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The Exchange System Manager monitoring tools may incorrectly report that SMTP queues have a critical queue length in Exchange Server 2003


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Symptoms

In Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, when you use the Microsoft Exchange System Manager monitoring tools to monitor Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) queue growth, you may experience all the following symptoms:
  • The SMTP Queues growth period resource indicates a status of Critical: Queue Growth. Additionally, if you have e-mail notifications configured, you receive an e-mail notification that indicates that the outbound SMTP queues are growing and are in an error condition.
  • If you view the SMTP queues, you notice that no messages are backed up in the outbound SMTP queues.
  • The following event is logged in the Application log on the Exchange computer:

    Event Type: Error
    Event Source: MSExchangeSA
    Event Category: (2)
    Event ID: 9100
    Date: date
    Time: time
    User: N/A
    Computer: computername
    Description: The MAD Monitoring thread was unable to read the queue information, error '0xc00402be'.

    Note This event description may indicate "error '0x80004005'" instead of "error '0xc00402be'."
  • The Wbemcore.log file contains information that is similar to the following:
     (<date and time>) : Error 80041002 occured executing queued request
     (<date and time>) : CAsyncReq_GetObjectAsync, Path= Win32_PerfRawData_MSExchangeDSAccess_MSExchangeDSAccessGlobalCounters in namespace root\cimv2\MS_409 using flags 0x0
     (<date and time>) : Core physically unloaded!
     (<date and time>) : Error 1 occured executing queued request
     (<date and time>) : Loading provider(Fri Apr 16 18:56:34 2004) : Error 80041002 occured executing queued request
     (<date and time>) : CAsyncReq_GetObjectAsync, Path= Win32_PerfRawData_MSExchangeActiveSyncNotify_MSExchangeActiveSyncNotifyOmaPush in namespace root\cimv2\MS_409 using flags 0x0
     (<date and time>) : Error 80041002 occured executing queued request
     (<date and time>) : CAsyncReq_GetObjectAsync, Path= Win32_PerfRawData_REORG_RoutingOrganizationObject in namespace root\cimv2\MS_409 using flags 0x0
     (<date and time>) : Error 80041002 occured executing queued request
     (<date and time>) : CAsyncReq_GetObjectAsync, Path= Win32_PerfRawData_RESvc_RoutingService in namespace root\cimv2\MS_409 using flags 0x0
     (<date and time>) : Error 80041002 occured executing queued request
     (<date and time>) : CAsyncReq_GetObjectAsync, Path= Win32_PerfRawData_SDSMTPROUTING_SMTPRouting in namespace root\cimv2\MS_409 using flags 0x0
     (<date and time>) : Core physically unloaded!
     (<date and time>) : Error 1 occured executing queued request
     (<date and time>) : Loading provider(Fri Apr 16 19:31:59 2004) : Core physically unloaded!
     (<date and time>) : FATAL ERROR: Client application provided a mismatched class part!!!!
    Note By default, the Wbemcore.log file is located in the %WINDIR%\System32\Wbem\Logs folder.
Note Although you may experience these symptoms on any one or more of your Exchange computers, you typically experience these symptoms on your bridgehead servers. Additionally, when this problem occurs, you do not receive a warning notification. Instead, you receive only an error status notification.

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Cause

This problem may occur if a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) query fails. When this query fails, WMI incorrectly reports that the SMTP queues are in an error condition.

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Resolution

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Exchange Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
836993 How to obtain the latest service packs for Exchange Server 2003

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

Prerequisites

Because of file dependencies, you must have Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed before you apply this hotfix. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
836993 How to obtain the latest service packs for Exchange Server 2003

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   06-Feb-2005  04:14  6.5.7232.78     1,605,120  Exwmi.dll      

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Workaround

To work around this problem, restart the Windows Management Instrumentation service. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, click Run, type services.msc, and then click OK.
  2. In the Services window, right-click Windows Management Instrumentation, and then click Restart.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This problem was first corrected in Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2.

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More information

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates
For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
817903 New naming schema for Exchange Server software update packages

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Keywords: KB889180, kbbug, kbfix, kbhotfixserver, kbqfe, kbautohotfix

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Article Info
Article ID : 889180
Revision : 7
Created on : 10/25/2007
Published on : 10/25/2007
Exists online : False
Views : 369