XCON:Event 2152 May Occur During Message Transfer Agent Startup (169918)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
This article was previously published under Q169918 SYMPTOMS
When starting the Microsoft Exchange Server Message Transfer Agent (MTA),
the following error message may be displayed:
Could not start the Microsoft Exchange Message Transfer
Agent service on \\servername. Error 2140: An internal
Windows NT error occurred.
Also, the following event may be logged in the Application Event Log:
Event ID: 2152
Source: MSExchangeMTA
Category: Field Engineering
A fatal database error occurred, the database recovery
operation was not successful and manual correction will
be required. Details can be found in the file:
D:\EXCHSRVR\mtadata\.\MTACHECK.OUT\MTACHECK.LOG. Please
contact Microsoft Product Support Services.
[DB Server MAIN BASE 1 0] (16)
CAUSE
The MTA is attempting to perform an online MTACHECK during startup, and an
existing Mtacheck.log file located in the \Exchsrvr\Mtadata\Mtacheck.out
directory may be corrupt. Additionally, the MTA may fail to start if the
Mtacheck.log file is marked as read-only. This flag should never be set by
the MTA itself.
RESOLUTION
Either move or delete the Mtacheck.log file from the specified directory or
remove the read-only attribute of the file.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with Microsoft Exchange Server
version 5.5. We are researching this problem and will post new information
here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 4/28/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbpending KB169918 |
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