Hi there, we have 2 multi-role (both CAS and Mailbox) Exchange 2013 servers in DAG cluster configuration with ARR load balanced.

We want to use Powershell to query the message tracking logs in Exchange 2013 based on specific Event ID but the search results are different depending on the Exchange 2013 server being queried.

Example cmdlet:

Get-MessageTrackingLog -Sender john@contoso.com -eventID DELIVER -Start 06/10/2015 9:00AM End 06/10/2015 5:00PM

When above cmdlet is entered in Server01, it returned a set of results.

When above cmdlet is entered in Server02, it returned a completely different set of results.

Is this considered normal? I was expecting both Server01 and Server02 to return the same results.

Thanks in advance!

Hi there, we have 2 multi-role (both CAS and Mailbox) Exchange 2013 servers in DAG cluster configuration with ARR load balanced.

We want to use Powershell to query the message tracking logs in Exchange 2013 based on specific Event ID but the search results are different depending on the Exchange 2013 server being queried.

Example cmdlet:

Get-MessageTrackingLog -Sender john@contoso.com -eventID DELIVER -Start 06/10/2015 9:00AM End 06/10/2015 5:00PM

When above cmdlet is entered in Server01, it returned a set of results.

When above cmdlet is entered in Server02, it returned a completely different set of results.

Is this considered normal? I was expecting both Server01 and Server02 to return the same results.

Thanks in advance!

Messages get can get routed through of servers in the DAG, its part of the "Routable DAG" delivery group in 2013 and the Safety Net to ensure message delivery :

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998825(v=exchg.150).aspx

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj657495(v=exchg.150).aspx

What you are seeing sounds normal. I typically query all the servers in the DAG when doing message tracking to get the complete routing picture:

Example:

get-transportservice | get-messagetrackinglog -recipients user@domain.com