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"Error 0xfffffb4d Starting Storage Group <StorageGroupName> on the Microsoft Exchange Information Store" Error Message Is Logged to the Application Event Log

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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 StorageGroupName 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.

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Cause

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

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Status

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

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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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Keywords: KB829421, kbbug, kbnofix

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Article Info
Article ID : 829421
Revision : 2
Created on : 10/27/2006
Published on : 10/27/2006
Exists online : False
Views : 356