Microsoft KB Archive/298843

= XADM: HTTP Logging on Exchange Virtual Servers Is Disabled After You Restart Your Computer =

Article ID: 298843

Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q298843



SYMPTOMS
If you manually enable Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) logging by using Internet Services Manager, HTTP logging may be disabled after you restart the Exchange Server computer. This behavior does not affect the default HTTP virtual server.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur when an additional HTTP virtual server is created and the HTTP virtual server's msExchLogType attribute on the Active Directory object is set to 0, or it is disabled. If you manually enable this virtual server by using Internet Services Manager, this change is committed to the Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS) metabase.

After you restart the computer, directory service to the metabase replication overwrites the Enable Logging value with the value from the msExchLogType attribute.



WORKAROUND
WARNING: If you use the ADSI Edit snap-in, the LDP utility, or any other LDAP version 3 client, and you incorrectly modify the attributes of Active Directory objects, you can cause serious problems. These problems may require you to reinstall Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, or both. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems that occur if you incorrectly modify Active Directory object attributes can be solved. Modify these attributes at your own risk.

To work around this behavior, set the msExchLogType attribute value to 1. Note that this value always overwrites the logging level that IIS Manager sets after you restart the Exchange Server computer.

To enable HTTP logging:
 * 1) Start the ADSI Edit snap-in from Microsoft Windows 2000 Support Tools.
 * 2) Click to expand the Configuration container, click the Services container, and then click Microsoft Exchange.
 * 3) Click  , click Administrative Groups, and then click First Administrative Group.
 * 4) Click Servers, click  , click Protocols, and then click HTTP.
 * 5) Verify the correct virtual server. To do so, right-click the objects under the HTTP container, and then click Properties.
 * 6) In the Select a Property to View box, click adminDisplayName.

NOTE: You must change the name of this virtual server.
 * 1) When you locate the correct HTTP virtual server, click msExchLogType in the Select a Property to View box.
 * 2) In the Edit Attribute box, type either 1 to enable the value or type 0 to disable the value.
 * 3) Click Set, and then click OK to close properties.
 * 4) Close the ADSI Edit snap-in.

To permanently disable logging, change the value back to 0 by using the same procedure.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



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