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Server 2008 r2 with Exchange 2010 hits 100% CPU

Hi

I have an ESXi 5 installed on Dell poweredge r610 with 48GB ram, 2XIntel Xeon E5606Processor (2.13GHz 4C, 4X1TB N.L SAS 6Gbps 7.2k 2.5" Additional HD)

I manage the server through vCenter (essential license) and installed 2 windows server 2008 r2 machines:

1. DC with 8GB ram and 2 CPU virtual sokets with 1 core per soket

2. Exchange 2010 16 GB ram and 4 CPU virtual sokets with 1 core per soket also 1TB of virtual disk (2 partitions 100g system & 900g for exchange db)

Suddenly from an unknown reason the second machine with the exchange installed on hits 100% CPU and become unreachble - no ping, no consol, no RDP - NOTHING

aftre a lot of research and digging in we found a something about mmc.exe process that using a lot of CPU, i'm not sure it's the main problem cause we have more servers in the network like server 2008 sbs which was the main server in the company and now we taking it out but slowly, we first took out the exchange from it and now the AD & DNS, anyway we have new AD DC on a different phisicaly server (also server 2008 r2) totaly new that holds all the FSMO rules - the new DC is not on the ESXI.

the exchange server is freezing with 100% cpu every few days, sometime in the middle of the night and sometime in the middle of the day no metter what we're doing - there is no connection between the crashes,

please help

Thanks

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MartinAmaro
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Did you look at " Microsoft Exchange 2010 on VMware

Best Practices Guide

"

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/exchange-2010-on-vmware-best-practices-guide.pdf

Have you look at the system logs?

Have you look at the vcenter perfromance logs?

Pay close attention to msftefd.exe proces the store.exe procerss

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Webpals
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SOLVED

O.k - I checked all the logs in the exchange and in the event viewer - NOTHING
i also test the server with Best Practice Analyzer and also NOTHING.
I invited a VMware expert and he did some changes in the ESXi like resource allocation and priority - but still NOTHING.

The solution is totally REMOVING the antivirus (ESET Nod32) from the server!!!!!!!!!

can you recommend about new better antivirus that made specially for exchange servers ?

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