XADM: Event 7042 During DS/IS Consistency Check

• Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5

SYMPTOMS

After running a DS/IS Consistency Adjustment, mailboxes may not be created and you may receive the following event in the Event Viewer:

Event ID: 7042
Source: MS Exchange IS Private
Type: Error
Category: Private IS/DS
Error -2147221233 occurred while creating the Directory service object for mailbox /O=MICROSOFT/OU=SITE1/CN=TESTCONTAINER/CN=TEST32R.

CAUSE

This error will occur if the Recipients Container that the mailbox is being created in does not exist.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem:

• Create the correct recipients container and rerun the DS/IS Consistency Adjustment.

MORE INFORMATION

After restoring an offline backup of the Private Information Store to a new Directory, a DS/IS Consistency Adjustment must be performed to re-create the mailbox entries in the Directory. The DS/IS Consistency Adjustment will not create Recipients Containers. The Recipient Container for that mailbox must exist before running DS/IS Consistency.

In the example above, the mailbox "TEST32R" is being created in the container called "TESTCONTAINER." If TESTCONTAINER does not exist, you will receive the error above.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbusage XADM
Version : winnt:4.0,5.0,5.5
Platform : winnt
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