Exchange 2010 – Can’t Delete Mailbox Database

While doing some housekeeping on an Exchange 2010 server, I needed to delete a mailbox database but couldn’t getting the error shown below: PROBLEM: The mailbox database ‘Mailbox Database 2 G-L’ cannot be deleted. Mailbox Database 2 G-L Failed Error:This mailbox database contains one or more mailboxes, mailbox plans, archive mailboxes, or arbitration mailboxes. To […]

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When trying to deploy an OVF using the web interface getting error: Client Integration Plug-in must be installed to enable OVF functionality

Problem: When trying to deploy an OVF using the web interface, you getting this error message below. Even when you have installed the client integration plugins it still doesn’t work. “Client Integration Plug-in must be installed to enable OVF functionality” Solution: 1. Uninstall any/all existing Vmware client integration plugins from: Control Panel->Add/Remove Programs 2. Restart […]

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Exchange 2010 Restoration fails with: ROP Error: 0x80070057 Error: MapiExceptionInvalidParameter: Unable to modify table.

A colleague had a problem when attempting a restore a mailbox, this error was generated: Error: MapiExceptionInvalidParameter: Unable to modify table. (hr=0x80070057, ec=-2147024809) Diagnostic context: Lid: 55847 EMSMDBPOOL.EcPoolSessionDoRpc called [length=228] Lid: 43559 EMSMDBPOOL.EcPoolSessionDoRpc returned [ec=0x0][length=348][latency=15] Lid: 23226 — ROP Parse Start — Lid: 27962 ROP: ropModifyRules [65] Lid: 17082 ROP Error: 0x80070057 Lid: 27745 Lid: […]

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VM won’t vMotion on Nutanix Cluster – Error: msg.vmk.status.VMK_BUSY

Had an issue where a VM would not migrate to another node within the Nutanix cluster, getting this error message after about 21%. To resolve this I used: https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1031636 even though this is for version 4.x this worked for VMware 5.5. On the host under advanced settings change this setting: Migrate.VMotionResolveswaptype = 1 Change the […]

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Can’t join VMware 5.5 VCSA to Active Directory – Error: Invalid Active Directory Domain

When attempting to add a VMWare vCenter Server Appliance to our Active Directory I encountered this error message: “Error: Invalid Active Directory Domain”. Within the /var/log/vmware/vpx/vpxd_cfg.log log file I was seeing the following: It would seem that the root record for the domain is missing, this should resolve to a domain controller, so it has […]

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