Microsoft KB Archive/169481

= XADM: MTA Fails to Start after Upgrading Exchange Server 4.0 to =

Article ID: 169481

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

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This article was previously published under Q169481



SYMPTOMS
When you upgrade Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 with Service Pack 3 (SP3) to Exchange Server version 5.0, the message transfer agent (MTA) service may fail to start. When you attempt to start the MTA service manually from Control Panel Services, you may get the following error in the Event viewer application log: Event ID: 2000

Source: MSExchangeIS Private

Category: MTA Connections

Description:

Verify that the Microsoft Exchange MTA service has started. Consecutive ma-open calls are failing with error 3051. If you check Control Panel again you see that the MTA service is not started. Trying to restart the MTA service for the second time logs more of the same error in the application log.

If you check Control Panel again you see that the MTA service is not started. Trying to restart the MTA service for the second time logs more of the same error in the application log.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem:
 * Restart Exchange server 5.0. When the server starts all the services will start normally with out any errors.

Additional query words: hang

Keywords: kbprb kbsetup kbtshoot KB169481

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