Exchange Management Console Error

[MASolutions]

Folks,

We have Exchange 2007 setup on an SBS2008 box. Recently, when we try and load the EMC, we have been receiving a strange error (error below). Not sure how to make of it? We cannot make any changes within EMC. We have rebooted several times, checked the eventvwr and still cannot seem to resolve this error?

Note: We can send/receive emails from OWA, Outlook, and our Smartphones without fail.

Any tips/suggestions?

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Microsoft Exchange Error
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The following error(s) were reported while loading topology information:

get-ExchangeServer
Failed
Error:
An Active Directory error 0x8007203A occurred while searching for domain controllers in domain domain.local: The server is not operational.

Name: "domain.local"


The server is not operational.

Name: "domain.local"


The server is not operational.

get-UMServer
Failed
Error:
An Active Directory error 0x8007203A occurred while searching for domain controllers in domain domain.local: The server is not operational.

Name: "domain.local"

The server is not operational.

Name: "domain.local"

The server is not operational.
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OK
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[58sniper]

How many DCs in the AD site that Exchange is in? I haven't looked at a 2007 server in quite a while, but if you open the management shell, can you look things up? What if you do a Get-AdServerSettings? What does it report for DCs?

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[MASolutions]

1DC - which is also the Exchange server. When I send the command within the shell I get an error: The term 'Get-AdServerSettings' is not recognized as a cmdlet, function, operable program, or script file. Verify the term and try again.
At line:1 char:20

 

[58sniper]

Yeah, couldn't recall if that command was valid back in 2007. What if you try your administrative tasks in the Exchange Management Shell. Do they work? Do you have the Exchange management tools installed on a workstation?

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[Zelandakh]

Look at the automatic services and ensure that they are all working.

If you start exchange powershell, do you get in there or do you get a winrm error?

 

[58sniper]

Test-ServiceHealth and Test-SystemHealth are your friends.

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[MASolutions]

58sniper: some of the commands work, however, when I send Get-ExchangeServer, I get the same error as EMC.
I don't have EMT deployed, however, can I download

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=11876

this? ?For a 64bit server? I can't seem to locate the 64bit version of EMT; is it only on the media?

Zelandakh: which services should I be looking for? The most common ones appear to be running. I am able to start powershell and issue commands.

 

[Zelandakh]

All automatic ones should be running.

OK, so it isn't a winrm issue if PS works.

What has changed?

 

[MASolutions]

Hi Zelandakh,

The only thing changed in the last month or so was swapping out the memory from 8GB to 12GB

 

[MASolutions]

UPDATE!!

So, we disabled the firewall (built-in) on the server and NOW we can access AD, EMC, and so on... Very bizarre. Any thoughts?

 

[Zelandakh]

Yes...you fixed it. Nice one.