OWA, IIS problems

Butters · 18 Dec 2007 at 14:27

Hi all,

For one reason or another the metanames in IIS fried and we had to re-install IIS and Exchange 2K3 to get things back up and running.

We backed up all the IIS sites to a config file.

When IIS came back and after Exchange was re-installed Exchange now works with clients Outlook but OWA does not work giving a HTTP 500 error even though the site is running in IIS.

Also, if i try and install the configuration of the sites before re-install it gives me options of which site I choose to re-install.

These all refuse to start with the error "The Parameter is Incorrect"

Any ideas?

sidethink · 18 Dec 2007 at 15:00

It sounds like your separate restore of IIS has fried the permissions on the OWA sites.

Did you check if OWA was working before you restored your IIS backup?

Butters · 18 Dec 2007 at 15:21

no OWA wasnt working as some bright spark had installed SMTP/POP3 mail service on the server which fried the Exchange install. But thats a seperate issue.

Once Exchange was re-installed it created its own website again and its this one that doesn't work.

sidethink · 18 Dec 2007 at 15:29

So what was installed last? Exchange or your IIS restore?

Butters · 18 Dec 2007 at 15:33

IIS Restore, but I chose not to restore the exchange sites from the original config, although since, I have tried that and that too doesnt work