XADM: Replication Doesn't Work; Event 1171 with Parameters 9 and 111

• Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

SYMPTOMS

Exchange Server intersite directory replication does not work properly, and the following events are logged in the application event log on an Exchange Server replication bridgehead server:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MSExchangeDS
Event Category: Replication
Event ID: 1224
Description:
Fatal replication error (internal ID 303025f). Parameter(s) 2615834 941779. Contact Microsoft Technical Support for assistance.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MSExchangeDS
Event Category: Internal Processing
Event ID: 1171
Description:
Exception e0010002 has occurred with parameters 9 and 111 (internal ID 3030260). Contact Microsoft Technical Support for assistance.

CAUSE

The Exchange Server computer that is receiving these events has one or more objects in its directory with USN-Changed attribute values greater than the latest USN-Changed attribute value given to an object in the directory.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, you can use command-line directory export, search for all objects with a USN-Changed attribute value greater than the latest change made in the directory, and then modify those objects.

WARNING: Using the raw mode of the Exchange Server Administrator program (admin /r) incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall Microsoft Windows NT Server and/or Microsoft Exchange Server. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of raw mode can be solved. Use raw mode at your own risk.

To find the highest expected USN-Changed attribute value on the Exchange Server computer:

1. Start the Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator program in raw mode by typing the following at a command prompt:




c:\exchsrvr\bin\admin /r

2. Open the properties of a mailbox or custom recipient.



3. Make a change to that object (such as the city or phone number), and click OK.



4. Open the raw properties of that same object and look at the value for the USN-Changed attribute. Make a note of this value for a future step.

1. Create a plain text file with the following text, and save it in the Exchsrvr\Bin folder with the file name Usn.csv:




Obj-Class,Directory Name,Obj-Dist-Name,Is-Deleted,USN-Changed

2. Create a plain text file with the following text, and save it in the Exchsrvr\Bin folder with the filename Export.ini:




[Export]
DirectoryService=Your_Exchange_Server_Name
Basepoint=/o=Your_Exchange_Organization_Name
Subcontainers=Yes
ExportObject=All
RawMode=yes
HiddenObjects=yes
InformationLevel=Full

3. Open a command prompt in the Exchsrvr\Bin folder, and run the following command:




admin /e usn.csv /o export.ini

4. After the export is finished, open the Usn.csv file in a spreadsheet or in database software, and sort the information based on the USN-Changed attribute values. You need to correct the objects in the spreadsheet that have a higher USN-Changed attribute value than the highest USN-Changed attribute value found in step 4 of the first procedure.

MORE INFORMATION

When an Exchange Server computer receives a request from another site to replicate information, the server checks all the objects in its local Exchange Server directory to make sure that all of the USN-Changed attribute values are equal to or less than the latest USN-Changed attribute value assigned to an object in the directory.

If it finds objects that have USN-Changed attribute values that are greater than what that server would assign to the next change in its directory, then an error condition exists, replication stops, and the two events listed in the "Symptoms" section are written to the application event log.

In the resolution, the Obj-Dist-Name attribute is included in the .csv file so that you can find the exact location of the object in the Exchange Server directory. The Is-Deleted attribute is included so that you can see potential problem objects that have been deleted but not permanently removed from the directory (this is called "tombstoning"). If this is the case, the Is-Deleted value for the objects is set to 1. For additional information about tombstoned objects, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q239639 XADM: How to View Deleted (Tombstoned) Objects

Additional query words: dir rep repl

Keywords : exc55
Version : winnt:5.5
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb