Exchange Errors and ways to fix Dear All, I have an Exchange 2003 SP2 on a Server 2003 SP box. Recently I started getting warnings and errors in my Exchange application logs... Event Type: Warning Event Source: MSExchangeMU Event Category: General Event ID: 1040 Date: 3/11/2011 Time: 10:57:32 AM User: N/A Computer: EXCHANGE Description: Metabase Update failed replication 5 times with error 80070003 (The system cannot find the path specified.). Please change the diagnostic logging level of MSExchangeMU to 'minimum' or greater to find the source of the problem. For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp. In addition I was receving these follow errors Event Type: Error Event Source: Server ActiveSync Event Category: None Event ID: 3005 Date: 3/11/2011 Time: 10:23:12 AM User: YYYYY\xxxxxxx Computer: EXCHANGE Description: Unexpected Exchange mailbox Server error: Server: [exchange.THAAZ.local] User: [xxxxxx@yyyy.org] HTTP status code: [500]. Verify that the Exchange mailbox Server is working correctly. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Event Type: Error Event Source: EXCDO Event Category: General Event ID: 8217 Date: 3/11/2011 Time: 10:23:07 AM User: N/A Computer: EXCHANGE Description: The processing of the recurring appointment with the subject "Canceled: Admin Meeting" in mailbox: XXXX YYYYY failed with error code 0x80004005. This appointment will not be visible in the web client or other non-MAPI client. For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp. On this last error I've updatd the EXCDO.dll file and it appeared to have fixed any new appointments being added. I had the receptionist recreate the appointment in everyone's calendar and this warning did not appear on the recreation. But it did appear when we deleted an old appointment that was NOT showing..was this to be expected? The first and second error message is still appearing any suggestions?

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:30:58 +0000, Phill--- wrote: >Exchange Errors and ways to fix Dear All, I have an Exchange 2003 SP2 on a Server 2003 SP box. Recently I started getting warnings and errors in my Exchange application logs... Event Type: Warning Event Source: MSExchangeMU Event Category: General Event ID: 1040 Date: 3/11/2011 Time: 10:57:32 AM User: N/A Computer: EXCHANGE Description: Metabase Update failed replication 5 times with error 80070003 (The system cannot find the path specified.). Please change the diagnostic logging level of MSExchangeMU to 'minimum' or greater to find the source of the problem. For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp. In addition I was receving these follow errors Event Type: Error Event Source: Server ActiveSync Event Category: None Event ID: 3005 Date: 3/11/2011 Time: 10:23:12 AM User: YYYYY\xxxxxxx Computer: EXCHANGE Description: Unexpected Exchange mailbox Server error: Server: [exchange.THAAZ.local] User: [xxxxxx@yyyy.org] HTTP status code: [500]. Verify that >the Exchange mailbox Server is working correctly. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Event Type: Error Event Source: EXCDO Event Category: General Event ID: 8217 Date: 3/11/2011 Time: 10:23:07 AM User: N/A Computer: EXCHANGE Description: The processing of the recurring appointment with the subject "Canceled: Admin Meeting" in mailbox: XXXX YYYYY failed with error code 0x80004005. This appointment will not be visible in the web client or other non-MAPI client. For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp. On this last error I've updatd the EXCDO.dll file and it appeared to have fixed any new appointments being added. I had the receptionist recreate the appointment in everyone's calendar and this warning did not appear on the recreation. But it did appear when we deleted an old appointment that was NOT showing..was this to be expected? The first and second error message is still appearing any >suggestions? That may not be an Exchange problem. Does the metabase file exist in the directory? The metabase.xml file is usually in this folder: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv" If you make a metabase backup from time to time you should be able to restore it if the file's missing. If the directory's gone you'll ave to resort to you backup software to recover it. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

Hi Phil, I can find below two post for said event Id for MU 1040. PLease check. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvrgeneral/thread/b70160bf-607e-4fe8-be38-4038146dfbc5/ http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/ee/transform.aspx?ProdName=Exchange&ProdVer=6.5.0000.0&EvtID=1040&EvtSrc=MSExchangeMU&LCID=1033 Anil

Hi Phill, Event 1040 is probably not a sporadic failure, you should obtain detailed event logs to find the problem. For detailed, please see the article below, http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/ee/transform.aspx?ProdName=Exchange&ProdVer=6.5.0000.0&EvtID=1040&EvtSrc=MSExchangeMU&LCID=1033 And the article above lists some known causes of this event. For the second error, please verify the ActiveSync functionality via the windows mobile emulator below, http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=38C46AA8-1DD7-426F-A913-4F370A65A582 Please refer to the KB article below to troubleshoot error 500 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330463 Also please try to run ExBPA for health check. Download from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=dbab201f-4bee-4943-ac22-e2ddbd258df3&displaylang=en More information, You receive an HTTP_500 error message when you synchronize your mobile device with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886346/en-us Best regards, SerenaPlease 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.