Microsoft KB Archive/197378

= XCON: MTA Generates 9301 Events on Incoming Connections =

Article ID: 197378

Article Last Modified on 10/26/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q197378



IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



SYMPTOMS
The Exchange Server message transfer agent (MTA) may generate Event ID 9301 when receiving an incoming connection from a multihomed server.



CAUSE
By default, the MTA allows the transport to make the selection of the virtual server IP address for an outgoing connection. The transport uses all of the available virtual server IP addresses. The Exchange Server MTA that is being contacted can only have one IP address or one server name defined on the Stack property page for each X.400 Connector object. Any incoming connections from an X.400 MTA with an IP address or server name that is not configured on the Stack property page for any locally installed connectors causes an Event ID 9301, and the connection will not work.

The Event ID 9301 occurs in the event log of the receiving server approximately half of the times that a connection is attempted from a multihomed server where two virtual server IP addresses are available.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Serverversion 5.5. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

191014 XGEN: How to Obtain the Latest Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

Component: Message Transfer Agent (MTA)   File Name      Version -  Dbserver.sch   5.5.2431.0 Dcprods.cat   5.5.2431.0 Ems_rid.dll   5.5.2431.0 Emsmta.exe    5.5.2431.0 Info4log.cfg  5.5.2431.0 Infodlog.cfg  5.5.2431.0 Infollog.cfg  5.5.2431.0 Infotlog.cfg  5.5.2431.0 Mtacheck.exe  5.5.2431.0 Mtamsg.dll    5.5.2431.0 P2.xv2        5.5.2431.0 X400om.dll    5.5.2431.0 X400omv1.dll  5.5.2431.0



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Exchange Serverversion 5.5 Service Pack 1. This problem was first corrected in ExchangeServer 5.5 Service Pack 2.



MORE INFORMATION
Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 2 allows you to define which virtual IP address to use for outbound X.400 connections on multihomed servers. To implement this feature, perform the following procedures on the multihomed Exchange Server computers that are involved.

First, you must identify the Relative Distinguished Name (RDN) of the X.400 Connector to implement the necessary registry modifications on the server:

WARNING: If you use the raw mode of the Exchange Server Administrator program (admin /r) incorrectly, serious problems may occur that may require you to reinstall Microsoft Windows NT Server, Microsoft Exchange Server, or both. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems that result from using raw mode incorrectly can be solved. Use raw mode at your own risk.

 Start the Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator program in raw mode by typing the following at a command prompt:

c:\exchsrvr\bin\admin /r

 Double-click Site, double-click Configuration, double-click Connectors, and then in the right pane, click the X.400 Connector. On the File menu, click Raw Properties to open the X.400 Connector raw properties. In the Object Attribute column, click Obj-Dist-Name, and in the Attribute Value box, scroll to the right until you locate the last "\cn=" value. This is the RDN that you use to create the registry key name.

For example, for an X.400 Connector object named "TCP to MTA B," the value for the Obj-Dist-Name object attribute is displayed similar to the following:

/o= /ou= /cn= /cn= s/cn=TCP to MTA B

In this example, the RDN value is "TCP to MTA B." Using the above example of RDN is "TCP to MTA B," create a registry key name by using the RDN of "TCP to MTA B" as follows:

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> Start Registry Editor.</li> Find the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeMTA\Parameters

</li> On the Edit menu, click Add Key, and add the following registry key value, with no entry for class:

TCP to MTA B

</li></ol> </li> Under the new registry key name, on the Edit menu, click Add Value, and create a new key value with a class of REG_SZ called Stack IP Address Override. This must be configured under the registry key named after the Link RDN. If you continue to use the example RDN, this definition appears as:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeMTA\Parameters\TCP to MTA B\Stack IP Address Override

The string value (REG_SZ) of the defined key is the IP address that the MTA uses when it creates outgoing connections, and is configured in standard dot notation, for example: 1.23.45.67. This IP address is used as the From IP address when sending outbound connections, and therefore allows only one particular IP address on the multi-homed host to be used for the given connector.

After you make these changes on the multihomed server, you must restart the Exchange MTA Service for the modifications to take effect.</li> You must then configure the connector that receives inbound connections from the multihomed server to use this address.</li></ol>

Note that the above changes are required only for X.400 connections that are outbound from the multihomed server. The MTA on the multihomed server still listens with the bind set to any incoming socket, so inbound connections to either IP address on the multihomed server are recognized and no modifications are required for inbound connections.

For additional information on troubleshooting occurrences of Event ID 9301, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

189345 XCON: MTA Logs Event 9301 Though X.400 Connector Is Identified

193380 XCON: Mail Does Not Flow over X.400 Connector; Event 9301 Logged

169113 XCON: Using an X.400 Connector with TCP/IP in a Cluster Environment

234962 XCON: Certain Builds of the MTA Do Not Generate 9301 Event ID

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