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Entries from March 2008
LCS 2005 End point Issue
March 30, 2008 · 1 Comment
Recently I faced an issue in LCS 2005, the users were reporting that they are unable to login on LCS and getting Server not found issue. Some users were complaining that they are unable to send messages. After viewing events in server I found following error;
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Live Communications User Services
Event Category: (1006)
Event ID: 30903
Date: 3/30/2008
Time: 11:49:08 AM
User: N/A
Computer: XXXXX
Description:
The Endpoint expiration stored procedure failed. It will be retried, but if this error continues to occur, the Live Communications Server service will need to be restarted.
Error code: 0×80004005
Cause: Possible issues with backend database.
Resolution:
Ensure the backend is functioning correctly.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
after googling I found 1 KB article on this issue explaining the cause and fix of this issue
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904951
As per MS KB “This problem occurs because of a deadlock condition on the back-end Microsoft SQL Server database. When there is a deadlock condition, SQL Server automatically selects one of the set presence calls as the deadlock victim”
I have checked my back-end SQL server and found some process in deadlock state. I have checked with my backup guy and found that there was an unscheduled backup running on LCS database at that time. I requested to stop this backup and tried to restart LCS services but it didn’t work. Then I ran following command mentioned in the KB as a workaround of this issue.
OSQL.EXE -S local\<instance name> -d rtc -E -Q “exec sp_MSforeachtable ‘dbcc dbreindex(”?”)’”
Apparently this command was succeeded and showing some messages. One of the messages was informing about a deadlock process and a returning transaction. After this I have restarted the LCS service and checked event viewer once again, but the problem remained same. Then I stopped the LCS service and then re-ran the above command which was succeeded without any issue. Then i restarted the LCS service and checked the event viewer and all were normal.
It seemed to have some indexing issues with the LCS database; I will further investigate on it and try to find out the core cause. Meanwhile I have already initiated a request to Microsoft for this hotfix.
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Categories: Unified Communication Platform · lcs
MSF V3.0 Templates
March 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Today i was searching for MSF document templates which i was using in my previous projects, luckily i found them on following link
Categories: Miscs
XP Service Pack 3 remains in testing
March 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Microsoft releases a new test version of the Windows XP update, with final availability still slated for sometime in the first half of this year.
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Categories: Uncategorized
Intel desktop quad chips arrive in tight supply
March 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Intel mainstream quad-core desktop chips have been a long time in coming though supply is still tight.
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Categories: Uncategorized
Database Maintenance for MOSS
March 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Bill Baer from Microsoft has recently released a white paper discussing Database Maintenance strategies specifically for MOSS. Must read for any MOSS or SQL DBA
Categories: MOSS 2007
System Center Capacity Planner 2007
March 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment
You can find Capacity planner for exchange and Sharepoint from following link;
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sccp/bb969059.aspx
capacity planner for MOM 2007 will be coming soon
Categories: Microsoft Server Systems
MOSS Capacity Planning tool by Microsoft
March 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Microsoft has finally launched its long awaiting Capacity planning tool for MOSS and other Microsoft Servers. I haven’t got ample time to go through this tool but will definitely install it and will share my experience. For those of you who wants an early look on it, please download it from the following link
Categories: MOSS 2007
Visual Studio 2008 free Downloads for students
March 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment
If you are a student and wants to develop applications by using visual studio 2008 for free then here is a way “Microsoft DreamSpark Professional Developer and Designer for students tools at no charge” at channel 8 you can find 4 Microsoft products totally free for students these products are
1. Microsoft Visual studio 2008 Professional Edition.
2. Microsoft Windows 2003 standard Edition.
3. Microsoft Expression Studio.
4. Microsoft Game Studio 2.0
But wait please read this from Microsoft before you go;
“We are kicking this off in 11 countries/regions, giving DreamSpark to millions of students in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Germany, France, Finland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Belgium. If you are not residing in one of the countries listed keep checking back, we will be adding more countries throughout the year”
So if your country is not in the list then wait for your turn 
Following is the link
Categories: Research and Development
MOSS – Storage Planning and Monitoring
March 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Microsoft has released a new document for MOSS Storage Planning. The title of this document is “Performance Recommendations for Storage Planning and Monitoring”. This document is intended for SQL DBAs and portal Architects who want to plan and monitor their MOSS SQL environment. This document has two sections namely planning and monitoring. A must read for any MOSS DBA. Following is the link
Categories: MOSS 2007
