19 Closed Magic Tickets
Exchange
35 IMAP -> Exchange 2003 Migrations
1 VUMC -> VUExchange 2003 Migration
Exchange 2007
Migrations of ~50 mailboxes to 2007 for Pilot from the Exchange 2003 environment.
Verified\Fixed Network and System configuration on Exchange 2007 windows boxes. – This was in support of the effort to quickly put Exchange 2007 into pilot.
Got Exchange 2007 Mailbox servers configured to backup with Legato Exchange Module.
Tested/configured resource room account in Exchange 2007 in preparation to be able to utilize internal Exchange 2007 mechanics for resource accounts rather then auto-accept scripts
Extensive troubleshooting to determine issues caused by Exchange 2007 Public Folders in the environment that were brought to light by MC removal of one of their Public Folders.
Troubleshoot CAS and Hub issues.
Complete restores of internally affected mailboxes from Disaster Recovery test that caused disk corruption.
Cleanup and complete configuration of Exchange 2007, UM and UC boxes in DiamondIP.
General Windows Admin
Extensive Troubleshooting of AD issues stemming from I-Dev patching that was caught via initial outage in OCS. Including workaround to get OCS working again before the final issue was resolved. This was tracked to a DNS issue eventually.
Desktop Wallpaper setup for Servers
Updated BGInfo install procedures for allowing easier installation and lowering issues with users that were not admins on the servers.
Terminal Server License Research
Continued work in determining proper configuration of Terminal License Server for Vanderbilt’s needs.
PowerShell Scripting
Delete Files script
Utilized for keeping server logs and directories within our Windows servers clear. Options for how many days you want to keep in a directory or directory and it’s subdirectories.
Daily Exchange Metrics
Scheduled combined daily metrics created for both Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007. This is to keep track of mailbox locations/size and total items.
Weekly Exchange Metrics
Scheduled scripts that pull # of mailboxes in VUExchange 2003 and VUExchange 2007 as well as available diskspace on each mailbox server and are mailed to the Exchange team.
Weekly Size/Quota of Specific Mailboxes
Scheduled scripts that pull quota and usage of interested mailboxes and mails out the information on a weekly basis to more accurately keep track of quota issues on mailboxes that aren’t utilized by specific users.
VUSpaceGroups ITS space
Scripted automated pull of file and disk information for assisting in cleanup of the ITS VUGroupspace.
Daily Exchange Process Monitor
Scheduled a script to daily pull all processes running on the Exchange servers and the associated paged/non-paged current and peak memory usage to determine if McAfee was the culprit in a Mail Server lockup that seemed to point to a memory issue. After running for 2-3 weeks up to patching time it was noticed that the McAfee process on the Exchange Server Backends were not releasing memory. A ticket is in process with McAfee to determine the cause.