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date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 19:53:45 +0400,    group: microsoft.public.exchange.admin        back       


Exchange Server 2007, Message size and EdgeTransport.exe problem   
Again me and again I am an old problem
It looks like last time (the past 2 times) is not rated seriously whole 
situation,
And so, from my previous posts
(microsoft.public.exchange.admin, EdgeTransport.exe took 98% CPU time, Sent 
5/15/2008)
(microsoft.public.exchange.admin, Exchange Server message size limits, Sent 
5/19/2008)

One can conclude that the problem was in that the user was MaxSendSize: 
unlimited and MaxReceiveSize: unlimited

What has been taken into account and all users rigidly exhibited both 
setting 10Mb

And so all the same thing happen again!
User sent ~700Mb and HUB Transports die, as described in previous two posts.
But now user has MaxSendSize: 10Mb and MaxReceiveSize: 10Mb

What is the problem this time?
It seems that it is Exchange BUG.

Server Farm
2 Global Catalog Servers (Windows Server 2003 x86, SP2, Full Updated)
1 CAS/HUB Exchange Server 2007 SP1 UR2 (Windows 2003 x64, SP2, Full Updated)
1 HUB Exchange Server 2007 SP1 UR2 (Windows Server 2008 x64, SP1, Full 
Update)
2 Mailbox Cluster Exchange Server 2007 SP1 UR2 (Windows Server 2003 x64, 
SP2, Full Updated)

Also in Farm there 2  Exchange Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2003 x86, 
SP2, Front and Back
97% all mailboxes are in Exchange Server 2007 farm.


Thanks,
Arman Obosyan.
date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 19:53:45 +0400   author:   Arman Obosyan am

RE: Exchange Server 2007, Message size and EdgeTransport.exe problem   
Hello Arman,

Thank you for your post.

Please allow me to confirm that my understandings are correct. As I 
understand it, the issue is:

You are experiencing a problem on Exchange 2007Server which is related 
Message size for user and EdgeTransport.exe process crash issue. Previously 
when the User limit MaxSendSize is the default value(Unlimited)  and user 
send 700MB mail, the HUB Transports will crash. However, now when you 
adjust the User limit MaxSendSize to 10 MB, the issue still occurs.

If I have misunderstood your concerns please feel free to let me know.

Based on your description, it seems the MaxSendSize: 10Mb and 
MaxReceiveSize: 10Mb didn't take effect to the User mailbox limit. Before 
we go further, I would like to ask:

1.	When will the HUB Transports will hang/crash? What operation have you 
done that will cause it crash? 
2.	Are you using Exchange 2007 RTM  or Exchange 2007 SP1? 
3.	What's the exact symptoms when the issue occurs?

As we can set limitation for sending message in 5 levels: Organizational, 
Global, Connector, Server, User. I am not sure if the setting is you set is 
a global message size limits. Please open Exchange Management console, 
locate at organization properties for the Hub Transport. Click Global 
Settings tab, open the properties of the Transport Settings. Please set the 
transport limits you want. 
 
For more information:
 
Managing Message Size Limits
 
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124345(EXCHG.80).aspx 

If you have configured them via Exchange Management Console, now you need 
to check this specific user's settings using Exchange management shell. 
Please open Exchange management shell and run the following cmdlet
 
Get-Mailbox -id "username" | fl
 
Check the maxsendsize attribute. You can modify it with the cmdlet below.
 
Get-Mailbox -id "username" -maxsendsize "the size you want"
 
For more information about how to use Exchange management shell to 
management size limitation.
 
http://www.msexchange.org/articles-tutorials/exchange-server-2007/management
-administration/exchange-2007-message-size-limits.html  
 
Please Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may 
change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this 
information.

After performing the above steps, please check if the HUB Transports still 
crashes or hangs? 
 
If we cannot resolve the issue after we perform the above steps, please 
help me collect some information for further investigation:

Information Need
==============
1.  If possible, please capture some screenshot when the error messages 
appear and send them to me : v-robmen@microsoft.com   

2. Collect Exchange MPS report: 

a. Enable Diagnostic Logging of Exchange Processes to Maximum level, to do 
this, follow below article:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb201668.aspx

b. Please download a tool from the following link: 
http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/b/1/bb139fcb-4aac-4fe5-a579-30b0bd9
15706/MPSRPT_Exchange.EXE

c. Double-click the downloaded EXE file to collect the MPS report. 
d. Please send the generated CAB file to me at: v-robmen@microsoft.com 

By the way, have you tried running the Microsoft Exchange Server Best 
Practices Analyzer Tool? If not, I strongly suggest you have a try to get a 
overall diagnosis:

Exchange Best Practices Analyzer v2.8
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/bb288481.aspx 


Hope this helps. Also, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not 
hesitate to let me know.

Thank you for your time and cooperation


Best regards,

Robbin Meng(MSFT)

Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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Any input or comments in this thread are highly appreciated.
=====================================================

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date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:48:04 GMT   author:   (Robbin Meng [MSFT])

Re: Exchange Server 2007, Message size and EdgeTransport.exe problem   
Yes, all true, all as you describe

1. When will the HUB Transports will hang/crash? What operation have you
done that will cause it crash?

At this moment we don't use any of monitoring software (currently waiting 
Exchange Server 2007 Management pack for Operation Manager 2007, normal MP 
full working)
We get a call from Help desk that internal messages are delivered slow, or 
not delivered,
Checking HUB Server and get symptoms as I describe (increase in size 
mail.que, ...)
By tracking logs shows that this happened after the user submits messages

2. Are you using Exchange 2007 RTM  or Exchange 2007 SP1?
Currently all server in Exchange farm is Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Update 
Rollup 2

3. What's the exact symptoms when the issue occurs?
The process EdgeTransport.exe took 98% CPU time, and
\TransportRoles\QueueDatabasePath\
file mail.que increases in the amount per minute at approximately 100mb,
then when the size mail.que reaches  about 4 GB (sometimes at 2Gb) service
MSExchangeTransport.exe dies, after auto start its stuck at the stage of
starting. In same time I see that traffics comes from Mailbox server, whane 
traffics stops I see how mail.que increases, if I stop EdgeTransport.exe and 
delete all content in \TransportRoles\QueueDatabasePath\ and then start 
EdgeTransport.exe all its repeats, only after I fount user who send large 
mail (in Message Tracking) export all contet from his mailbox to pst and the 
delete box all works fine.

EBPA runs regularly nothing special.


Collected screen shots and MPSReports already sent by mail

Thank you


Arman Obosyan



""Robbin Meng [MSFT]""  wrote in message 
news:mbXJ0#C4IHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...
>
> Hello Arman,
>
> Thank you for your post.
>
> Please allow me to confirm that my understandings are correct. As I
> understand it, the issue is:
>
> You are experiencing a problem on Exchange 2007Server which is related
> Message size for user and EdgeTransport.exe process crash issue. 
> Previously
> when the User limit MaxSendSize is the default value(Unlimited)  and user
> send 700MB mail, the HUB Transports will crash. However, now when you
> adjust the User limit MaxSendSize to 10 MB, the issue still occurs.
>
> If I have misunderstood your concerns please feel free to let me know.
>
> Based on your description, it seems the MaxSendSize: 10Mb and
> MaxReceiveSize: 10Mb didn't take effect to the User mailbox limit. Before
> we go further, I would like to ask:
>
> 1. When will the HUB Transports will hang/crash? What operation have you
> done that will cause it crash?
> 2. Are you using Exchange 2007 RTM  or Exchange 2007 SP1?
> 3. What's the exact symptoms when the issue occurs?
>
> As we can set limitation for sending message in 5 levels: Organizational,
> Global, Connector, Server, User. I am not sure if the setting is you set 
> is
> a global message size limits. Please open Exchange Management console,
> locate at organization properties for the Hub Transport. Click Global
> Settings tab, open the properties of the Transport Settings. Please set 
> the
> transport limits you want.
>
> For more information:
>
> Managing Message Size Limits
>
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124345(EXCHG.80).aspx
>
> If you have configured them via Exchange Management Console, now you need
> to check this specific user's settings using Exchange management shell.
> Please open Exchange management shell and run the following cmdlet
>
> Get-Mailbox -id "username" | fl
>
> Check the maxsendsize attribute. You can modify it with the cmdlet below.
>
> Get-Mailbox -id "username" -maxsendsize "the size you want"
>
> For more information about how to use Exchange management shell to
> management size limitation.
>
> http://www.msexchange.org/articles-tutorials/exchange-server-2007/management
> -administration/exchange-2007-message-size-limits.html
>
> Please Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may
> change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this
> information.
>
> After performing the above steps, please check if the HUB Transports still
> crashes or hangs?
>
> If we cannot resolve the issue after we perform the above steps, please
> help me collect some information for further investigation:
>
> Information Need
> ==============
> 1.  If possible, please capture some screenshot when the error messages
> appear and send them to me : v-robmen@microsoft.com
>
> 2. Collect Exchange MPS report:
>
> a. Enable Diagnostic Logging of Exchange Processes to Maximum level, to do
> this, follow below article:
>
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb201668.aspx
>
> b. Please download a tool from the following link:
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/b/1/bb139fcb-4aac-4fe5-a579-30b0bd9
> 15706/MPSRPT_Exchange.EXE
>
> c. Double-click the downloaded EXE file to collect the MPS report.
> d. Please send the generated CAB file to me at: v-robmen@microsoft.com
>
> By the way, have you tried running the Microsoft Exchange Server Best
> Practices Analyzer Tool? If not, I strongly suggest you have a try to get 
> a
> overall diagnosis:
>
> Exchange Best Practices Analyzer v2.8
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/bb288481.aspx
>
>
> Hope this helps. Also, if you have any questions or concerns, please do 
> not
> hesitate to let me know.
>
> Thank you for your time and cooperation
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Robbin Meng(MSFT)
>
> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
>
> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>
> =====================================================
> This newsgroup only focuses on SBS technical issues. If you have issues
> regarding other Microsoft products, you'd better post in the corresponding
> newsgroups so that they can be resolved in an efficient and timely manner.
> You can locate the newsgroup here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx
>
> When opening a new thread via the web interface, we recommend you check 
> the
> "Notify me of replies" box to receive e-mail notifications when there are
> any updates in your thread. When responding to posts via your newsreader,
> please "Reply to Group" so that others may learn and benefit from your
> issue.
>
> Microsoft engineers can only focus on one issue per thread. Although we
> provide other information for your reference, we recommend you post
> different incidents in different threads to keep the thread clean. In 
> doing
> so, it will ensure your issues are resolved in a timely manner.
>
> For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft CSS directly. Please
> check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.
>
> Any input or comments in this thread are highly appreciated.
> =====================================================
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no 
> rights.
>
date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 12:23:17 +0400   author:   Arman Obosyan am

Re: Exchange Server 2007, Message size and EdgeTransport.exe problem   
No updates on this case?


Arman.

"Arman Obosyan" <armarn@community.nospam> wrote in message 
news:7D25BB0C-CB40-451F-8D80-4CBBF4F4DA44@microsoft.com...
> Yes, all true, all as you describe
>
> 1. When will the HUB Transports will hang/crash? What operation have you
> done that will cause it crash?
>
> At this moment we don't use any of monitoring software (currently waiting 
> Exchange Server 2007 Management pack for Operation Manager 2007, normal MP 
> full working)
> We get a call from Help desk that internal messages are delivered slow, or 
> not delivered,
> Checking HUB Server and get symptoms as I describe (increase in size 
> mail.que, ...)
> By tracking logs shows that this happened after the user submits messages
>
> 2. Are you using Exchange 2007 RTM  or Exchange 2007 SP1?
> Currently all server in Exchange farm is Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Update 
> Rollup 2
>
> 3. What's the exact symptoms when the issue occurs?
> The process EdgeTransport.exe took 98% CPU time, and
> \TransportRoles\QueueDatabasePath\
> file mail.que increases in the amount per minute at approximately 100mb,
> then when the size mail.que reaches  about 4 GB (sometimes at 2Gb) service
> MSExchangeTransport.exe dies, after auto start its stuck at the stage of
> starting. In same time I see that traffics comes from Mailbox server, 
> whane traffics stops I see how mail.que increases, if I stop 
> EdgeTransport.exe and delete all content in 
> \TransportRoles\QueueDatabasePath\ and then start EdgeTransport.exe all 
> its repeats, only after I fount user who send large mail (in Message 
> Tracking) export all contet from his mailbox to pst and the delete box all 
> works fine.
>
> EBPA runs regularly nothing special.
>
>
> Collected screen shots and MPSReports already sent by mail
>
> Thank you
>
>
> Arman Obosyan
>
>
>
> ""Robbin Meng [MSFT]""  wrote in message 
> news:mbXJ0#C4IHA.4928@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...
>>
>> Hello Arman,
>>
>> Thank you for your post.
>>
>> Please allow me to confirm that my understandings are correct. As I
>> understand it, the issue is:
>>
>> You are experiencing a problem on Exchange 2007Server which is related
>> Message size for user and EdgeTransport.exe process crash issue. 
>> Previously
>> when the User limit MaxSendSize is the default value(Unlimited)  and user
>> send 700MB mail, the HUB Transports will crash. However, now when you
>> adjust the User limit MaxSendSize to 10 MB, the issue still occurs.
>>
>> If I have misunderstood your concerns please feel free to let me know.
>>
>> Based on your description, it seems the MaxSendSize: 10Mb and
>> MaxReceiveSize: 10Mb didn't take effect to the User mailbox limit. Before
>> we go further, I would like to ask:
>>
>> 1. When will the HUB Transports will hang/crash? What operation have you
>> done that will cause it crash?
>> 2. Are you using Exchange 2007 RTM  or Exchange 2007 SP1?
>> 3. What's the exact symptoms when the issue occurs?
>>
>> As we can set limitation for sending message in 5 levels: Organizational,
>> Global, Connector, Server, User. I am not sure if the setting is you set 
>> is
>> a global message size limits. Please open Exchange Management console,
>> locate at organization properties for the Hub Transport. Click Global
>> Settings tab, open the properties of the Transport Settings. Please set 
>> the
>> transport limits you want.
>>
>> For more information:
>>
>> Managing Message Size Limits
>>
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124345(EXCHG.80).aspx
>>
>> If you have configured them via Exchange Management Console, now you need
>> to check this specific user's settings using Exchange management shell.
>> Please open Exchange management shell and run the following cmdlet
>>
>> Get-Mailbox -id "username" | fl
>>
>> Check the maxsendsize attribute. You can modify it with the cmdlet below.
>>
>> Get-Mailbox -id "username" -maxsendsize "the size you want"
>>
>> For more information about how to use Exchange management shell to
>> management size limitation.
>>
>> http://www.msexchange.org/articles-tutorials/exchange-server-2007/management
>> -administration/exchange-2007-message-size-limits.html
>>
>> Please Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may
>> change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this
>> information.
>>
>> After performing the above steps, please check if the HUB Transports 
>> still
>> crashes or hangs?
>>
>> If we cannot resolve the issue after we perform the above steps, please
>> help me collect some information for further investigation:
>>
>> Information Need
>> ==============
>> 1.  If possible, please capture some screenshot when the error messages
>> appear and send them to me : v-robmen@microsoft.com
>>
>> 2. Collect Exchange MPS report:
>>
>> a. Enable Diagnostic Logging of Exchange Processes to Maximum level, to 
>> do
>> this, follow below article:
>>
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb201668.aspx
>>
>> b. Please download a tool from the following link:
>> http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/b/1/bb139fcb-4aac-4fe5-a579-30b0bd9
>> 15706/MPSRPT_Exchange.EXE
>>
>> c. Double-click the downloaded EXE file to collect the MPS report.
>> d. Please send the generated CAB file to me at: v-robmen@microsoft.com
>>
>> By the way, have you tried running the Microsoft Exchange Server Best
>> Practices Analyzer Tool? If not, I strongly suggest you have a try to get 
>> a
>> overall diagnosis:
>>
>> Exchange Best Practices Analyzer v2.8
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/bb288481.aspx
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps. Also, if you have any questions or concerns, please do 
>> not
>> hesitate to let me know.
>>
>> Thank you for your time and cooperation
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Robbin Meng(MSFT)
>>
>> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
>>
>> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>>
>> =====================================================
>> This newsgroup only focuses on SBS technical issues. If you have issues
>> regarding other Microsoft products, you'd better post in the 
>> corresponding
>> newsgroups so that they can be resolved in an efficient and timely 
>> manner.
>> You can locate the newsgroup here:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx
>>
>> When opening a new thread via the web interface, we recommend you check 
>> the
>> "Notify me of replies" box to receive e-mail notifications when there are
>> any updates in your thread. When responding to posts via your newsreader,
>> please "Reply to Group" so that others may learn and benefit from your
>> issue.
>>
>> Microsoft engineers can only focus on one issue per thread. Although we
>> provide other information for your reference, we recommend you post
>> different incidents in different threads to keep the thread clean. In 
>> doing
>> so, it will ensure your issues are resolved in a timely manner.
>>
>> For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft CSS directly. Please
>> check http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.
>>
>> Any input or comments in this thread are highly appreciated.
>> =====================================================
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no 
>> rights.
>>
date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:29:10 +0400   author:   Arman Obosyan am

Re: Exchange Server 2007, Message size and EdgeTransport.exe problem   
Hi Arman,

Thank you for your clarification and additional information.

First, after checking the MPS report from the Exchange 2007 server, I 
didn't find any Exchange services crash related errors in both Event  log 
and System information file.

Since this crash issue may be caused by several factors, according to my 
research, let's try the following steps to continue:

Step 1: to set all messages limit to 10MB

a. Use the Set-TransportConfig cmdlet in the Exchange Management Shell or 
the Hub Transport organization configuration properties in the Exchange 
Management Console to set the MaxSendSize/MaxReceiveSize for all Exchange 
2007 servers that exist in the organization.

Note: Organizational limits apply to all Exchange 2007 servers that exist 
in the organization. The specified message limits apply to all Exchange 
2007 servers that have the Hub Transport server role installed. On an Edge 
Transport server, the specified limits apply to the specific server.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124151(EXCHG.80).aspx


b. Set Connector Limits

The following table shows the connector limits.
Source 	Parameter 	Version 	Default value 
Set-ForeignConnector 	MaxMessageSize 	Exchange 2007 RTM and Exchange 2007 
SP1	Unlimited
Set-ReceiveConnector 	MaxHeaderSize 	Exchange 2007 RTM and Exchange 2007 
SP1	64 KB
Set-ReceiveConnector 	MaxMessageSize 	Exchange 2007 RTM and Exchange 2007 
SP1	10 MB
Set-ReceiveConnector 	MaxRecipientsPerMessage 	Exchange 2007 RTM and 
Exchange 2007 SP1	200
Set-SendConnector 	MaxMessageSize 	Exchange 2007 RTM and Exchange 2007 SP1	
10 MB
Set-AdSiteLink 	MaxMessageSize 	Exchange 2007 SP1	Unlimited
Set-RoutingGroupConnector 	MaxMessageSize 	Exchange 2007 SP1	Unlimited


c. Use "Transport Rule" to set the "AttachmentSizeOver" for very Exchagne 
2007 server. The default value in Exchange 2007 SP1 is "Not configured".



Step 2: check and disable SMTP rely on all Exchange 2007 servers.

Please temporarily disable all open rely on all Exchange 2007 servers to 
drop the workload down.


Step 3. Disable Forefront program temporarily.

I found there are some Forefront services related errors in MPS reports. 
Please disable Forefront program temporarily for narrow down purpose. 
Moreover, why do you have a "QueueDatabasePath" under TransportRoles\ 
folder? The default path is TransportRoles\data\Queue\mail.que .


Now does your Exchange server/ EdgeTransport.exe  still crash very often?


For more information about how to use Exchange management shell to 
management size limitation.
 
http://www.msexchange.org/articles-tutorials/exchange-server-2007/management
-administration/exchange-2007-message-size-limits.html   

Hope this helps.


Best regards,
Robbin Meng(MSFT)

Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:07:33 GMT   author:   (Robbin Meng [MSFT])

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