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Could not retrieve transport type data… Synopsis: Domain account password change

2007-10-10T11:43:00Z

Environment:

Operation System: Windows XP SP2

BizTalk Server: Single server installation of 2006 R2 – Evaluation Copy

Recently with ‘forced’ password change some of my BizTalk sample apps bounced with following error

Upon digging a little, I realized that primarily the SSO service [ENTSSO.exe] wasn’t started on its own (as set to Automatic) which blocked BizTalk Service BizTalk Group : BizTalkServerApplication [BTSNTSvc.exe] as Enterprise Single Sign-On Service sits as a parent service for the same. You may see following error pop-up.

In essence, following windows services are all tied to your password change (should you have used your domain account during initial BizTalk configuration)

· Enterprise Single Sign-On Service

· BizTalk Base EDI service

· NS$BAMAlerts

· Rule Engine Update Service

How to update the above services to new password?

List all Services on your machine.
Double-click individual services listed above and click on <Log on> tab
Apply your new password.

Addendum

There is also a link on the Web space http://www.topxml.com/rbnews/BizTalk-Rule-Engine/re-19771_Updating-BizTalk-Server-Services-and-Accounts-After-a-Password-Change.aspx that talks about the same. This one mentions single server installation on W2003 SP1.

The adapter failed to transmit message going to send port ...

2007-09-27T10:48:00Z

While trying out an example in Biztalk 2006 R2, I got into following error

The adapter failed to transmit message going to send port "BTDemoFlatFileSendPort" with URL "kamlesh.panchal@conchango.com". It will be retransmitted after the retry interval specified for this Send Port. Details:"The server rejected one or more recipient addresses. The server response was: 550 5.7.1 Unable to relay for x.y@mangosoftware.com".

and having spent couple of hours debugging through errors and warnings in Health & Activity Tracking as well as following

Configuring virtual SMTP server using IIS,
Configuring relay restrictions

I thought of posting this up here for us BBs (Biztalk Beginners)

How to enable SMTP services on IIS server?

Click Start -> Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs

Click <Add/Remove Windows Components> from the left tool bar.

Select <Internet Information Services (IIS)>

Now Click <Details> button

Select <SMTP Serrvice>

Press OK button.

How to configure Default Virtual SMTP Server on IIS?

Fire up IIS

Rename <Default SMTP Virtual Server> to say mySMTP

Right click on <mySMTP> -> Properties

Pull the IP address of your local machine under <IP address>

Click on <Advanced> button to ensure port 25 is assigned to this IP.

Click on tab <Access>

Click button <Relay…>

Add your IP in the list.

Note: Until you have granted access to your local machine/IP running an application on the same machine and trying to route a mail would throw error as mentioned earlier. (SMTP error 550)

How to configure your SMTP adapter? (in Biztalk)

Open up <BizTalk Server 2006 Administrator Console>

Under your <BizTalk Group>, Click Platform Settings -> Adapters -> SMTP

Select appropriate host application under <Host name>

Click <Properties> button

Use your machine name as SMTP Server name

Plug your mail address against <From (e-mail address)>

Leave <Authentication type> as [Process account(NTLM)]

Remember to restart host application listed under <Host Instances>

Your <Send Port> configured (similar to below> should roll…

Where to find the warning and error logs when running Biztalk samples?

Ø Health and Activity Tracking and running queries on it.

Ø System Event Viewer / Log

References:

SMTP Server Setup

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/e4cf06f5-9a36-474b-ba78-3f287a2b88f2.mspx?mfr=true

The server response was: 550 5.7.1 Unable to relay …

http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/12/63761.aspx

Biztalk SMTP adapter example

http://www.apress.com/book/view/1590598490

Building a MOSS Development Environment - Step by Step

2007-04-12T08:48:00Z

I've been looking at several sites on the Net to help me figure out the best way configuring my laptop to pick up a sample MOSS project. VMCs available all over the places are quite huge to download over the cable! Some of the VMCs that I could get my hand on were more than I really need to kick-off a sample MOSS project (some were loaded with .Net 3.5, Orcas and all of that stuff!)

The following URL is the one which I find quite methodically written and guess what! It loops back to one of our own (Jonathan Bradshaw) Conchango bloggers from the Big Apple.

http://weblogs.asp.net/erobillard/archive/2007/02/23/build-a-sharepoint-development-machine.aspx

Thanks Eli Robillard