ISSUE: When you install Exchange Management Console for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 onto a desktop PC running Windows 7 RC or Windows 7 Gold, you may experience error messages when attempting to access the Client Access item of Server Configuration in the console tree. The messages received are similar to the following:
The following error(s) were reported while loading topology information:
Get-ActiveSyncVirtualDirectory
Failed
Error:
An error occurred while trying to access IIS (Internet Information Service) metabase. Make sure the Internet Information Service Manager component is installed and configured properly.
Unknown error (0x80005000)Get-OabVirtualDirectory
Failed
Error:
An error occurred while trying to access IIS (Internet Information Service) metabase. Make sure the Internet Information Service Manager component is installed and configured properly.Unknown error (0x80005000)
Get-OWAVirtualDirectory
Failed
Error:
An error occurred while trying to access IIS (Internet Information Service) metabase. Make sure the Internet Information Service Manager component is installed and configured properly.Unknown error (0x80005000)
Note: Get-ActiveSyncVirtualDirectory, Get-OabVirtualDirectory and Get-OWAVirtualDirectory are all the names of Powershell cmdlets for Exchange Server 2007. This implies the same errors will be encountered if using these cmdlets in Exchange Management Shell as well.
CAUSE: The IIS management console is not enabled on the client machine.
FIX: To correct this problem, open Programs and Features in the Control Panel. Select to “Turn Windows features on or off”. In the tree expand “Internet Information Services”, then “Web Management Tools”. Check “IIS Management Console”. Click OK. Close and restart EMC or EMS.
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ISSUE: When sending mail to some addresses using Exchange Server 2007 SP1, you may experience occasional errors similar to the following. You are using a Smarthost send connector to send this mail, and there is a Cisco firewall between your exchange server and the external server specified in the Smarthost send connector settings.
Delivery has failed to these recipients or distribution lists:
Xxx Yyy
An error occurred while trying to deliver this message to the recipient's e-mail address. Microsoft Exchange will not try to redeliver this message for you. Please try resending this message, or provide the following diagnostic text to your system administrator.The following organization rejected your message: <remote SMTP server FQDN>
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Sent by Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Diagnostic information for administrators:
Generating server: <local Exchange server FQDN>
xxx.yyy@domain
<remote SMTP server FQDN> #500 Firewall Error ##
CAUSE: The Cisco firewall has a configuration entry like the following (it may have additional parameters specified after <inspection-list-name> in addition to esmtp):
ip inspect name <inspection-list-name> esmtp
This problem occurs because of incompatibilities or restrictions caused by the Cisco firewall configuration. It is more likely to occur if you are sending an email to multiple recipients or using a distribution list in Exchange.
FIX: Disable this entry in the Cisco firewall configuration by inserting the word “no” at the beginning of the line as shown, so that it should now read something like
no ip inspect name <inspection-list-name> esmtp
REFERENCES:
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919091 (Exchange 2003 specific)
