The release of SP2 for MS Exchange 2003 has changed the default database limit from 16GB to 18GB. In addition, SP2 allows you to further increase the size a MS Exchange 2003 Standard Edition database to a maximum size of 75GB.
Exchange Server 2003 version
Licensed limit
Default configuration limit
Standard Edition before SP2
16 GB
Not applicable
Standard Edition with SP2
75 GB
18 GB
Enterprise...
18 November 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
How to increase the Exchange Server 2003 SP2 18GB database size limit
17 November 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Error message when you try to perform a system state backup in Windows 2008 and 2012 Servers
Symptoms: When you try to perform a system state backup to a volume on which the system state file resides, you receive an error, as mentioned below:In Windows Server 2008, you receive the following error:
ERROR - The location for backup is a critical volume.
In Windows Server 2008 R2, you receive the following error:
ERROR - The backup storage location is invalid. You cannot use a volume...
14 November 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
System writer is not found in the backup
Symptoms: When you perform a system state backup using Windows Server Backup on Windows Server 2008, the backup fails with the following error:
System writer is not found in the backup.
Cause: The system writer fails because permissions to files in the %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\ or %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames directories are incorrect.
Resolution: To resolve this issue, type the...
