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Q159296: XCON: MTA May Log Event ID 2187 for Specific DAT Files

Article: Q159296
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): winnt:4.0,4.0 SP1,4.0 SP2,4.0 SP3
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage
Last Modified: 16-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 4.0 SP1, 4.0 SP2, 4.0 SP3 
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SUMMARY
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When you start the Microsoft Exchange Server Message Transfer Agent (MTA)
service, versions 4.0, 4.0 Service Pack 1, 4.0 Service Pack 2, and 4.0 Service
Pack 3 of the service may log events similar to the following after MTACHECK has
performed a successful integrity check of the MTA database:

  Event:2187
  Source:MTA
  Type:Warning
  Cat:Internal Processing
  Description: An MTA database server error was encountered while attempting to
  unlock an object which is not locked. Called from MTA. Procedure 460. Object
  at fault: 06000174. [DB Server DISP:ROUTER 16 58] (14)

MORE INFORMATION
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The MTA continues to process all other DAT files successfully because this is a
non-fatal error. Only the messages specified by this warning are not processed
successfully. In the example above, the message that generated the error was
temporarily present in the MTADATA directory as Db000174.dat.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbusage 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2 kbExchange400SP1 kbExchange400SP2 kbExchange400SP3
Version           : winnt:4.0,4.0 SP1,4.0 SP2,4.0 SP3
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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