Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1
I just started upgrading my Exchange 2007 server to service pack 1. A use copied the contents of her inbox to the public folders. When she couldn’t delete them she asked if I could for her. When I tried (with all admin accounts) I was denied access. Before you being to blame me, I only recently took over this position. I think the only user who had permissions was the guy I replaced, and his account was deleted before I started. So I tried assigning permission using the shell commands (I forgot what they are) with no luck. I am hoping the new tools will help me assign the proper permissions. Oh, the reason it is a big deal that I get permission (aside from the normal reasons) is that the use happens to be our Director of Finance, so you can imagine the emails she copied. I immediately took the store offline.
First attempt at the upgrade was a small bump. The server did not have at least .Net framework 2.0 sp1 installed. So I did some windows updates and I am ready to try again with .Net 3.0 sp1. Here we go… Oh yeah, gotta shutdown Backup Exec service.
Organization Prerequisites – Check
Hub Transport Role Prerequisites – Check
Client Access Role Prerequisites – Check
Mailbox Role Prerequisites – Check
Upgrade button clicked. Now I will take a quick coffee break and watch the status.
The upgrade is more of a full install going through all the same processes. It just “removed Exchange Files”, I hope I don’t have to restore everyone’s mailboxes… So far everything has been painless to me. It is in the finishing up stage right now. I am a little afraid to look but even if I have a long night ahead of me, I’m good with it. I LOVE Coffee!
All tasks are complete, now to click finish.
I figured some bells and whistles after clicking finish. Just dumps you out to windows. Well, either way the update worked. Outlook Web Access now has public folders and I can see all the sensative email still there. I will not investigate the new tools to hopefully give myself some permissions.
After all this babble, if you happen to be reading this and need to update your Exchange 2007 server to SP 1, go ahead it’s painless – even when it is removing files. Remember to turn off your Backup Exec Remote agent service and be sure to be at .Net 2.0 sp1. In another post I will let you know how the new tools are and if I was successful in removing the emails.
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