EMC still trying to connect to retired server!
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvradmin/thread/82f99f9d-e3d6-4bfd-9098-1046934d584b/ <br> <br> Problem is similar to that in link. I un-installed one of two Exchange 2010 servers holding CA, HT and MB roles using add-remove programs. I removed any DNS records pointing to the old server and did what Gen Li recommended in link. Still no luck. EMC will not open: <br> winrm client cannot process request because the server name cannot be resolved. <br> But why is EMC trying to connect to a server that was retired?
May 15th, 2011 5:47pm

By the way, Gen Li's commands result in an error: "no command proxies have been created, because all of the requested remote commands would shadow existing commands. Use the AllowClobber parameter if you want to shadow existing commands." <br> I can connect to the server manually (by selecting a new "forest").
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May 15th, 2011 5:59pm

Hi, Because you can connect to the server manually by selecting a new forest. So I think it is not due to the permission or the Credential. Could you please try the following setups: 1. Run EMC as administrator 2. Right click “Microsoft Exchange On-Premises (CAS.domain.com)”àclick “Properties”à Select “Specify a server to connect to” and choose the new CAS server. Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
May 17th, 2011 4:55am

There is no such option. Will post screen shots later.
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May 17th, 2011 6:49pm

Half of the tools in the EMC are gone (no icons). Cannot run ExBPA - will try command-line equivalent test-systemhealth.
May 17th, 2011 7:15pm

OK, first of all, some clarifications. This is the second Exchange 2010 SP1 server installed. It replaced another one that I have removed. (Intention was to practice database portability) Here is what happens when I attempt to open the EMC: 1. http://umxo8g.sn2.livefilestore.com/y1pZFSayrPbwl_ptd3SVmtvfwPHv3GdTlic-dnftgMUJXl6Ee-l1AmxWFBU40tS8g6op5zViT9qWp8ko2lgY97I7PpuI0PzLfKO/EMC-Failure-1.JPG?psid=1 2. Can open as "New Forest" but same or similar problem when I attempt to open it again directly. http://umxo8g.sn2.livefilestore.com/y1p3k73g7azJNm8zuYREHYnpxPpXlDiAFU1d0LZkk0gj1HWwAvdOWjnnSEaSwJOwoEf5UWCbdHXrhqbHxUK2--o3d7Fz6l12NLc/EMC-Failure-2.JPG?psid=1 3. I am missing half the tools in the EMC Toolbox! http://umxo8g.sn2.livefilestore.com/y1p3k73g7azJNlgMX8KTghdO4Gb1DkwrI5wOdvcL8b7lypD3zYPYN8-jsqoFFj0QeBLfjazdkZNgYVWdnEM0D5lH_ZuZcWtYzbI/EMC-Failure-3.JPG?psid=1 4. Here, I logon as different admin user with this group membership: domain admins enterprise admins schema admins Organization Management ExchangeFullAdmins ExchangeRootAdmins http://umxo8g.sn2.livefilestore.com/y1pc2mp6VxpnYe_5RqIKVKLOaHm8wx7bTTpym6ykvtWegJGBO1H8kqkck1u6stQH44jViz5s6lJdSqpUbT_FAbsHPe2qhQKbqQV/EMC-Failure-4.JPG?psid=1 5. This is with UAC turned off (UAC seems to have nothing to do wit it): http://umxo8g.sn2.livefilestore.com/y1pxgEVKeGPtFFyLzXYIdftoR6M14IBAlbaTT8zz8xKG7lTCJzd7cFUPwRkAYI3_HYcrLPp_-asgW4L3D3UYeML5_K7sgNqodmJ/EMC-Failure-5-UAC-off.JPG?psid=1 ######################################################## Kerberos note: I have run: w32tm /resync - to make sure I am within the 5 minute limit. klist purge I have rebooted more than once (when disabling UAC for example). Time displayed on sole domain controller (test environment) and Exchange server is the same. ########################################################### No problems in EMS: VERBOSE: Connecting to MS10A.bigfirm.local VERBOSE: Connected to MS10A.bigfirm.local. [PS] C:\Windows\system32> Logged in as a domain admin (not accidently as local admin). whoami /groups domain admins enterprise admins schema admins Organization Management ExchangeFullAdmins ExchangeRootAdmins One or two things I checked based on my Google research: No web.config file in inetpub/wwwroot SSL not enabled on PowerShell vDir in IIS7 ####################################################### Event Viewer? Nothing notable in SYSTEM APPLICATION: Many of these. EventID 3092 (WARNING) Error 1129 occurred while processing a replication event. Folder: (7-59E9) NON_IPM_SUBTREE\OFFLINE ADDRESS BOOK\/o=BIGFIRM/cn=addrlists/cn=oabs/cn=Default Offline Address List\OAB Version 2 Event 104 (ERROR) Exchange Search Indexer failed to enable the Mailbox Database DB1a (GUID = 3ddfc8c2-051f-4137-a177-3625b102c2c1) after 1 tries. The last failure was: MapiExceptionMdbOffline: Unable to Get Catalog State (hr=0x80004005, ec=1142) Plenty of these: Event ID 12321 (WARNING) Token-based Activation failed. ######################################################### Test-SystemHealth (Removed items with no bearing on matter: SSL is self signed, drivers are older than two years, etc.). WARNING: The Write DACL inherit (group) right for the Exchange Enterprise Servers group should be removed from the root of the domain. WARNING: SSL is enabled on the IIS root directory of Client Access server MS10A.bigfirm.local. This will break HTTP redirection from other Client Access servers unless it is disabled. WARNING: Active Directory server DC1.bigfirm.local is down or unreachable. This error could also be the result of a network or permissions problem. Error: Access denied However, I can access ADUC from the Exchange server and make changes. [PS] C:\>dsquery computer domainroot "CN=DC1,OU=Domain Controllers,DC=bigfirm,DC=local" "CN=MS3,OU=Servers,DC=bigfirm,DC=local" "CN=VBS-COMP,CN=Computers,DC=bigfirm,DC=local" "CN=W7a,OU=Toronto,OU=Staff,DC=bigfirm,DC=local" "CN=W2K3-BU,OU=Servers,DC=bigfirm,DC=local" "CN=MS10A,OU=Servers,DC=bigfirm,DC=local" "CN=EX11,CN=Computers,DC=bigfirm,DC=local" Looks reachable to me! Here's more proof that the DC is indeed at least accessible - from the Exchange server itself: http://umxo8g.sn2.livefilestore.com/y1pey8crQDnna_AP5vpOQgO4P0GMKxcpukAfi6XHz6yxIlC07wSHBSHQ_MXiA1X0Wn3P1ZxG8QFGdtOUK6P-EOepHLUC5gFhU6s/EMC-Failure-6.JPG?psid=1 OK guys, I've presented what I've found so far. Does anyone have any ideas? If you have any questions, ask away!
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