Microsoft KB Archive/294336

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XADM: Event Logging in Exchange 2000 Server SP1 for Virus Scanning API 2.0

Article ID: 294336

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q294336

SUMMARY

Exchange 2000 Server Service Pack 1 (SP1) introduces many new enhancements to the virus scanning application programming interface (API). One of these enhancements is new virus scanning API-specific event logging. This article contains a list of the new events that are introduced with Exchange 2000 Server SP1 and describes how to enable those events.

MORE INFORMATION

To set the level of detail that is logged by the virus scanning API:

1. Start Exchange System Manager.
2. In the console tree, double-click Servers, right-click the server on which you want to set the logging detail level, and then click Properties.
3. Click the Diagnostics Logging tab.
4. In Services, click MSExchange\System.
5. In Categories, click Virus Scanning.
6. Click one of the following logging levels, as appropriate:
   • None
   • Minimum
   • Medium
   • Maximum

New Events

Event ID: 9565
Symbolic Name: msgidVSConfigError
Severity:Error
Logging Level: None (always)
Description:
Invalid virus scanner configuration. Unable to start virus scanner. %nCheck the following parameter: %1. %n%nFor more information, click http://search.support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1.

Event ID: 9566
Symbolic Name: msgidVSConfigWarning
Severity: Warning
Logging Level: Minimum
Description:
Value of the "%1" parameter in virus scanner configuration is invalid. Using default value "%2". %n%nFor more information, click http://search.support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1.

Event ID:9567
Symbolic Name:msgidUnexpectedErrorWarning
Severity:Warning
Logging Level:Maximum
Description:
Unexpected error %1 occurred in "%2". %n%3%n%nFor more information, click http://search.support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1.

Event ID:9568
Symbolic Name:msgidVSExceptionInitialize
Severity:Error
Logging Level:None (always)
Description:
Exception %1 occurred in virus scanner during initialization. Virus scanner was not loaded. %n%nFor more information, click http://search.support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1.

Event ID:9569
Symbolic Name:msgidVSExceptionScan
Severity:Error
Logging Level:Minimum
Description:
Exception %1 occurred in virus scanner while scanning a message. %n%nFor more information, click http://search.support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1.

Event ID:9570
Symbolic Name:msgidVSExceptionScanIgnore
Severity:Error
Logging Level:Maximum
Description:
Exception %1 occurred in virus scanner while scanning a message. Ignoring exception because of configuration setting.%n%nFor more information, click http://search.support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1.

Event ID:9571
Symbolic Name:msgidVSExceptionScanUnload
Severity:Error
Logging Level:Minimum
Description:
Exception %1 occurred in virus scanner while scanning a message. Unloading virus scanner. %n%nFor more information, click http://search.support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1.

Event ID:9572
Symbolic Name:msgidVSVirusDetectedCured
Severity:Warning
Logging Level:Medium
Description:
Virus scanner detected one or more viruses while scanning a message. All viruses have been successfully cleaned. %nVirus Information: %1 %nDatabase: %2 %nMailbox: %3 %nFolder: %4 %nMessage Subject: %5 %nMessage To: %6 %nMessage Cc: %7 %n%nFor more information, click http://search.support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1.

Event ID:9573
Symbolic Name:msgidVSVirusDetectedQuarantined
Severity:Warning
Logging Level:Medium
Description:
Virus scanner detected one or more viruses while scanning a message. Message was put into a quarantine. It will not be accessible until new version of the scanner cures it. %nVirus Information: %1 %nDatabase: %2 %nMailbox: %3 %nFolder: %4 %nMessage Subject: %5 %nMessage To: %6 %nMessage Cc: %7 %n%nFor more information, click http://search.support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1.

Event ID:9574
Symbolic Name:msgidVSStart
Severity:Informational
Logging Level:Minimum
Description:
Virus scanner has been started successfully. %nScanner vendor: %1, version: %2. %n%nFor more information, click http://search.support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1.

Event ID:9575
Symbolic Name:msgidVSStop
Severity:Informational
Logging Level:Minimum
Description:
Virus scanner has been stopped. %n%nFor more information, click http://search.support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1.

Event ID:9576
Symbolic Name:msgidVSRestart
Severity:Informational
Logging Level:Minimum
Description:
Virus scanner has been restarted. %nNew scanner vendor: %1, version: %2. %n%nFor more information, click http://search.support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1.

Event ID:9577
Symbolic Name:msgidUnexpectedErrorError
Severity:Error
Logging Level:Minimum
Description:
Unexpected error %1 occurred in "%2". %n%3%n%nFor more information, click http://search.support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1.

Event ID:9578
Symbolic Name:msgidVSBackgroundTaskStart
Severity:Informational
Logging Level:Minimum
Description:
Background virus scanning task started for database "%1". %n%nFor more information, click http://search.support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1.

Event ID:9579
Symbolic Name:msgidVSBackgroundTaskStop
Severity:Informational
Logging Level:Minimum
Description:
Background virus scanning task for database "%1" has completed. %n%nFor more information, click http://search.support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1.

Event ID:9580
Symbolic Name:msgidVSLoggingLevelWarning
Severity:Informational
Logging Level:Logged only if virus scanning logging level is set to None
Description:
Virus scanning is enabled but diagnostic logging for 'Virus Scanning' category is turned off. To see diagnostic events related to virus scanning, increase logging level for 'Virus Scanning' category using Exchange System Manager. %n%nFor more information, click http://search.support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1.

Event ID:9581
Symbolic Name:msgidVSErrorInitialize
Severity:Error
Logging Level:None (always)
Description:
Error code %1 returned from virus scanner initialization routine. Virus scanner was not loaded. %n%nFor more information, click http://search.support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1.

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