XADM: DS_E_ATTRIBUTE_OR_VALUE_EXISTS When Applying Service Pack

• Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

SYMPTOMS

When you apply an Exchange Server service pack to an Exchange Server computer, you may receive the following error message:

An internal processing error has occurred:
The attribute or value exists. Try restarting the Administrator program or the Microsoft Exchange Server computer, or both.

Microsoft Exchange Directory ID no: DS_E_ATTRIBUTE_OR_VALUE_EXISTS

CAUSE

Address generation for one or more e-mail address types has been disabled. E-mail address generation can be disabled on the Site Addressing object in the Exchange Server Administrator program by clicking Remove for one of the e-mail addresses on the Site Addressing tab.

WORKAROUND

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.

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




c:\exchsrvr\bin\admin /r

2. Click the Site Addressing object in the Configuration container, and on the File menu, click Raw Properties.



3. In the Object Attributes box, click Disabled-Gateway-Proxy.



4. Remove any attribute values that may exist by clicking the attribute in the Attribute values box, and then clicking Remove.



5. Click OK, and close the Administrator program.



6. Reapply the service pack.

Additional query words:

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