MSExchangeFDS Event ID 1007, 1018 & 1028 on Startup
Hi Folks; After some extensive work I've got a nearly spotless Exchange 2010 install (hooray!). Most of my previous install problems were caused by AD having some interesting and wierd entries in it from a previously long-standing Exchange 2000 install that served us very well over the years. Anyway, that's a key point in the history - there was an Exchange Server 2000 and there was a lot of AD entries that caused issues with the 2010 install... At present, I've finally got 2010 working - and working well. There are three errors left in the event logs and I'd love to nail them down if possible. They only seem to occur during startup. I am concerned that they might be caused by an AD remnant from the old Exchange 2000 install. There are no other Exchange servers installed. The new 2010 server is the only one. Here's what I'm seeing in order from first entry to last (oldest to newest) Event ID 1007: MsExchange Mailbox Replication The Mailbox Replication service was unable to determine the set of active mailbox databases on a mailbox server. Mailbox server: my.mailserver.com Error: MapiExceptionNetworkError: Unable to make admin interface connection to server. (hr=0x80040115, ec=-2147221227) Diagnostic context: ...... Lid: 10648 dwParam: 0x6D9 Msg: EEInfo: Generating component: 2 Lid: 14744 dwParam: 0x6D9 Msg: EEInfo: Status: 1753 Lid: 9624 dwParam: 0x6D9 Msg: EEInfo: Detection location: 501 Lid: 13720 dwParam: 0x6D9 Msg: EEInfo: Flags: 0 Lid: 11672 dwParam: 0x6D9 Msg: EEInfo: NumberOfParameters: 4 Lid: 8856 dwParam: 0x6D9 Msg: EEInfo: prm[0]: Unicode string: ncacn_ip_tcp Lid: 8856 dwParam: 0x6D9 Msg: EEInfo: prm[1]: Unicode string: mail.askmarvin.ca Lid: 12952 dwParam: 0x6D9 Msg: EEInfo: prm[2]: Long val: -1988875570 Lid: 12952 dwParam: 0x6D9 Msg: EEInfo: prm[3]: Long val: 382312662 Lid: 24060 StoreEc: 0x80040115 Lid: 23746 Lid: 31938 StoreEc: 0x80040115 Lid: 19650 Lid: 27842 StoreEc: 0x80040115 Lid: 20866 Lid: 29058 StoreEc: 0x80040115 Event ID 1018: Process MSExchangeFDS.exe (PID=1992). Failed to connect to remote server MAIL. The remote server may be down, or its Server service may not be running. Event ID 1028: Process MSExchangeFDS.exe (PID=1992). Errors occurred while synchronizing content from server MAIL for object MAIL, remote server is unavailable, giving up after 5 retries. Please check previous error events logged by MSExchangeFDS for more information. These all seem to be (to me) some kind of replication error. There is no remote server (this is the only one) so it shouldn't be trying to connect to one, let alone one with the same name as the new 2010 install. However, the old 2000 install was also named mail so that's what's leading me to wonder if this is a leftover AD remnant that needs to be removed or addressed in some way. I would love it if someone could help me remove these three errors during startup (so far they only seem to occur during startup although the machine has only been up for about 12 hours). Best & Thanks everyone!
June 16th, 2011 10:38pm

You can follow this procedure to remove an Exchange 2000 server that may still remain in your Active Directory. Do not try to use this procedure or any like it to remove Exchange 2007 or 2010 as that is unsupported. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278918 Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
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June 17th, 2011 12:53am

Hi Ed - thanks for the reply :-) I did that prior to installing the 2010 machine so the only entries in there are legit ones :-) Any ideas on what would cause the errors mentioned in the original post?
June 17th, 2011 1:05am

Hi Dave, Did you just deleted the E2k server in ADSIEdit? or did you delete the whole container where CN=Microsoft Exchange and child exist?
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June 17th, 2011 1:16am

Hi Michael! The entire container and it's children got removed :-)
June 17th, 2011 1:20am

Did you have a new server called Mail added to the domain while the previous computer object called Mail is still in AD? After deleted the CN and child did you allow AD replication to the other DCs? Can you give me a quick outline of the AD structure i.e. number DCs and sites etc.
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June 17th, 2011 6:39am

Hi Michael - thank you for the reply! "Did you have a new server called Mail added to the domain while the previous computer object called Mail is still in AD?" That's definately possible. In fact, I'd say yes. "After deleted the CN and child did you allow AD replication to the other DCs?" Yes! In fact, I forced a replication right afterwards. "Can you give me a quick outline of the AD structure i.e. number DCs and sites etc." Very simple network. 2 DC's, 1 site, all local (no connectors, other sites, other networks etc.) One domain.
June 17th, 2011 6:49am

Can you go the and check if there is 2 servers called mail in the following location -> CN=Servers,CN=Exchange Administrative Group,CN=Administrative Groups,CN=OrgName,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=Local. Your first answer to my question will definite be the cause of your problem. What I would do to fix this problem is the following: 1. build a new server and called it Mail02 (as an example) 2. Install Exchange hence it will join to the org 3. move all mailboxes and roles over to Mail02 4. uninstall server called Mail 5. disjoin from the domain and delete the object in AD 6. allow AD replication 7. repeat step 1 - 3 8. repeat step 4-6 to get rid of Mail02. It will be time consuming but in the long term it will pay off.
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June 17th, 2011 8:05am

Wow - that sounds like an enormous amount of work :-( Shouldn't a person be able to find the location where it's botched (if it is) and then delete the extraneous data? Before I entertain that idea though I'd like to try and confirm that I'm in the right place in ADSI Edit because it looks a llot different then the location you mentioned so I'm a bit concerned..... Starting from the top; ADSI Edit Configuration [dc.domain.com] CN=Configuration,DC=domain,DC=com CN=Services CN=Microsoft Exchange CN=First Organization CN=Administrative Groups CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIB....) CN=Servers CN=Mail At that point I see one folder in the right pane called CN=MAIL and it contains CN=Information Store, CN=Microsoft MTA, CN=Microsoft System Attendant & CN=Protocols Am I in the wrong place?
June 17th, 2011 8:33am

Hi Dave, Per your above information, you are in the right place. Could you please run the EXBPA and get some information? And use the get-exchangeserver to get some information. Please confirm whether there are some information about the old exchange server. And use the get-routing groupconnector to get some information. Per your description, you have migrate exchange ORG directly to exchange 2010 ORG, right? It is not suggestted, refer to below: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998604.aspx And not use the adsiedit to remove the infomation about the old exchange server. Could you please describle more detailed about your legacy scenario, and the present scenario? Such as, the server name, the toplogy. Any servers are collaborated on one server box in the legacy scenario? How about using below to check whether there are still some information realted with the exchange 2000 server. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307917 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb288905(EXCHG.80).aspx This article also meet the exchange 2000 with exchange 2010. Regards! Gavin TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.comPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
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June 17th, 2011 12:52pm

Sorry guys - I'm starting to loose faith in these groups. I appreciate your efforts though and I'm certain someone will come through at a later date and mark one of the replies as the answer - especially if it's not. What happened to all the really knowledgeable people from all over the world who used to frequent the msnews groups? I don't seem to see any of the really experienced people anymore. Instead I'm seeing that people come in, don't even read the thread, and then offer up 'answers' which are usually nothing more then links to non-relevant or already visited sites in an effort to gain some 'points'. You know something? The Microsoft News Groups (msnews) were a LOT better. No one bothered to reply if they didn't know the answer. Typically, when you did get an answer, it came from Almost every single reply I see on this site is now from a foreigner, typically, one who can't understand enough English to even understand the question or the steps that have been already done. What happened to all the really knowledgeable people who used to volunteer their time on the msnewsgroups? It seems like the real core talent of volunteers got replaced by foreigners working for Microsoft. Quite frankly folks, that sucks because you've lost an enormous amount of talent - the talent that used to frequent the msnewsgroups and correctly answer questions because they were proficient in the their respective fields (they used it every day - they weren't tech support people). I give up. This is taking way too much time and I'm almost never convinced that I'm getting the right information that I need to base a decision on. Instead I'm seeing copy& pasted questions and links from other 'cases'.
June 17th, 2011 9:51pm

Sorry that nobody could answer your bizarre problem. I won't lecture you on your use of the word "foreigner" (the Internet is international), but I will offer you this important constructive link: http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/lose.html BTW, I was a major participant in the Microsoft newsgroups and I answer questions pretty much like I always answered them. Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
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June 17th, 2011 11:12pm

Well, maybe my expectations are too high. With respect to msnews, I always knew that a person wasn't entitled to an answer because it was so clearly volunteer-based. I remember you from the newsgroups - thanks for being there and for being here :-) In the past our paths never crossed much because Exchange was something I set up, quickly ironed out, and then never had an issue with (albeit, Exchange 2000). In fact, that Exchange server never had any errors in the event logs other then informational during it's entire life (except for the yellow one that came up every time it did an index/gatherer operation or some such). Part of my frustration stems from being on Windows 2000 for so long. The entire network was extremely stable for many years and since migrating over to the 'latest and greatest' I've started to remember the price you pay for running something that's new - as opposed to something that's mature.
June 17th, 2011 11:57pm

Back to your problem, is MAIL your new server? Or is it my.mailserver.com? If MAIL is your old server, then you have something leftover in Active Directory because MAIL wasn't removed properly. I tried to advise you how to remove MAIL, but if you're saying that it isn't there, then there's something leftover somewhere else.Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
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June 18th, 2011 2:35am

Hi Ed - thank you for the reply! The old server was mail.domain.com and the new server is mail.domain.com, that being, the server's name in both cases is mail and they were both joined to the same domain name. I didn't change anything because I was intending to use the same machine naming convention & dns. I did run a command from the Windows 2000 Service Pack file (setup /something) that was supposed to remove all traces of the server from AD (at least according to the MS KB article). Process MSExchangeFDS.exe (PID=1972). Errors occurred while synchronizing content from server MAIL for object MAIL, remote server is unavailable, giving up after 5 retries. Please check previous error events logged by MSExchangeFDS for more information. I'm no Exchange expert but the common thread seems to be MSExchangeFDS.exe and the fact that it's trying to syncronize with another mail server when there is only one mail server (itself). There never has been two mail servers - ever. Maybe I'm being naive but wouldn't there be a registry key or a AD entry that MSExchangeFDS.exe polls to see who/what/if it should sync with another server? If so then maybe it's as simple (haha) as deleting it or telling it that it is the only server.
June 18th, 2011 2:56am

MSExchangeFDS synchronizes the OAB between Exchange CAS servers. I don't know why you're getting these errors when you have just one CAS. What do you get when you run: Get-ClientAccessServer ? Have you seen this article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb684906(EXCHG.80).aspx? Is your OAB properly configured to be generated on a real server? Maybe your OAB is configured to use the old "MAIL". Run Get-OfflineAddressBook | FL and see what's there.Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
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June 18th, 2011 6:36am

Hi Ed - sorry for the late reply :-0 Here's what I'm seeing with respect to both commands; [PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-ClientAccessServer Name ---- MAIL [PS] C:\Windows\system32> [PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-OfflineAddressBook | FL RunspaceId : 188ac1f8-220b-4e90-b48a-708e7267df89 Server : MAIL AddressLists : {\Default Global Address List} Versions : {Version4} IsDefault : True PublicFolderDatabase : Public Folder Database 0273190150 PublicFolderDistributionEnabled : True GlobalWebDistributionEnabled : False WebDistributionEnabled : True LastTouchedTime : 6/17/2011 5:57:55 PM LastNumberOfRecords : 6 MaxBinaryPropertySize : 32768 MaxMultivaluedBinaryPropertySize : 65536 MaxStringPropertySize : 3400 MaxMultivaluedStringPropertySize : 65536 ConfiguredAttributes : {OfficeLocation, ANR, ProxyAddresses, ANR, PhoneticGivenName, ANR, GivenName, ANR, P honeticSurname, ANR, Surname, ANR, Account, ANR, PhoneticDisplayName, ANR, DisplayNa me, ANR, ExternalMemberCount, Value, TotalMemberCount, Value, ModerationEnabled, Val ue, DelivContLength, Value, MailTipTranslations, Value, ObjectGuid, Value, IsOrganiz ational, Value...} DiffRetentionPeriod : 30 Schedule : {Sun.5:00 AM-Sun.5:15 AM, Mon.5:00 AM-Mon.5:15 AM, Tue.5:00 AM-Tue.5:15 AM, Wed.5:00 AM-Wed.5:15 AM, Thu.5:00 AM-Thu.5:15 AM, Fri.5:00 AM-Fri.5:15 AM, Sat.5:00 AM-Sat.5 :15 AM} VirtualDirectories : {MAIL\OAB (Default Web Site)} ExchangeVersion : 0.10 (14.0.100.0) AdminDisplayName : Name : Default Offline Address Book DistinguishedName : CN=Default Offline Address Book,CN=Offline Address Lists,CN=Address Lists Container, CN=First Organization,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=microsoft,DC=com Identity : \Default Offline Address Book Guid : 725a7b4e-6458-4b71-9ec2-e2e2fa3fe384 ObjectCategory : microsoft.com/Configuration/Schema/ms-Exch-OAB ObjectClass : {top, msExchOAB} WhenChanged : 6/17/2011 5:58:16 PM WhenCreated : 6/16/2011 12:25:17 AM WhenChangedUTC : 6/18/2011 12:58:16 AM WhenCreatedUTC : 6/16/2011 7:25:17 AM OrganizationId : OriginatingServer : dc0.microsoft.com IsValid : True [PS] C:\Windows\system32> I don't know if you can see anything wrong there but if anything stands out please mention it and I'll shine some light on it :-) With respect to DNS Short Name resolution, I have no clue what that is and a search seems to have turned up nothing. I can say that my DNS architecture is tight and has been reviewed regularly over the years. In fact, I pride myself on it. having said that, if I should somehow 'turn on' DNS short names I'd be happy to do it if I knew how. If they mean host name only resolution - there's no issue there. If they mean reverse lookups - no issues there. FQDN resolution - no issues there. Please let me know if you need me to do anything over here. On the other hand, if this is going to be a real time-suck for you please let me know!
June 18th, 2011 10:18am

Problem solved :-) All that was required was to set these three services to delayed start and then, presto, no more errors in the logs..... Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Replication Microsoft Exchange File Distribution Exchange Search Indexer (this, for another error that cropped up from time to time). When you think about it, it kind of makes sense.
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June 22nd, 2011 10:30am

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