Event ID 12306 FSRM SMTP cannot send email

File Server Resource Manager - SMTP cannot send email to Exchange Server 2010

Problem:

Event ID: 12306

Event Source: SRMSVC

Event Viewer Application logs:

A File Server Resource Manager Service email action could not be run.

Error-specific details:

Error: IFsrmEmailExternal::SendMail, 0x8004531c, Mailbox unavailable. The server response was: 5.7.1 Client does not have permissions to send as this sender.

Solution:

As of WS08 R2, FSRM attempts to authenticate against an Exchange Server using the computer account (domain\computername$ format) account of the server.  This computer account must be granted send as permissions on the mailbox that you are trying to send as, or it will fail with this error (where the same configuration will work on WS03 R2 without failing, assuming your receive connectors are already configured correctly).

I ran the following Powershell command on my Exchange 2010 server to grant the necessary permissions on the mailbox I was trying to send as, after which it began working:

Add-ADPermission -Identity "Mailbox Display Name" -user "Domain\ServerName$" -extendedrights "Send-as"

You can also substitute by using a domain group that contains the server computer accounts you want to allow.

0XC0000244 blue dump while rebooting system

I received an error while rebooting my server. This error occurs when maximum log size specified has been reached and and Event Log Wrapping is set for "Overwrite Events Older than (X) Days." This can also occur if "Do Not Overwrite Events" is selected. Because the Security Event Log is full, and the CrashOnAuditFail registry key is set, Windows generates a STOP 0xC0000244 blue screen error message and cannot log audit information.

For workaround click on this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232564

System beep codes

After repeated requests for beep codes i have decided to post them here maybe they could be pinned

Standard Original IBM POST Error Codes
Code Description

1 short beep System is OK
2 short beeps POST Error - error code shown on screen No beep Power supply or system board problem Continuous beep Power supply, system board, or keyboard problem Repeating short beeps Power supply or system board problem
1 long, 1 short beep System board problem
1 long, 2 short beeps Display adapter problem (MDA, CGA)
1 long, 3 short beeps Display adapter problem (EGA)
3 long beeps 3270 keyboard card

IBM POST Diagnostic Code Descriptions
Code Description

100 - 199 System Board
200 - 299 Memory
300 - 399 Keyboard
400 - 499 Monochrome Display
500 - 599 Colour/Graphics Display
600 - 699 Floppy-disk drive and/or Adapter
700 - 799 Math Coprocessor
900 - 999 Parallel Printer Port
1000 - 1099 Alternate Printer Adapter
1100 - 1299 Asynchronous Communication Device, Adapter, or Port
1300 - 1399 Game Port
1400 - 1499 Colour/Graphics Printer
1500 - 1599 Synchronous Communication Device, Adapter, or Port
1700 - 1799 Hard Drive and/or Adapter
1800 - 1899 Expansion Unit (XT)
2000 - 2199 Bisynchronous Communication Adapter
2400 - 2599 EGA system-board Video (MCA)
3000 - 3199 LAN Adapter
4800 - 4999 Internal Modem
7000 - 7099 Phoenix BIOS Chips
7300 - 7399 3.5" Disk Drive
8900 - 8999 MIDI Adapter
11200 - 11299 SCSI Adapter
21000 - 21099 SCSI Fixed Disk and Controller
21500 - 21599 SCSI CD-ROM System

AMI BIOS Beep Codes
Code Description

1 Short Beep System OK
2 Short Beeps Parity error in the first 64 KB of memory
3 Short Beeps Memory failure in the first 64 KB
4 Short Beeps Memory failure in the first 64 KB Operational of memory
or Timer 1 on the motherboard is not functioning
5 Short Beeps The CPU on the motherboard generated an error
6 Short Beeps The keyboard controller may be bad. The BIOS cannot switch to protected mode
7 Short Beeps The CPU generated an exception interrupt
8 Short Beeps The system video adapter is either missing, or its memory is faulty
9 Short Beeps The ROM checksum value does not match the value encoded in the BIOS
10 Short Beeps The shutdown register for CMOS RAM failed
11 Short Beeps The external cache is faulty
1 Long, 3 Short Beeps Memory Problems
1 Long, 8 Short Beeps Video Card Problems

Phoenix BIOS Beep Codes
Note - Phoenix BIOS emits three sets of beeps, separated by a brief pause.

Code Description

1-1-3 CMOS read/write failure
1-1-4 ROM BIOS checksum error
1-2-1 Programmable interval timer failure
1-2-2 DMA initialisation failure
1-2-3 DMA page register read/write failure
1-3-1 RAM refresh verification failure
1-3-3 First 64k RAM chip or data line failure
1-3-4 First 64k RAM odd/even logic failure
1-4-1 Address line failure first 64k RAM
1-4-2 Parity failure first 64k RAM
2-_-_ Faulty Memory
3-1-_ Faulty Motherboard
3-2-4 Keyboard controller Test failure
3-3-4 Screen initialisation failure
3-4-1 Screen retrace test failure
3-4-2 Search for video ROM in progress
4-2-1 Timer tick interrupt in progress or failure
4-2-2 Shutdown test in progress or failure
4-2-3 Gate A20 failure
4-2-4 Unexpected interrupt in protected mode
4-3-1 RAM test in progress or failure>ffffh
4-3-2 Faulty Motherboard
4-3-3 Interval timer channel 2 test or failure
4-3-4 Time of Day clock test failure
4-4-1 Serial port test or failure
4-4-2 Parallel port test or failure
4-4-3 Math coprocessor test or failure
Low 1-1-2 System Board select failure
Low 1-1-3 Extended CMOS RAM failure

Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 SP1 released

Microsoft has released Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 Service pack 1 on February 22, 2011. Here are few links to research and to download Service pack from Microsoft website:

Deployment Guide: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff817650(WS.10).aspx#BKMK_beforedeploy

Download link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3202ce6-4056-4059-8a1b-3a9b77cdfdda

I am planning to deploy SP1 in my organization and will post the detailed steps on "How to upgrade Windows 7 and W2K8 machines to SP1" soon.

System center configuration manager Upgrade to R3 version

R3 requirement and upgrade steps:

·         SP2 and R2 installation

·         Take the snapshot of Site Server if running as VM or backup the server files.

·         Check the health status of site server and verify the unresolved operational issues

·         Install critical updates on Site Server and site system

·         Install critical SQL server updates on Site Server

·         Disable SQL server database replication – To disable SQL replication

·         Install R3 hotfix for console on Site Server, site system and client computers - Download

·         Site Server and site system to ensure no actions are pending

·         Run R3 setup first on Primary site server

·         Reconfigure SQL server database replication - To enable SQL replication

·         To verify successful installation- Verify installation

Enhancements in R3:

·         Major enhancement in R3 is Power management. We can monitor, plan, apply and check the power management policy on systems

·         Improved efficiency of Active directory communication

·         Faster discovery of Active Directory changes to users or machines

·         Fast evaluation of new systems for rapid collection and population of newly discovered devices

·         Improved Administrator Console response times

·         Increased the number of supported clients to 300,000 per site

·         Managing Mobile devices through System center Mobile Device Manager

For detailed information of any step, please refer: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff977048.aspx