ExBPA Mailbox store sizes   

I’m successfully running ExBPA against an Exchange Org with multiple admin 
groups.  Drilling down in the summary report I can see the mailbox store size 
for the servers in some Admin Groups but not all.  In the ones that don’t 
show the mailbox store size, it still displays the storage limits and the 
primary database file location.  No errors are generated in the event logs 
when I run the tool.  Any ideas on why the tool would report the mailbox 
store size for some Admin Groups but not all?

date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 13:58:28 -0800   author:   GabrielTM (Kommar) GabrielTM (Kommar)@discussions.microsoft.com

Re: ExBPA Mailbox store sizes   

ExBPA gets the storage limits  and other data you are seeing from the AD, 
and it gets the mailbox size from the server itself.  This likely means it 
is having trouble accessing that server, which could be due to a number of 
reasons.  ExBPA does not put its errors into the Windows event log, but if 
you select the Run Time Log on the report screen, you should see some more 
details around the errors it is encountering.

"GabrielTM (Kommar)" <GabrielTM (Kommar)@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
message news:1A826082-3C46-4240-B183-29BEC1E5F2E8@microsoft.com...
> I'm successfully running ExBPA against an Exchange Org with multiple admin
> groups.  Drilling down in the summary report I can see the mailbox store 
> size
> for the servers in some Admin Groups but not all.  In the ones that don't
> show the mailbox store size, it still displays the storage limits and the
> primary database file location.  No errors are generated in the event logs
> when I run the tool.  Any ideas on why the tool would report the mailbox
> store size for some Admin Groups but not all?

date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:46:28 -0800   author:   Jon Avner [MSFT]

Re: ExBPA Mailbox store sizes   

For the servers where ExBPA is having problems collecting the store size, 
are they running Windows 2000 or 2003? There's a bug in WMI on Windows 2000 
that prevents us from collecting file sizes greater than 2GB. If this is the 
problem, then you can download a fix from 
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ce021902-0a9b-4957-82ed-d77bcd4c83e6

Cheers,
-- 
Paul Bowden
Program Manager
Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/analyzers

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Jon Avner [MSFT]"  wrote in message 
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> ExBPA gets the storage limits  and other data you are seeing from the AD, 
> and it gets the mailbox size from the server itself.  This likely means it 
> is having trouble accessing that server, which could be due to a number of 
> reasons.  ExBPA does not put its errors into the Windows event log, but if 
> you select the Run Time Log on the report screen, you should see some more 
> details around the errors it is encountering.
>
> "GabrielTM (Kommar)" <GabrielTM (Kommar)@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote 
> in message news:1A826082-3C46-4240-B183-29BEC1E5F2E8@microsoft.com...
>> I'm successfully running ExBPA against an Exchange Org with multiple 
>> admin
>> groups.  Drilling down in the summary report I can see the mailbox store 
>> size
>> for the servers in some Admin Groups but not all.  In the ones that don't
>> show the mailbox store size, it still displays the storage limits and the
>> primary database file location.  No errors are generated in the event 
>> logs
>> when I run the tool.  Any ideas on why the tool would report the mailbox
>> store size for some Admin Groups but not all?
>
>

date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:02:40 -0800   author:   Paul Bowden [MSFT]