Microsoft KB Archive/829421

= &quot;Error 0xfffffb4d Starting Storage Group  on the Microsoft Exchange Information Store&quot; Error Message Is Logged to the Application Event Log =

Article ID: 829421

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server

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SYMPTOMS
When you store the Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server database files (.stm and .edb) and log files in a shared folder on a remote server, event ID error messages with descriptions that are similar to the following descriptions are logged to the application event log: Error 0xfffffb4d starting Storage Group  on the Microsoft Exchange Information Store. MDB failed to start.

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Error 0xffffb4d may also appear as JET_ErrDatabaseNotFound or error -1203.



CAUSE
This issue occurs because Exchange 2000 does not support the storage of streaming database files and log files on a remote server.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Exchange 2000 Server. This problem is corrected in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about .stm and .edb files in Exchange, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

232323 Native Content Storage in Microsoft Exchange

270693 How to Change Database File (.edb and .stm) Locations in Exchange

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