12-11-2013 05:42 AM
Can anyone here please assist me in troubleshooting my EV 9 archiving my Exchange Server 2007 SP3 mailbox ?
I can see that after I add new 1 TB LUN the drive is getting filled with some data but somehow the outlook email since last year is not archived yet by EV.
how can I make sure that EV can archive my Outlook mailbox and also other mailbox in the Exchange server.
Thanks in advance.
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12-11-2013 08:25 PM
12-11-2013 05:48 AM
John,
Have you checked the partitions to confirm that the partition pointing to this LUN is open?
12-11-2013 05:49 AM
Well, are the mailboxes enabled for archiving?
What archiving policy is associated with each mailbox?
Is the archiving task scheduled to run?
Have you run the archiving task in report mode to see what is likely to get archived?
12-11-2013 05:54 AM
Yes it is open Gabe.
as I can see that the disk space is growing bigger.
12-11-2013 05:56 AM
As soon as I stopped the backup the journalling archive starts to run again, I can confirm the number of message is fluctuating ups and down as oppose to always growing when the EV is in backup mode.
Yes, the archiving task is always running.
No I haven't run it in archive mode yet, is that as simple as right click on the EV server node name ?
12-11-2013 07:39 AM
EV does not archive when in the back-up mode. Back-up mode is a "read-only" setting. You question is a bit confusing, are you working with Exchange Journal archiving, or Exchange Mailbox archiving. Those are two separate process and have different use cases, separate policies and timings.
12-11-2013 03:10 PM
WitSend, I'm currently concerning about the normal Exchange mailbox archiving.
I can see some activity in the Journal mailbox from the Outlook client opening it. But in my Outlook mailbox account, older email is not getting archived yet ?
12-11-2013 03:15 PM
So, have you run the archiving task in report mode against your mailbox?
Have you checked the policies applicable to your mailbox, as I suggested?
12-11-2013 05:29 PM
Yes I have done it, and the report says that I have
Total size of archivable items 85567
No of Archivable items 10242
but somehow I just realized that the following attributes are all zero 0 ?
is there something wrong with the mailbox or the policy ?
12-11-2013 08:25 PM
12-12-2013 05:59 AM
John,
I have seen this behavior when there are 2 entries for the same mailbox in the ExchangeMailboxEntry table in the Directory database, or the hidden message is corrupted.
Hidden message corrupt:
Zap your mailbox. (see utilities guide). When zapped, enable mailbox again and sync the mailbox. Run task again in report mode against the mailbox, verify it now shows numbers instead of zero's.
If that does not work, try the below.
Query the ExchangeMailboxEntry table in the Directory database for duplicate entries.
USE EnterpriseVaultDirectory
Select * from ExchangeMailboxEntry where MbxDisplayName like "%Santana%"
If you get 2 rows, do the following:
Disable yourself for archiving. Delete the 2 rows from the table. Run provisioning. Enable your mailbox for archiving, select the archive belonging to your mailbox. When done, re-run the task in reportmode. That should now give you numbers instead of zeros.
Regards
12-12-2013 07:47 AM
Hi John,
Looks like you might have to get into a bit of troublshooting.
Here are some great resources I have found to aid in troublshooting
Start here - http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO56938
This howto is a jump list to KB articles on all the various EV components.
There are a number of troubleshooting guides, usually called "Troubleshooting somehting or other"
On the KB set product to EV Microsoft Exchange and search "Troubleshooting" to find all the articles
Specifically -
Troubleshooting: Exchange archiving or Journaling tasks - http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO56521#id-SF650160885
My favourite sequence - Check Backup Mode, Site Schedule, Task Schedule, Open VS Partitions. then hit the TS Guide
02-06-2014 07:21 AM
Hello OP.
In my opinion you have a policy issue. Something in your policy is not doing what your expectations are for it to do. I have heard of hundreds of people coming to me saying that there archiving isnt working. In all cases where the report came back as yours did (except one) ... the answer was in a misperception of what the policy was actually set to do vs what the customer felt teh policy was set to do.
Can you please update this thread by either flagging some of the postings above as having resolved your issue or update the ticket with more details as to your issue? Doing so helps those who are helping direct their help to where it is most needed first.
Thanks in advanced.
J