Coinciding with an Exchange VM move from one host to another, email previous to a certain date went missing for one account (out of 40). It was restored from tape, but we're looking for a reason why it happened. This employee had just left, two users had full access to the mailbox and were actively using it. We found nothing conclusive on the Exchange/ Outlook end. Is there a risk of data loss when moving a VM and where would I look (log file) for an explanation?
Thanks
To be honest I do not think the issue is with the migration - to me it smells like one of the users accessing the mail either manually moved mail out of the mailbox or intiated auto archive - IMO if something were to occurduring the migration the whole mailbox would be corrupt not from a specific date and not just a single mailbox -
To be honest I do not think the issue is with the migration - to me it smells like one of the users accessing the mail either manually moved mail out of the mailbox or intiated auto archive - IMO if something were to occurduring the migration the whole mailbox would be corrupt not from a specific date and not just a single mailbox -
Agreed. A vMotion would not have directly affected the Exchange storage of just that missing mail. Do the Exchange logs note any usual entries from that time window?
Thanks...I told them that this was more than likely user created, but asked that I get validation.
"Do the Exchange logs note any usual entries from that time window?"
Unfortunately not.