XADM: MSExchangeIS Could Not Be Started in a Timely Fashion (252962)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
This article was previously published under Q252962

SYMPTOMS

When you start the Services snap-in and attempt to start the Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server information store on a server that has several Storage Groups and databases, you may receive the following error message:
MSExchangeIS could not be started in a timely fashion.
The service may display a status of Starting.

CAUSE

This message indicates that the Services snap-in has waited for 120 seconds. If the store service is started after a crash, soft recovery runs serially on each database in the Storage Group, and this can lead to a slow startup. The service will start after recovery is complete.

MORE INFORMATION

When you type the following command at a command prompt, Microsoft Windows 2000 waits indefinitely until either the service starts or the service returns an error:

net start msexchangeis

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/25/2005
Keywords:kberrmsg kbprb KB252962
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