Cisco UCS Blades KVM Not Working

I needed to access a Cisco UCS Blade enclosure at one of my customers after a major ESX failure.  When attempting to access the KVM over the Java applicate for the Cisco UCSB-B200-M3 blade servers, I received the following error:

The viewer has terminated.
Reason: The network connection has been dropped.

 

After troubleshooting the issue for a while, I decided to downgrade my version of Java to an older build.  I tried the following build of Java in a Virtual Machine:

 

Java SE Runtime Environment 7u79

 

Success!

 

 There is an issue with the latest Java build and the Cisco UCS KVM application.

 

0x80190194 OAB Error when Migrating to Exchange 2016

When migrating from Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016, I encountered an error 0x80190194 when downloading the Offline Address Book on workstations.

0x80190194 The Operation Failed

 

0x80190194 is a very common error when downloading the OAB and there are many server side problems which can generate this error.

Exchange 2013 by default had the servers responsible for the Offline Address Book hard coded as a Virtual Directory as shown below.

In Exchange 2016, by default we no longer want to hard code the Virtual Directories and instead enable GlobalWebDistribution which allows the Autodiscover service to automatically select the best Virtual Directory for the distribution request.

To set this up, we want to ensure the VirtualDirectories attribute for each Offline Address Book is set to $null.  We also want to ensure GlobalWebDistribution is enabled so that Autodiscover can take care of it.

This is done with the following command.

Get-OfflineAddressBook | Where {$_.ExchangeVersion.ExchangeBuild.Major -Eq 15} | Set-OfflineAddressBook -GlobalWebDistributionEnabled $True -VirtualDirectories $Null

Following this, perform an iisreset.

The Offline Address Book now downloads correctly again on Exchange 2016.

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Bug Creating Frontend Transport Receive Connectors in Exchange 2016 CU2

There is a bug creating Frontend Transport Connectors from Exchange Administrative Center in Exchange 2016 CU2.

Currently it is not possible to select Hub Transport or Frontend Transport when creating a new connector as the option is greyed out.

In Exchange 2013, it is possible as shown below:

Microsoft are aware of this bug and will be fixing it in Exchange 2016 CU3.

Until this bug is fixed, you need to create Frontend Transport receive connectors from shell as follows:

New-ReceiveConnector -Name "Application Receive Connector" -Bindings ("0.0.0.0:25") -RemoteIPRanges ("10.1.10.10") -MaxMessageSize 50MB –TransportRole FrontendTransport -Usage Custom –Server Bentley-EXCH

Deploying Exchange 2016 into an Exchange 2013 Organisation with MAPI over HTTPS Enabled

This issue may be encountered when migrating to Exchange 2016 from Exchange 2013 when MAPI over HTTPS is enabled.  The default Exchange 2013 MAPI over HTTPS authentication settings set IIS and Internal Authentication methods as Negotiate and External as null.  This is shown below:

The Default Exchange 2016 MAPI over HTTPS authentication settings are configured as "Ntlm, OAuth and Negotiate"

Proxying MAPI over HTTPS connections between Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2013 requires NTLM be enabled.  The default Exchange 2013 MAPI over HTTPS authentication settings will cause Outlook connectivity issues when both Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2013 are in the same Active Directory site.

The error which is generated by the Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer in this configuration is as follows:
 

	Testing the MAPI Mail Store endpoint on the Exchange server.
	An error occurred while testing the Mail Store.
	Additional Details   Elapsed Time: 1243 ms.
	Test Steps   Attempting to log on to the Mailbox.   An error occurred while logging on to the Mailbox.   Additional Details   A protocol layer error occured. MapiHttpServiceCode: 1722 FailureLID: 56412 FailureInfo: ###### REQUEST [2016-08-28T13:10:48.4483314Z] ###### POST /mapi/emsmdb/?mailboxId=a9888e6b-81d6-4495-b4b0-bcda772e782f@avantgardetechnologies.com.au HTTP/1.1 Content-Type: application/octet-stream User-Agent: MapiHttpClient X-RequestId: 0d3ddde1-1147-4cbe-a50b-ee75d2d1319d:2 X-ClientInfo: dfba427f-ffa7-4003-981f-a676bced12eb:1 X-ClientApplication: MapiHttpClient/15.0.4420.1017 X-RequestType: Execute Authorization: Negotiate [truncated] Host: mail.avantgardetechnologies.com.au Cookie: ClientId=PAVTTKRDEJLCYBAF9MA; MapiContext=MAPIAAAAAOms6aTto+TJjNSX3/zO/s/51OTc8cP72+rY4tPh2+ragKOSpJSilaWUoZWn7QEAAAAAAAA=; MapiSequence=0-WbZNDg==; X-BackEndCookie=a9888e6b-81d6-4495-b4b0-bcda772e782f=u56Lnp2ejJqBy5nGz8vMz8/SysyaxtLLysqd0p3Jz5vSyMzKzpqbzJ2ancicgYHNz87J0s/G0s3Iq87Mxc7Pxc7G Content-Length: 172 --- REQUEST BODY [+0.128] --- ..[BODY SIZE: 172] --- REQUEST SENT [+0.128] --- ###### RESPONSE [+0.416] ###### HTTP/1.1 200 OK Transfer-Encoding: chunked request-id: 7f93a99a-4a53-4866-a978-8de3671a1dd7 X-CalculatedBETarget: leeming-exch.at.local X-ServerApplication: Exchange/15.00.1210.002 X-RequestId: 0d3ddde1-1147-4cbe-a50b-ee75d2d1319d:2 X-ClientInfo: dfba427f-ffa7-4003-981f-a676bced12eb:1 X-RequestType: Execute X-PendingPeriod: 30000 X-ExpirationInfo: 900000 X-ResponseCode: 0 X-DiagInfo: LEEMING-EXCH X-BEServer: LEEMING-EXCH Cache-Control: private Content-Type: application/octet-stream Set-Cookie: MapiSequence=1-S1NbMA==; path=/mapi/emsmdb; secure; HttpOnly,MapiContext=MAPIAAAAAOms6aTto+TJjNSX3/zO/s/51OTc8cP72+rY4tPh2+ragKOSpJSilaWUoZWn7QEAAAAAAAA=; path=/mapi/emsmdb; secure; HttpOnly,X-BackEndCookie=a9888e6b-81d6-4495-b4b0-bcda772e782f=u56Lnp2ejJqBy5nGz8vMz8/SysyaxtLLysqd0p3Jz5vSyMzKzpqbzJ2ancicgYHNz87J0s/G0s3Iq87Mxc7Pxc7G; expires=Tue, 27-Sep-2016 13:10:19 GMT; path=/mapi; secure; HttpOnly Server: Microsoft-IIS/8.5 X-AspNet-Version: 4.0.30319 Persistent-Auth: true X-Powered-By: ASP.NET X-FEServer: LEEMING-EXCH Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 13:10:19 GMT --- RESPONSE BODY [+0.416] --- ..[BODY SIZE: 4195] PROCESSING [@2016-08-28T13:10:48.8643314Z] DONE [+00:00:00] X-StartTime: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 13:10:19 GMT X-ElapsedTime: 16 ..[DATA SIZE: 4112] --- RESPONSE DONE [+0.418] --- ###### REMOTE-EXCEPTION-INFO ###### Microsoft.Exchange.Rpc.RpcException: Connection must be re-established ---> Microsoft.Exchange.RpcClientAccess.ServerUnavailableException: Connection must be re-established ---> Microsoft.Exchange.RpcClientAccess.SessionDeadException: The primary owner logon has failed. Dropping a connection. ---> Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.TooManyObjectsOpenedException: Cannot open mailbox /o=AT/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=Clint Boessenaa7. ---> Microsoft.Mapi.MapiExceptionSessionLimit: MapiExceptionSessionLimit: Unable to open message store. (hr=0x80040112, ec=1246) Diagnostic context: Lid: 55847 EMSMDBPOOL.EcPoolSessionDoRpc called [length=502] Lid: 43559 EMSMDBPOOL.EcPoolSessionDoRpc returned [ec=0x0][length=256][latency=0] Lid: 52176 ClientVersion: 15.0.1210.3 Lid: 50032 ServerVersion: 15.0.1210.6003 Lid: 23226 --- ROP Parse Start --- Lid: 27962 ROP: ropLogon [254] Lid: 17082 ROP Error: 0x4DE Lid: 26937 Lid: 21921 StoreEc: 0x4DE Lid: 27962 ROP: ropExtendedError [250] Lid: 1494 ---- Remote Context Beg ---- Lid: 47536 Lid: 57936 dwParam: 0x20 Msg: MoMT Lid: 33360 dwParam: 0x21 Lid: 57384 StoreEc: 0x4DE Lid: 56872 dwParam: 0xFE Lid: 42712 StoreEc: 0x4DE Lid: 10786 dwParam: 0x0 Msg: 15.00.1210.000:Leeming-EXCH Lid: 1750 ---- Remote Context End ---- Lid: 26849 Lid: 21817 ROP Failure: 0x4DE Lid: 26297 Lid: 16585 StoreEc: 0x4DE Lid: 32441 Lid: 1706 StoreEc: 0x4DE Lid: 24761 Lid: 20665 StoreEc: 0x4DE Lid: 25785 Lid: 29881 StoreEc: 0x4DE at Microsoft.Mapi.MapiExceptionHelper.InternalThrowIfErrorOrWarning(String message, Int32 hresult, Boolean allowWarnings, Int32 ec, DiagnosticContext diagCtx, Exception innerException) at Microsoft.Mapi.ExRpcConnection.OpenMsgStore(OpenStoreFlag storeFlags, String mailboxDn, Guid mailboxGuid, Guid mdbGuid, String& correctServerDn, ClientIdentityInfo clientIdentityAs, String userDnAs, Boolean unifiedLogon, String applicationId, Byte[] tenantHint, CultureInfo cultureInfo) at Microsoft.Mapi.MapiStore.OpenMapiStore(String serverDn, String userDn, String mailboxDn, Guid guidMailbox, Guid guidMdb, String userName, String domainName, String password, String httpProxyServerName, ConnectFlag connectFlags, OpenStoreFlag storeFlags, CultureInfo cultureInfo, Boolean wantRedirect, String& correctServerDN, ClientIdentityInfo clientIdentity, Boolean unifiedLogon, String applicationId, Client xropClient, Boolean wantWebServices, Byte[] clientSessionInfo, TimeSpan connectionTimeout, TimeSpan callTimeout, Byte[] tenantHint) at Microsoft.Mapi.MapiStore.OpenMailbox(String serverDn, String userDn, Guid guidMailbox, Guid guidMdb, String userName, String domainName, String password, ConnectFlag connectFlags, OpenStoreFlag storeFlags, CultureInfo cultureInfo, ClientIdentityInfo clientIdentity, String applicationId, Byte[] tenantPartitionHint, Boolean unifiedLogon) at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.MailboxSession.ForceOpen(MapiStore linkedStore, Boolean unifiedSession) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.MailboxSession.ForceOpen(MapiStore linkedStore, Boolean unifiedSession) at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.MailboxSession.Initialize(MapiStore linkedStore, LogonType logonType, IExchangePrincipal owner, DelegateLogonUser delegateUser, Object identity, OpenMailboxSessionFlags flags, GenericIdentity auxiliaryIdentity, Boolean unifiedSession) at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.MailboxSession.<>c__DisplayClass1c.b__1a(MailboxSession mailboxSession) at Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Storage.MailboxSession.InternalCreateMailboxSession(LogonType logonType, IExchangePrincipal owner, DelegateLogonUser delegatedUser, CultureInfo cultureInfo, String clientInfoString, IBudget budget, Action`1 initializeMailboxSession, InitializeMailboxSessionFailure initializeMailboxSessio HTTP Response Headers: Transfer-Encoding: chunked request-id: 7f93a99a-4a53-4866-a978-8de3671a1dd7 X-CalculatedBETarget: leeming-exch.at.local X-ServerApplication: Exchange/15.00.1210.002 X-RequestId: 0d3ddde1-1147-4cbe-a50b-ee75d2d1319d:2 X-ClientInfo: dfba427f-ffa7-4003-981f-a676bced12eb:1 X-RequestType: Execute X-PendingPeriod: 30000 X-ExpirationInfo: 900000 X-ResponseCode: 0 X-DiagInfo: LEEMING-EXCH X-BEServer: LEEMING-EXCH Cache-Control: private Content-Type: application/octet-stream Set-Cookie: MapiSequence=1-S1NbMA==; path=/mapi/emsmdb; secure; HttpOnly,MapiContext=MAPIAAAAAOms6aTto+TJjNSX3/zO/s/51OTc8cP72+rY4tPh2+ragKOSpJSilaWUoZWn7QEAAAAAAAA=; path=/mapi/emsmdb; secure; HttpOnly,X-BackEndCookie=a9888e6b-81d6-4495-b4b0-bcda772e782f=u56Lnp2ejJqBy5nGz8vMz8/SysyaxtLLysqd0p3Jz5vSyMzKzpqbzJ2ancicgYHNz87J0s/G0s3Iq87Mxc7Pxc7G; expires=Tue, 27-Sep-2016 13:10:19 GMT; path=/mapi; secure; HttpOnly Server: Microsoft-IIS/8.5 X-AspNet-Version: 4.0.30319 Persistent-Auth: true X-Powered-By: ASP.NET X-FEServer: LEEMING-EXCH Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 13:10:19 GMT ServiceCode: 1722 Unavailable Elapsed Time: 1243 ms.

To ensure all servers are configured correctly to proxy connections between Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2016, run the following PowerShell command:

Get-MapiVirtualDirectory | Set-MAPIVirtualDirectory -IISAuthenticationMethods Ntlm, OAuth, Negotiate

Hope this post has been helpful.

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