I am getting failure errors when running test-mapiconnectivity. The account is permissioned as Exchange SystemAdmin. But it works if I run it against a user mailbox on the same server. Logging in as ExchangeOrgAdmin does not have the same issue though. Any idea? Platform: E2k7 SP2 RU3 on WS03x64ent/R2 [PS] C:\>Test-MAPIConnectivity -Server gscmjhd01es -MonitoringContext:$true MailboxServer Database Result Latency(MS) Error------------- -------- ------ ----------- -----gscmjhd01es gscmjhd01esSG01MB0 *FAILURE* No mailbox was found to perform the transaction. You may need to wait f 1 or the Active Directory replication.gscmjhd01es gscmjhd01esSG02MB0 *FAILURE* No mailbox was found to perform the transaction. You may need to wait f 1 or the Active Directory replication.gscmjhd01es gscmjhd01esSG03MB0 *FAILURE* No mailbox was found to perform the transaction. You may need to wait f 1 or the Active Directory replication.gscmjhd01es gscmjhd01esSG04MB0 *FAILURE* No mailbox was found to perform the transaction. You may need to wait f 1 or the Active Directory replication.gscmjhd01es gscmjhd01esSG05MB0 *FAILURE* No mailbox was found to perform the transaction. You may need to wait f 1 or the Active Directory replication.gscmjhd01es gscmjhd01esSG06MB0 *FAILURE* No mailbox was found to perform the transaction. You may need to wait f 1 or the Active Directory replication. Events : {Source: MSExchange Monitoring MAPIConnectivity Id: 1001 Type: Error Message: Some of the MAPI connectivity transactions failed. Detailed information: Target: System mailbox for gscmjhd01es\gscmjhd01esSG01\gscmjhd01esSG01MB01 Error: No mailbox was found to perform the transaction. You may need to wait for the Active Directory replica tion. ------------------------------------- Target: System mailbox for gscmjhd01es\gscmjhd01esSG02\gscmjhd01esSG02MB01 Error: No mailbox was found to perform the transaction. You may need to wait for the Active Directory replica tion. ------------------------------------- Target: System mailbox for gscmjhd01es\gscmjhd01esSG03\gscmjhd01esSG03MB01 Error: No mailbox was found to perform the transaction. You may need to wait for the Active Directory replica tion. ------------------------------------- Target: System mailbox for gscmjhd01es\gscmjhd01esSG04\gscmjhd01esSG04MB01 Error: No mailbox was found to perform the transaction. You may need to wait for the Active Directory replica tion. ------------------------------------- Target: System mailbox for gscmjhd01es\gscmjhd01esSG05\gscmjhd01esSG05MB01 Error: No mailbox was found to perform the transaction. You may need to wait for the Active Directory replica tion. ------------------------------------- Target: System mailbox for gscmjhd01es\gscmjhd01esSG06\gscmjhd01esSG06MB01 Error: No mailbox was found to perform the transaction. You may need to wait for the Active Directory replica tion. ------------------------------------- }PerformanceCounters : {Object: MSExchange Monitoring MAPIConnectivity Counter: Logon Latency Instance: gscmjhd01es\gscmjhd01esSG01\gscmjhd01esSG01MB01 Value: -1, Object: MSExchange Monitoring MAPIConnectivity Counter: Logon Latency Instance: gscmjhd01es\gscmjhd01esSG02\gscmjhd01esSG02MB01 Value: -1, Object: MSExchange Monitoring MAPIConnectivity Counter: Logon Latency Instance: gscmjhd01es\gscmjhd01esSG03\gscmjhd01esSG03MB01 Value: -1, Object: MSExchange Monitoring MAPIConnectivity Counter: Logon Latency Instance: gscmjhd01es\gscmjhd01esSG04\gscmjhd01esSG04MB01 Value: -1, Object: MSExchange Monitoring MAPIConnectivity Counter: Logon Latency Instance: gscmjhd01es\gscmjhd01esSG05\gscmjhd01esSG05MB01 Value: -1, Object: MSExchange Monitoring MAPIConnectivity Counter: Logon Latency Instance: gscmjhd01es\gscmjhd01esSG06\gscmjhd01esSG06MB01 Value: -1} [PS] C:\>Test-MAPIConnectivity -id jack@****.com MailboxServer Database Result Latency(MS) Error------------- -------- ------ ----------- -----gscmjhd01es gscmjhd01esSG02MB0 Success 804 1 -Jack

Does that Exchange SystemAdmin grant for “Exchange Server Administrator role” and in the “local Administrators” group for the target server? Have you run the test on the gscmjhd01es locally for resultJames Luo TechNet Subscriber Support (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ms788697.aspx) If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com

yes as you can see in the 2nd example I am able to check against a mailbox with the same account. -Jack

Exchange SystemAdmin can’t run Test-MAPIConnectivity against the System mailboxes of all mail box databases on the gscmjhd01es Exchange SystemAdmin can run Test-MAPIConnectivity against the user mailboxes on the gscmjhd01es ExchangeOrgAdmin can run Test-MAPIConnectivity against the System mailboxes of all mail box databases on the gscmjhd01es Could the results above be reproduced permanently? It seems that the issue is between SystemAdmin and the system mailboxes. Can you create a test account, grant all required permission/role for this testing, and see if the issue still appear for new account?James Luo TechNet Subscriber Support (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/ms788697.aspx) If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com

Your accessment is exactly what we see. Actually my tests are repro of a similar issue that we see in prod. The account I use is a freshly created just for this (with Sysadmin and local admin rights). The only difference is that the prod is still on SP1 but the symptons are the same. We are trying to avoid giving out ExchangeOrdAdmin right if possible though. -Jack

You can also run cmdlet "Test-ExchangeSearch" against system attendant mailbox to see if there is any probem in System attendant mailbox.Anil

And make sure the system mailboxes actually exist. http://blogs.technet.com/timmcmic/archive/2009/04/12/exchange-2007-renaming-the-default-storage-group-mailbox-database-or-deleting-and-recreating.aspx

Well so far test-mapiconnectivity is the only cmdlet that's giving me greif ;-) I am just wondering has anyone seen this before? [PS] C:\>Test-MAPIConnectivity MailboxServer Database Result Latency(MS) Error------------- -------- ------ ----------- -----gscmjhd01es gscmjhd01esSG01MB0 *FAILURE* No mailbox was found to perform the transaction. You may need to wait f 1 or the Active Directory replication.gscmjhd01es gscmjhd01esSG02MB0 *FAILURE* No mailbox was found to perform the transaction. You may need to wait f 1 or the Active Directory replication.gscmjhd01es gscmjhd01esSG03MB0 *FAILURE* No mailbox was found to perform the transaction. You may need to wait f 1 or the Active Directory replication.gscmjhd01es gscmjhd01esSG04MB0 *FAILURE* No mailbox was found to perform the transaction. You may need to wait f 1 or the Active Directory replication.gscmjhd01es gscmjhd01esSG05MB0 *FAILURE* No mailbox was found to perform the transaction. You may need to wait f 1 or the Active Directory replication.gscmjhd01es gscmjhd01esSG06MB0 *FAILURE* No mailbox was found to perform the transaction. You may need to wait f 1 or the Active Directory replication. [PS] C:\>Test-ExchangeSearch ResultFound SearchTime ----------- ---------- True 6 [PS] C:\>Get-MailboxStatistics -Server gscmjhd01es | Where-Object { $_.displayname -like "system*"} DisplayName ItemCount StorageLimitStatus LastLogonTime----------- --------- ------------------ -------------SystemMailbox{362911AE-44 402 BelowLimit 4/12/2010 1:46:13 PM9C-48A1-836F-66AF95F1B06C}SystemMailbox{A65F78F0-3C 402 BelowLimit 4/12/2010 1:46:13 PM7F-43DF-B65A-FCD1650AD334}SystemMailbox{17FCD0F9-2F 402 BelowLimit 4/12/2010 1:46:13 PMBE-47D4-A152-3CCBEC7564DF}SystemMailbox{E0FD535E-0E 402 BelowLimit 4/12/2010 1:46:13 PM9C-49E3-B6AD-DE0BF82ED320}SystemMailbox{F7F9A7BD-F8 402 BelowLimit 4/12/2010 1:46:13 PM27-4DAA-B4C1-E4417EB896CF}SystemMailbox{ADA663F0-21 402 BelowLimit 4/12/2010 1:46:13 PM7A-41D0-9139-9281C836B56B} -Jack