| Event Id | 1040 |
| Source | MSExchangemu |
| Description | Metabase Update failed replication %1 times with error %2. Please change the diagnostic logging level of MSExchangeMU to minimum or greater to find the source of the problem. |
| Event Information | Explanation : Metabase Update Agent failed repeatedly. This is probably not a sporadic failure. Obtain detailed event logs to find the problem. Set the following key in the registry to obtain more detailed event logs. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeMU\Diagnostics] "1 General"=dword:00000000 Here are some known causes of this event: Cause 1 - Internet Information Server (IIS) has been uninstalled and reinstalled, but Exchange server was not reinstalled. Cause 2 - The IIS Lockdown was not configured correctly to work with Exchange. Cause 3 - The metabase is not being updated with changes made to the Default SMTP Virtual Server due to unknown reasons -- when checking the metabase with medaedit.exe, the changes are not being replicated. Cause 4 - Active Directory replication is not working properly or DSaccess problems are preventing directory replication. Changes to Active Directory are not being propagated to the metabase. User Action This is probably not a sporadic failure. Obtain detailed event logs to find the problem. Set the following key in the registry to obtain more detailed event logs. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeMU\Diagnostics] "1 General"=dword:00000000 Resolutions for known causes as listed above: Resolution 1 - After reinstalling IIS and hotfixes, reinstall Exchange server (do not perform an uninstall of Exchange -- only use the /reinstall). Then reinstall the same Exchange server service pack and hotfixes. Resolution 2 - Configure the IIS Lockdown Tool to work correctly with Exchange server. Resoluion 3 - This depends on the error. Search the Knowledge Base, and contact PSS if there is no resolution for the error indicated. Resolution 4 - Fix the root cause of active directory replication problems or add another DC as a replicati |
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