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Switching VM’s over to a different Virtual Center breaks connection between BES and Exchange server

We had an issue with our BES server stop working properly. Some mail was getting to users but there were errors sending mail and we couldn’t activate any new users.

Here was the error when trying to activate.

{e} MAPIMailbox::MAPIMailbox(2) - OpenMsgStore (0×8004011d) failed

A reboot of the exchange server followed by a reboot of the BES server fixed the issues but we weren’t sure if this was a coincidence or caused by switching the VM’s over to a different Virtual Center server

Shortly after that we moved over a different set of Exchange server and BES servers and the exact same issue occurred.

Be aware!

Cloning a VM on a ESX server with using Virtual Center

Without Virtual Center it is possible to clone a VM though there are a few more steps.

First create the target folder in your datastore, log into the command line and use “SU -” to log in as root.

Use the command “vmkfstools -i \vmfs\volumes\”datastore name”\”source folder name”\”source file”.vmdk \vmfs\volumes\”datastore name”\”target folder name”\”target file”.vmdk

Once the clone is complete you can create your new VM, point the disk source as the new vmdk file and Bob is your uncle!