Hi,
Im trying to take Backup / restortion of Lync contacts using Export-CSuserdata command.
While executing the blow command , im getting error.
Export-CsUserData -PoolFqdn "PoolName" -FileName "D:\ContactsBackup\LyncExportedUserData.zip"
Error message is
Export-CSuserData: Data is Null . This method of property cannot be called on Null Values.
Tried running the Shell in Run asAdministrator , but still the same error.
Can you please advise why this error message ?
Regards
K Gopi
Regards Gopi K
I'm looking for a way to reinstall Lync's performance counters on a 2013 Front End server without having to rebuild the server.
Unfortunately we are unable to restore a previous backup of these counters as they were overwritten before a backup was made. Therefore LODCTR /R doesn't work (even when usinglodctr /r:PerfStringBackup.ini).
This has made it difficult to monitor the environment. We can't even get values when using Get-CsWindowsService. It just returns Unknown values for each service.
I have tried manually to reload some of the counters as with the following example
All looks ok. No errors, but after restarting the Performance service I end up with one if not all the following errors in the event log.
I've been searching high and low but can't find any definitive list or script to reinstall these. Can anyone assist?
Running on WinSvr2012, Lync Server 2013 with October2013 CU. 2 node Enterprise Front End pool.
Couple of questions around Enterprise FE Pool, hope to get feedback.
1/Has any one had the experience of deploying two FE Servers in same Ent FE Pool across two datacenters? Any experience you can share?
2/What is the network requirements among FE Servers in the same FE Pool? Such as LAN subnet, network latency, jitter, ...
Thanks
Albert
Albert
Hi there,
I couple of weeks ago we have installed a new security IP camera (EasyN 187V). In addition to the basic functionalities, it supports Onvif and it has some special features (PTZ, built-in microphone, night vision, motion detection, alarm notification, etc.).
The long and short of it, this is a smart device, but we need some further functionalities, because my boss travels a lot and he wants more control over the surveillance system. I'm in charge of finding out a solution that enables remote configuration.
I've done some research and I came across a Codeproject guide (http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/825074/How-to-broadcast-live-IP-camera-stream-as-Flash-vi) that informed me that an Onvif-compliant camera SDK would be the most effective solution. (I'm not
secure in my knowledge, so I need some confirmation.)
So the point is that I checked out the camera SDK that was recommended by the article, and I found a good Onvif C# example (http://www.camera-sdk.com/p_22-how-to-configure-your-onvif-camera-remotely-onvif.html) on how to configure the IP camera's network settings.
I thought it's worth to share the code snippet related to this issue, because it can be useful for others as well, so if you'are also interested in the remote configuration, take a look at the code below:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Ozeki.Media.MediaHandlers;
using Ozeki.Media.MediaHandlers.IPCamera;
using Ozeki.Media.MediaHandlers.IPCamera.Types;
using Ozeki.Media.MediaHandlers.Video;
using Ozeki.Media.IPCamera;
using Ozeki.Media.IPCamera.Network;
using Ozeki.Media.Video;
using Ozeki.Media.Video.Controls;
namespace ConfigureOnvifCameraRemotely07
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
private IIPCamera _camera;
private DrawingImageProvider _imageProvider;
private MediaConnector _connector;
private VideoViewerWF _videoViewerWf;
private List<int> _ports;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
_ports = new List<int>();
_connector = new MediaConnector();
_imageProvider = new DrawingImageProvider();
_videoViewerWf = new VideoViewerWF();
SetVideoViewer();
}
private void SetVideoViewer()
{
CameraBox.Controls.Add(_videoViewerWf);
_videoViewerWf.Size = new Size(260, 180);
_videoViewerWf.BackColor = Color.Black;
_videoViewerWf.TabStop = false;
_videoViewerWf.FlipMode = FlipMode.None;
_videoViewerWf.Location = new Point(30, 30);
_videoViewerWf.Name = "_videoViewerWf";
}
private void button_Connect_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
_camera = IPCameraFactory.GetCamera("192.168.115.175:8080", "admin", "admin");
_camera.CameraStateChanged += _camera_CameraStateChanged;
_connector.Connect(_camera.VideoChannel, _imageProvider);
_videoViewerWf.SetImageProvider(_imageProvider);
_videoViewerWf.Start();
_camera.Start();
}
private void _camera_CameraStateChanged(object sender, CameraStateEventArgs e)
{
if (e.State == IPCameraState.Streaming)
{
InvokeGuiThread(() => groupBox_Network.Enabled = true);
ClearGUI();
GetNetworkSettings();
if (!_camera.NetworkManager.DefaultConfig.UseDHCP)
InvokeGuiThread(() => radioButton_Manual.Checked = true );
}
}
private void ClearGUI()
{
InvokeGuiThread(() =>
{
textBox_IP.Text = String.Empty;
textBox_Host.Text = String.Empty;
textBox_Netmask.Text = String.Empty;
textBox_Gateway.Text = String.Empty;
textBox_DNS.Text = String.Empty;
textBox_NTP_IP.Text = String.Empty;
textBox_HTTP.Text = String.Empty;
textBox_HTTPS.Text = String.Empty;
textBox_RTSP.Text = String.Empty;
comboBox_HTTP.Items.Clear();
comboBox_HTTPS.Items.Clear();
comboBox_RTSP.Items.Clear();
});
}
private void GetNetworkSettings()
{
InvokeGuiThread(() =>
{
textBox_IP.Text = _camera.NetworkManager.DefaultConfig.IPAddress;
textBox_Host.Text = _camera.NetworkManager.DefaultConfig.HostName;
textBox_Netmask.Text = _camera.NetworkManager.DefaultConfig.Netmask;
textBox_Gateway.Text = _camera.NetworkManager.DefaultConfig.DefaultGateway;
textBox_DNS.Text = _camera.NetworkManager.DefaultConfig.DNS;
textBox_NTP_IP.Text = _camera.NetworkManager.DefaultConfig.NTP.IPAddress;
if (_camera.NetworkManager.HttpPort == null)
textBox_HTTP.Enabled = false;
else
{
foreach (var ports in _camera.NetworkManager.HttpPort.Port)
{
comboBox_HTTP.Items.Add(ports);
}
}
if (_camera.NetworkManager.HttpsPort == null)
textBox_HTTPS.Enabled = false;
else
{
foreach (var ports in _camera.NetworkManager.HttpsPort.Port)
{
comboBox_HTTPS.Items.Add(ports);
}
}
if (_camera.NetworkManager.RtspPort == null)
textBox_RTSP.Enabled = false;
else
{
foreach (var ports in _camera.NetworkManager.RtspPort.Port)
{
comboBox_RTSP.Items.Add(ports);
}
}
});
}
private void button_Apply_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (radioButton_DHCP.Checked)
{
_camera.NetworkManager.DefaultConfig.UseDHCP = true;
}
if (radioButton_Manual.Checked)
{
_camera.NetworkManager.DefaultConfig.UseDHCP = false;
_camera.NetworkManager.DefaultConfig.IPAddress = textBox_IP.Text;
_camera.NetworkManager.DefaultConfig.HostName = textBox_Host.Text;
_camera.NetworkManager.DefaultConfig.Netmask = textBox_Netmask.Text;
_camera.NetworkManager.DefaultConfig.DefaultGateway = textBox_Gateway.Text;
_camera.NetworkManager.DefaultConfig.DNS = textBox_DNS.Text;
if (_camera.NetworkManager.HttpPort != null)
{
_ports.Clear();
foreach (var item in comboBox_HTTP.Items)
{
var ports = Int32.Parse(item.ToString());
_ports.Add(ports);
}
_camera.NetworkManager.HttpPort = new CameraPort(CameraProtocolType.HTTP, true, _ports.ToArray());
}
if (_camera.NetworkManager.HttpsPort != null)
{
_ports.Clear();
foreach (var item in comboBox_HTTPS.Items)
{
var ports = Int32.Parse(item.ToString());
_ports.Add(ports);
}
_camera.NetworkManager.HttpsPort = new CameraPort(CameraProtocolType.HTTPS, true, _ports.ToArray());
}
if (_camera.NetworkManager.RtspPort != null)
{
_ports.Clear();
foreach (var item in comboBox_RTSP.Items)
{
var ports = Int32.Parse(item.ToString());
_ports.Add(ports);
}
_camera.NetworkManager.RtspPort = new CameraPort(CameraProtocolType.RTSP, true, _ports.ToArray());
}
}
_camera.NetworkManager.ApplyConfig();
}
private void button_HTTP_Add_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!comboBox_HTTP.Items.Contains(textBox_HTTP.Text))
comboBox_HTTP.Items.Add(textBox_HTTP.Text);
}
private void button_HTTPS_Add_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!comboBox_HTTPS.Items.Contains(textBox_HTTPS.Text))
comboBox_HTTPS.Items.Add(textBox_HTTPS.Text);
}
private void button_RTSP_Add_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!comboBox_RTSP.Items.Contains(textBox_RTSP.Text))
comboBox_RTSP.Items.Add(textBox_RTSP.Text);
}
private void button_HTTP_Delete_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
for (int i = 0; i < comboBox_HTTP.Items.Count; i++)
{
if (comboBox_HTTP.Items[i].ToString() == textBox_HTTP.Text)
comboBox_HTTP.Items.Remove(comboBox_HTTP.Items[i]);
}
}
private void button_HTTPS_Delete_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
for (int i = 0; i < comboBox_HTTPS.Items.Count; i++)
{
if (comboBox_HTTPS.Items[i].ToString() == textBox_HTTPS.Text)
comboBox_HTTPS.Items.Remove(comboBox_HTTPS.Items[i]);
}
}
private void button_RTSP_Delete_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
for (int i = 0; i < comboBox_RTSP.Items.Count; i++)
{
if (comboBox_RTSP.Items[i].ToString() == textBox_RTSP.Text)
comboBox_RTSP.Items.Remove(comboBox_RTSP.Items[i]);
}
}
private void radioButton_Manual_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
groupBox_Basic.Enabled = true;
groupBox_Ports.Enabled = true;
}
private void radioButton_DHCP_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
groupBox_Basic.Enabled = false;
groupBox_Ports.Enabled = false;
}
private void InvokeGuiThread(Action action)
{
BeginInvoke(action);
}
}
}(Source: http://www.camera-sdk.com/p_22-how-to-configure-your-onvif-camera-remotely-onvif.html)
It works well, but unfortunately this SDK is not free. Now I use its free trial version, but it will expire soon. Can anybody recommend me an alternative SDK to this one? Or any other C#-based suggestion would be appreciated related to remote IP camera configuration.
I’m looking forward to your answers here or please send me an e-mail to curt.copeland@hotmail.com! Thank you so much in advance!
All the best,
Curt
Hi,
I have a client who's Surface Pro 2 tablets can't sign into Lync using the Lync Windows Store app. They don't have Office on those tablets so they don't have access to the regular Lync clients, so they are trying to use the Windows Store app.
When trying to sign in from outside the network, they don't get any errors but the process of signing in just spins and seems to hang.
They can sign into Lync from external using their Windows Phones, and all other ways of signing in seem to work.
Is there something different that has to be done using the Windows Store app when going external, on a full (non-RT) windows 8 device? Should I push for having them install the full Lync client? Would the Lync Basic client be a way to test as well?
Thanks for the help,
Brandon
Hallo,
we have a Lync2013 Enterprise Pool with 2 Frontendservers deployed (+1 Mediation Server + 1 EdgeServer). I want to update the Lync Environment to the latest Cu but it always (since 8 hours) returns busy when I run get-CsPoolUpgradeReadinessState. All Servers are Active (see Output of the Commands below).
Another Post in this Forum suggests that a missing database update could cause this. But I checked the Databaseversions and all databases seems up-to-date.
Do you have any Ideas?
Regards
Thomas
PoolName : hqpool.company.com
State : Busy
TotalFrontends : 2
TotalActiveFrontends : 2
UpgradeDomains : {
UpgradeDomainName: UpgradeDomain1
IsReadyForUpgrade: False
Total FrontEnds: 1
Total Active FrontEnds: 1
Frontends: lyncfe01.company.com
,
UpgradeDomainName: UpgradeDomain2
IsReadyForUpgrade: False
Total FrontEnds: 1
Total Active FrontEnds: 1
Frontends: lyncfe02.company.com
}
Checking...
pool fqdn: hqpool.company.com
front end fqdns: lyncfe01.company.com
lyncfe02.company.com
primary sql fqdn: sql01.company.com
Local Databases: (lyncfe01.company.com)
DatabaseName ExpectedVersion InstalledVersion UpdateRequired
------------ --------------- ---------------- --------------
lyss 12.32.2 12.32.2 no
rtc 125.6.3 125.6.3 no
rtcdyn 125.6.3 0.0.0 no
xds 10.13.2 no
Backend Databases:
DatabaseName ExpectedVersion InstalledVersion UpdateRequired
------------ --------------- ---------------- --------------
cpsdyn 1.1.2 1.1.2 no
LcsCDR 39.82.2 39.82.2 no
LcsLog 24.40.0 24.40.0 no
lis 3.1.1 3.1.1 no
QoEMetrics 62.90.1 62.90.1 no
rgsconfig 5.5.1 5.5.1 no
rgsdyn 2.2.1 2.2.1 no
rtcab 62.42.2 62.42.2 no
rtcshared 5.0.1 5.0.1 no
rtcxds 15.13.1 15.13.1 no
xds 10.13.2 10.13.2 no
Central Management Databases:
DatabaseName ExpectedVersion InstalledVersion UpdateRequired
------------ --------------- ---------------- --------------
lis 3.1.1 3.1.1 no
xds 10.13.2 10.13.2 no
I've deployed a brand new Lync 2013 environment hosted on Windows Server 2012 R2 that is currently in co-existence mode with my Lync 2010 environment.
I have SCOM 2012 monitoring the environment and it recently started reporting that one or more of my front end servers
was in a critical state. Diving into it revealed the following perf counter threshold was being tripped:
Time Sampled: 3/26/2014 2:33:30 PM
Object Name: LS:SIP - Responses
Counter Name: SIP - Local 500 Responses
Instance Name:
First Value: 14287
Last Value: 14340
Delta Value: 53
Using OCSLOGGER.exe on the front end to capture logs, i trapped the following:
TL_INFO(TF_PROTOCOL) [11]9138.1C58::03/26/2014-19:12:39.098.0022c780 (SIPStack,SIPAdminLog::ProtocolRecord::Flush:ProtocolRecord.cpp(265))[120713120] $$begin_record
Trace-Correlation-Id: 120713120
Instance-Id: 7D80EB
Direction: outgoing;source="local"
Peer: poolA.contoso.com:63820
Message-Type: response
Start-Line: SIP/2.0 500 Compression algorithm refused
FROM: <sip:poolA.contoso.com>;ms-fe=FEserver1.contoso.com
To: <sip:poolA.contoso.com>;tag=F8B88CAB38613EB380773027C56D94AF
CALL-ID: 986f9f568c794ce39d33d7158376157b
CSEQ: 1 NEGOTIATE
Via: SIP/2.0/TLS 10.154.228.225:63820;ms-received-port=63820;ms-received-cid=C3D7C00
Content-Length: 0
ms-diagnostics: 2;reason="See response code and reason phrase";HRESULT="0xC3E93C0F(SIP_E_REACHED_CONFIGURED_LIMIT)";source="FEserver1.contoso.com"
Server: RTC/5.0
$$end_record
The only recent change made to the front end servers was making the registry change outlined in this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2901554/en-us so i'm wondering if that has something to do with it.
I keep getting this below alert from our Front end servers. We have CU5 installed on those.
We have 2 Lync 2013 pools however alerts pops up on one of the pool and interesting fact is that alerts are triggered mostly off peak hours. I don't see any impact however would want a solution for this alert.
Alert: [LYNC] The total number of 500 responses generated by the server.
Source: LS Registrar Component [Front end server FQDN]
Path: Front end server FQDN
Last modified by: System
Last modified time: 10/19/2014 10:26:22 PM
Alert description: Perf Object Name:
Perf Counter Name: SIP - Local 500 Responses
Perf Counter Value: 106
Error Threshold: 50
Hello Community,
We have a client who is sold on Lync. He wants to install Lync server in a Terminal Server but his environment is RDHS 2008v2 and his end users have thin clients. According to MS official position It is not supported. Has anyone successfully implemented this ? If yes what are the pitfalls that lay ahead with regards to audio/video redirection, desktop sharing etc. He has traditional phones but really he wants to get rid of them and go Lync full blown.
Hi,
In LYNC 2013 "What is the checklist to add additional frontend server in pool where mediation server collocated on frontend server?"
We have 50 SIP domains
Thanks
jitender
IIS Using Domain Certificate, when access "https://fqdn/hosting/discovery" with certificate error.
Office web apps using same CA with Front End Server.
new web farm with this new certificate name.
Any suggest?
Thanks.
Has anybody seen this before?It creates this event on the Lync Front Server and Application Server not starting because of call park service not.
An unhandled exception was encountered in Call Park Service.ST
Dear All,
we are planning to deploy Lync 2013 Edgepool with hardware load balancer, I have a question with regards to the Ip address configuration of lync edge external interface.
we are planning to deploy edge servers behind the external firewall and configure edge external interface with 172.16.18.0/24 network and internal network with 172.16.11.0/24 network. The edge pool will be load balanced external and internal interface with Kemp load master.
we are assigning 9 public ips for edge pool, 3 for edge1 , 3 for edge2 and 3 for HLB vip. All the ports will be nated to the corresponding private Ips for edge server ext private ips and HLB ip address.
All the external domain name will point to the HLB public ips.
please help me , this configuration is best practice or have to configure Public Ip directly on the edge servers ext interface and HLB.
on of my client wanted to enable Lync federation with Microsoft.com, what must be the domain name and access edge server name?
Is the following is correct?
domain name: Microsoft.com
Access edge server name: sip.microsoft.com
Hi All,
We have deployed lync 2013 mobility with citrix netscaler.
We are having issue with the some of the users are not able to sign in with lync mobile 2013 with android, If we try to access other user account with same device it is working fine.
I have verified lync certificate, DNS configuration and we have default policy for mobility enabled for all users.
I am getting unknown error with the user having issue.
Below is the client logs for review.
Please suggest what could be the cause for that user.
--------- beginning of /dev/log/systemhello everyone anybody seen this before?
We have a new Aruba High density WI FI network and run Microsoft Lync 2013 as the phone system. How the wifi works is if your a company owned laptop you reside on the clean side of the network, should i come in with my Own laptop i can still work but sit on the dirty or guest side.
As present the full port needs for Lync are open through the DMZ, but as always security want to narrow down the ports lync communicates over.
what is the best way to do this, would restricting the firewall ports on the DMZ make Lync fall over or will the media stream just hunt down an open port ? or is it best to restrict the ports on Lync itsself and then narrow the firewall down.
how fine can you go with port narrowing ?
We only need
Ip and enterprise Voice
File transfer and screen sharing
Video
3 way Conferencing
Any steer would be great
We have Mitel Live Business Gateway as trusted application server on the Lync 2010 server for Remote call control. I am in the process of migrating to Lync 2013 and can't find a way to migrate the Trusted Application. This is how we setup the Trusted application on Lync 2010.
http://www.justin-morris.net/configuring-lync-server-2010-for-remote-call-control-with-mitel-3300/Malli Boppe MCITP Enterprise Messaging Exchange 2010