Microsoft KB Archive/822575

= Metabase Update Service Stops After You Demote an Exchange Server 2003 Domain Controller to a Member Server =

PSS ID Number: 822575

Article Last Modified on 7/18/2003

-

The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition

-





SYMPTOMS
When you install Exchange Server 2003 on a domain controller, and then you demote that domain controller to a member server, the Exchange Metabase Update service no longer replicates information from the Microsoft Active Directory directory service to the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) metabase. Additionally, the following event appears in the application log of Event Viewer:

Event Type: Error

Event Source: MSExchangeMU

Event Category: General

Event ID: 1047

Date:

Time:

User: N/A

Computer:

Description: Metabase Update failed to properly initialize its context. It will retry initialization every 60 seconds until succeeds or shutdown is requested.

For more information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp.



CAUSE
This issue occurs because the ASPNET security account is removed when you demote the domain controller to a member server.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, reinstall Exchange Server 2003.



MORE INFORMATION
When you run Exchange Server 2003 on a server that you promote from a member server to a domain controller, or on a server that you demote from a domain controller to a member server, this is an unsupported scenario. For the correct operation of Exchange Server 2003, reinstall Exchange Server when you promote the server to the role of domain controller, or when you demote a domain controller that Exchange Server is installed on to the role of member server.

Keywords: kbprb KB822575

Technology: kbExchangeSearch kbExchangeServ2003Ent kbExchangeServ2003Search kbExchangeServ2003St

-

[mailto:TECHNET@MICROSOFT.COM Send feedback to Microsoft]

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.