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Exchange 2007/2010 Performance Data Collection Script
In efforts to help streamline performance data collection on Exchange 2007/Exchange 2010 servers, I have created a powershell script that will automate the data collection for you. One of the nice...
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Detecting Low Virtual Memory Conditions in Windows 2008 and R2
On Windows 2008 servers with Exchange 2007/2010 installed, there are times when you may run out of virtual memory for various reasons. One could be a memory leak in some application or simply not...
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How to unload/reload performance counters on Exchange 2010
Previously I had wrote a set of steps for fixing/repairing broken Exchange 2007 counters at http://blogs.technet.com/b/mikelag/archive/2009/10/21/how-to-fix-repair-broken-exchange-2007-counters.aspx....
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Processor 0 increased CPU utilization
While looking on a Exchange 2010 server recently in task manager to review the amount of CPU utilization, I noticed that Processor 0 was at 100% CPU while all of the other CPUs were relatively lower...
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How fragmentation on incorrectly formatted NTFS volumes affects Exchange
Recently we have been seeing some gnarly performance issues in Exchange 2007 along with an added splash of database operation failures. This doesn’t sound enticing at all, but this blog post is going...
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Performance Counter Collection Tools for Exchange
I've created a Category called Perfwiz in which you can easily find all Perfwiz versions. Click on http://blogs.technet.com/mikelag/archive/tags/Perfwiz/default.aspx to get you there.Have a good one!!
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New Windows Dynamic Cache Service for 64-bit Windows 2003 servers
If you've ever had an issue where low memory conditions were causing working set trimming issues due to excessive use of the System File Cache, then we have just released a new service that can be used...
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Client RPC Dialog box questionnaire for Administrators
There are times when you are troubleshooting an Exchange Server issue where it appears that the server is performing OK, but the users are still complaining of the dreaded RPC dialog box and hangs in...
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Outlook 2007 Performance Improvements Hotfix
If you haven't heard already, we have released a Pre-SP2 hotfix that help improve Outlook performance and responsiveness in a big way. Here is an excerpt from the article.Performance improvements...
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Windows Desktop Search and the implications on WAN performance
Windows Desktop search (WDS) is a great tool to help you to search through the unwieldy plethora of documents or emails that you may have scattered across your desktop. With the addition of 3rd party...
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Troubleshooting Exchange 2007 Store Log/Database growth issues
One of the common issues we see in support is excessive Database and/or Transaction log growth problems. If you have ever run in to one of these issues, you will find that they are not always easy to...
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How to collect per request Performance Stats for IIS on Exchange 2007
Ever had a time where you were trying to troubleshoot an IIS Performance related issue on Exchange 2007 and the built-in performance counters were not giving you the data that you needed to gain...
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The Case of the Mysterious Exchange Server Hang
Recently we had a case in which an Exchange 2003 server would hang and no longer accept any new RPC connections to the Information Store. The rest of the server seemed to be operating just fine, but it...
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Exchange 2007 Memory usage and helpful troubleshooting tips
In support, we get a lot of statements stating that Exchange is using all or most of the memory on a given server. Some may say that is a bad thing, but for Exchange 2007 that is actually a good thing....
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Exchange 2007 SP2 Auditing Whitepaper
Exchange 2007 SP2 has introduced some new Mailbox Access Auditing features to help log events when users access folders and messages either in their own mailbox or another users mailbox. I wrote a...
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New ADAccess Performance counters included with Exchange 2007 SP2
Exchange 2007 SP2 has a new set of ADAccess Performance counters that only shows performance data from domain controllers in the same site as the Exchange Server. This new object is MSExchange ADAccess...
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How to monitor and troubleshoot the use of Nonpaged pool memory in Exchange...
This article is a high level overview on how to troubleshoot current Nonpaged pool memory usage on an Exchange server. It explains what could be done to help mitigate some of the underlying problems...
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How to fix/repair broken Exchange 2007 counters
I commonly get calls on the inability to see performance counters in Performance Monitor (perfmon) and the inability to query them through WMI. I thought I would take some time to write about how to...
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The case of the slow Exchange 2003 Server – Lessons learned
Recently we received a case in support with an Exchange 2003 server where message delivery was slow and the Local Delivery queue was getting backed up. The Local Delivery queue was actually reaching in...
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Improved PAL analysis for Exchange 2007
I wanted to write a post regarding a lot of work that has gone into updating the Exchange Server 2007 PAL xml threshold files in order to make them more relevant and to more accurately report on...
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