Microsoft KB Archive/290215

= Cannot mount mailbox or public store and event ID 491 occurs =

Article ID: 290215

Article Last Modified on 2/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q290215



SYMPTOMS
When you try to mount the mailbox or public store, you may receive the following error message:

An internal processing error has occurred. Try restarting the Exchange System Manager or the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service, or both.

ID no: c1041724

Exchange System Manager

You may also receive the following error message when you click Logons or Mailboxes under Mailbox Store in Exchange System Manager:

MAPI or an unspecified service provider.

ID no: 00000476-0000-00000000

ID no: c1050476

Exchange System Manager

In addition, the following event ID messages may be logged in the Application event log:

Event Type: Error

Event Source: ESE98

Event Category: General

Event ID: 491

Date: 2/20/2001

Time: 1:54:22 PM

User: N/A

Computer: BREEZE

Description:

Information Store (2520) An attempt to determine the minimum I/O block size for the volume &quot;E:\&quot; containing &quot;E:\Exchsrvr\Mdbdata\&quot; failed with system error 5 (0x00000005): &quot;Access is denied. &quot;. The operation will fail with error -1032 (0xfffffbf8).

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Event Type: Error

Event Source: MSExchangeIS

Event Category: General

Event ID: 9518

Date: 2/20/2001

Time: 1:54:22 PM

User: N/A

Computer: BREEZE

Description:

Error 0xfffffbf8 starting Storage Group /DC=COM/DC=AIRSLIDE/CN=CONFIGURATION/CN=SERVICES/CN=MICROSOFT EXCHANGE/CN=AIRSLIDE/CN=ADMINISTRATIVE GROUPS/CN=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=SERVERS/CN=BREEZE/CN=INFORMATIONSTORE/CN=FIRST STORAGE GROUP on the Microsoft Exchange Information Store.

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Event Type: Error

Event Source: MSExchangeSA

Event Category: MAPI Session

Event ID: 9175

Date: 2/20/2001

Time: 1:55:04 PM

User: N/A

Computer: BREEZE

Description:

The MAPI call 'OpenMsgStore' failed with the following error: The Microsoft Exchange Server computer is not available. Either there are network problems or the Microsoft Exchange Server computer is down for maintenance. The MAPI provider failed. Microsoft Exchange Server Information Store ID no: 8004011d-0526-00000000

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CAUSE
This issue can occur if you do not have the appropriate permissions on the Mdbdata folder or to the drive that contains the Mdbdata folder to mount the mailbox or public store.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, grant the default permissions to the Mdbdata folder and to the root of the drive that contains the Mdbdata folder.

To grant the default permissions to the Mdbdata folder, follow these steps:
 * 1) Start Windows Explorer, and then expand the Exchsrvr folder.
 * 2) Right-click the Mdbdata folder, and then click Properties.
 * 3) Click the Security tab, and then grant the following default permissions:
 * 4) * Administrators: Full Control
 * 5) * Authenticated Users: Read and Execute, List Folder Contents, Read
 * 6) * Creator Owner: None
 * 7) * Server Operators: Modify, Read and Execute, List Folder Contents, Read, Write
 * 8) * System: Full Control

To grant the default permissions to the drive that contains the Mdbdata folder, follow these steps:
 * 1) Start Windows Explorer.
 * 2) Right-click the local disk object that contains the Mdbdata folder, and then click Properties.
 * 3) Click the Security tab, and then grant the following default permissions:
 * 4) * Everyone: Full Control

To mount the affected mailbox or public store, start Exchange System Manager, right-click the mailbox or the public store, and then click Mount Store.

Additional query words: esm exch2kp2w

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB290215

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