vCentre Email Notification

[davercyclone]

Hi All,

I am having a devils job getting SMTP Alerts out of vCentre 5...

I've created a Recieve Connector in Exchange (2010) using the following PowerShell Commands:

New-ReceiveConnector -Name "Anonymous Relay" -Usage Custom -PermissionGroups AnonymousUsers -Bindings [serverip]:25 -RemoteIpRanges [ranges]

Get-ReceiveConnector "Anonymous Relay" | Add-ADPermission -User "NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON" -ExtendedRights "Ms-Exch-SMTP-Accept-Any-Recipient"

From the vCentre box I am unable to Telnet to Exchange. I checked this by adding my Client Machine IP to the Connector range created above and I can Telnet in fine, the Exchange Recieve Connector Logs show succesful connection under that rule...I suspect the communication is not getting out from vCentre. There are no Firewalls between the two Servers and I'm at a loss as to what to try next...

Thanks,

[GreatWhiteTec]

Try using Externally Secured for authentication and check all permission groups except Partners for testing. In theory, your default connection should allow email from vCenter as long as you are seding from your domain (%user%@yourdomain.com).

[UmeshAhuja]

Hi,

Might this process will put some light on your problem i.e. if any thing you are missing in configuration

http://paulgrevink.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/configuring-vcenter-for-email-with-smtp-authentication/

[davercyclone]

Hi,

I tried the Auth settings as advised but they didn't help.

That link is not really relevant to Exchange Servers.

[GreatWhiteTec]

I missed something the first time I read your post. If you can;t telnet to the exchange box, you won't be able to send emails (you probably knew that already). Can you check firewall settings on your vCenter and/or between vCenter and Exchange?

[davercyclone]

Hi, there are no firewalls between the two units (Windows FW is off).