Event ID: 1002 occurs when you try to start the Microsoft Exchange directory service in Exchange Server 5.5 (285675)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
This article was previously published under Q285675 Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure to back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry SYMPTOMS When you try to start the Microsoft Exchange directory
service in Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, you may receive an internal
processing error. The following events are logged in the Application
log:Event ID: 1002 Source: MSExchangeDS Type:
Error Category: Internal Processing Description: The Microsoft
Exchange Server database, EDB, could not be initialized and returned error
-1022. Unrecoverable error. The directory cannot
continue. Event ID: 1002 Source:
MSExchangeDS Type: Error Category: Internal
Processing Description: The Microsoft Exchange Server database, EDB,
could not be initialized and returned error -1811. Unrecoverable error.
The directory cannot continue.CAUSEThis problem occurs when one of the following conditions is true:
- The Dir.edb database file is missing.
- The registry entries that define the paths to the directory
database and to other required files point to the incorrect
locations.
RESOLUTION To resolve this problem, verify that the Dir.edb database
file file exists and verify the location of the file. Then, change the registry
entries to point to the correct locations. To do this, follow these steps. Verify the Dir.edb database file- Search the hard drives on the computer for the Dir.edb
database file.
- If the Dir.edb database file does not exist, restore the
database from a backup.
For more
information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base: 184186
Recovering Exchange from a corrupted directory
177635 How to set up a disaster recovery server for Dir.edb
183266 How to restore an offline backup of the directory service and information store
Verify the registry entriesWarning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk. - Start Registry Editor.
- Locate the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeDS\Parameters - Verify that the following registry entries point to the
correct locations. If a registry entry points to the wrong location, type the
correct path for that entry:
- Verify that the "DSA Database File" registry entry
points to the Dir.edb database file.
- Verify that the "Database log files path" registry
entry points to the Edb.log files for the directory service.
- Verify that the "DSA Working Directory" registry entry
points to the Ebd.chk file for the directory service.
Note For example, type
Drive:\exchsrvr\dsadata. - After you verify all the registry entries, start the
directory service.
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 7/1/2005 |
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Keywords: | kbexchDIRECTORY kbprb KB285675 kbAudITPRO |
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