XCON: How to Perform an MTA Database Maintenance on an Exchange 2000 Server Cluster (301506)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server
This article was previously published under Q301506

SUMMARY

This article describes where to run message transfer agent (MTA) database maintenance utilities on an Exchange 2000 Server cluster.

MORE INFORMATION

If a message is displayed in the Application log to perform an MTACHECK on the MTADATA directory, or if you must reset (or "wipe") the MTA database while using Exchange 2000 Server on a cluster, you have two MTADATA directories: one for the binaries, and one for the shared disk.

You need to use the Mtacheck.exe utility to perform an MTACHECK or an MTA Wipe on the shared disk database and not on the binaries database; the MTADATA directory on the binaries is used by the MTA for other purpose. The messages are held in the .dat files on the shared drive.

For additional information about MTACHECK, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

175495 XCON: Performing An MTACHECK

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/25/2005
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