: “The replication operation failed to allocate memory”

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Issue: While running DCDIAG you receive the following error: "The replication operation failed to allocate memory". Resolution: I checked the page file settings as well as reviewed Task Manager to confirm the server was not out of memory.  I decided to reboot the server to see if the memory issue would go away and in my case the issue was resolved.  This particular domain controller was Virtualized with VMWare so I granted it a small memory reservation (256 MB) in VMWare. Additional Read more [...]

Error: “reboot from a previous installation is pending” during Exchange install

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Issue: Error “A reboot from a previous installation is pending” during readiness checks when installing Exchange 2010, Exchange 2013, Exchange Service Packs or Cumulative Updates. Cause: Certain indicators are getting flagged as a pending installation, this could be caused by data in the PendingFileRenameOperations registry key or in some cases printers being pushed out to the server through GPO. Solution (applicable to Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2013): A) Reboot the server and attempt Read more [...]

Processing of Group Policy failed. Windows attempted to read file sysvol\policies and was not successful

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Issue: Numerous issues on DC including: Cannot apply group policy Cannot access the sysvol Errors include "Could not open pipe with [DC1]:failed with 53",      "Failed can not test for HOST SPN",      "An net use or LsaPolicy operation failed with error 53" DCDIAG Errors: Starting test: MachineAccount Could not open pipe with [DC1]:failed with 53: The network path was not found. Could not get NetBIOSDomainName Failed can not test for HOST SPN Failed can not test for HOST SPN Starting Read more [...]

Download the latest version of Exchange 2013

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The latest version of Exchange 2013 is currently 2013 CU15, also known as Cumulative Update 21, the next and final release being CU22 which will likely come out next quarter. You can install Exchange 2013 directly from the CU15 media, which is much better than installing the base RTM and then subsequently upgrading to Exchange 2013 CU15 on top of that. Here is a link to download 2013 CU21 from Microsoft. If this is a new install, make sure you have installed and configured the Exchange Read more [...]