Hi There I am receiving the following error in event viewer on SBS 2003 with Exchange 2003. 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. I have tried the following:- 1. Run IIS Metabase Explorer 2. Locate ServerName\LM\Logging, right click AdminACL and choose copy (admin acl property) 3. Go back to Root (Server) and Right Click and Paste After that, please right click the Root (Server) and click Permissions. Then add the appropriate permission: Admin Full Control (sure already be there) Local Service Read Network Service Read IIS_WPG Read Then, please remove DS2MB key and restart the System Attendant service to test the issue again. AND.... - Backup the Metabase - Stop the Msexchangesa - Using Metaedit delete the DS2MB key - Using Metaedit delete the SMTPSVC/1/domain key - Restart the Msexchangesa Neither of the above have worked. Please help?? ThankS

Always post the complete event log entry. You may use the handy-dandy copy to clipboard button to help you with that.Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."

On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:43:19 +0000, Junaidyit wrote: >I am receiving the following error in event viewer on SBS 2003 with Exchange 2003. > >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. > >I have tried the following:- I don't see where you said you changed the diagnostic logging level on the MSExchangeMU category to something else. Do that and then post the complete error event from the application log. "C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv" is where the metabase.bin and metabase.xml files should be. Has the permission on that directory changed? Have you tried rebooting the server? --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

I have changed the Diagnostic level to Maximum and the other messages I get are informational:- as follows:- Event Type: Information Event Source: MSExchangeMU Event Category: General Event ID: 1005 Date: 2010/10/27 Time: 10:34:55 AM User: N/A Computer: Description: Modified identifier MD_AUTHORIZATION on metabase key with path /LM/W3SVC/1/root/Exchange. For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp. Event Type: Information Event Source: MSExchangeMU Event Category: General Event ID: 1005 Date: 2010/10/27 Time: 10:34:55 AM User: N/A Computer: Description: Modified identifier MD_DEFAULT_LOGON_DOMAIN on metabase key with path /LM/W3SVC/1/root/Exchange. For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp. Event Type: Information Event Source: MSExchangeMU Event Category: General Event ID: 1005 Date: 2010/10/27 Time: 10:31:55 AM User: N/A Computer: Description: Modified identifier MD_DEFAULT_LOGON_DOMAIN on metabase key with path /LM/W3SVC/1/root/Public. For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp. The error that I am getting is:- Event Type: Warning Event Source: MSExchangeMU Event Category: General Event ID: 1040 Date: 2010/10/27 Time: 10:34:55 AM User: N/A Computer: 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. Permissions on the C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv folder has not changed and I have tried restarting the Server.

On Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:46:08 +0000, Junaidyit wrote: >I have changed the Diagnostic level to Maximum and the other messages I get are informational:- as follows:- After you deleted the DS2MB key from the metabase and restarted the SA service (or rebooted the computer), has that key been recreated in the metabase file??? Does the local system account have full control permission on the metabase file? --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

Hi Rich Yes the keys have been recreated. Local System account has Full control to the Metabase file. Any further suggestions?

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 19:24:51 +0000, Junaidyit wrote: >Yes the keys have been recreated. > >Local System account has Full control to the Metabase file. > >Any further suggestions? Do you have a backup of the metabase file (made after installing Exchange)? If you do, restore it and then restart the SA service. Beyond that, I think it'd be a good idea to get some help from someone in another forum (IIS or O/S) that deals regularly with problems like this. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP