Microsoft KB Archive/161499

= XADM: Event 7042 During DS/IS Consistency Check =

Article ID: 161499

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q161499



SYMPTOMS
After running a DS/IS Consistency Adjustment, mailboxes may not be created and you may receive the following event in the Event Viewer:

Event ID: 7042

Source: MS Exchange IS Private

Type: Error

Category: Private IS/DS

Error -2147221233 occurred while creating the Directory service object for mailbox /O=MICROSOFT/OU=SITE1/CN=TESTCONTAINER/CN=TEST32R.



CAUSE
This error will occur if the Recipients Container that the mailbox is being created in does not exist.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem:
 * Create the correct recipients container and rerun the DS/IS Consistency Adjustment.



MORE INFORMATION
After restoring an offline backup of the Private Information Store to a new Directory, a DS/IS Consistency Adjustment must be performed to re-create the mailbox entries in the Directory. The DS/IS Consistency Adjustment will not create Recipients Containers. The Recipient Container for that mailbox must exist before running DS/IS Consistency.

In the example above, the mailbox "TEST32R" is being created in the container called "TESTCONTAINER." If TESTCONTAINER does not exist, you will receive the error above.

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