XCON: Corrupted Message in MTA Database Logs Database Server Errors in App. Log

ID: Q231685

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

The following Event IDs are logged in the application event log in the following sequence, and you may or may not be experiencing problems with your message transfer agent (MTA):

Event ID 2170
An MTA database server error was encountered while appending an attribute. Called from MTA. Procedure: 359. Database error code: ODXOINIU - Object does not exist. Object at fault: 06000034. Attribute identifier: 53. Value number: 1. Referenced object: 06000034 (00000000 => N/A). Referenced object error 2109. [DB Server SUBMIT 14 19] (14)

Event ID 2175
An MTA database server error was encountered while an attribute length. Called from MTA. Procedure: 73. Database error code: ODXOINIU - Object does not exist. Object at fault: 06000034. Attribute identifier: 10. Value number: 1. Referenced object: 00000000 (00000000 => N/A). Referenced object error 0. [DB Server SUBMIT 14 72] (14)

Event ID 105
An MTA database server error was encountered. [MTA SUBMIT 14 359] (14)

Event ID 2143
A fatal MTA database server error was encountered. Call Microsoft Technical Support. Unrecoverable error: ODXOINIU - Object does not exist. About to terminate. Called from MTA. Procedure 91. Object ID: 06000034. Attribute ID: 18. Attribute value number: 1. Referenced object: 00000000 (00000000 => N/A). Referenced object error 0. [1 DB Server DELIVER 7 101] (16)

Event ID 2173
An MTA database server error was encountered while deleting an attribute. Called from MTA. Procedure: 91. Database error code: ODXOINIU - Object does not exist. Object at fault: 06000034. Attribute identifier: 18. Value number: 1. [DB Server DELIVER 7 25] (14)

Event ID 2171
An MTA database server error was encountered while reading an attribute. Called from MTA. Procedure: 88. Database error code: ODXOINIU - Object does not exist. Object at fault: 06000034. Attribute identifier: 10. Value number: 1. Referenced object: 00000000 (00000000 => N/A). Referenced object error 0. [DB Server DELIVER 7 26] (14)

Event ID 2188
An MTA database server error was encountered while deleting an object. Called from XAPI. Procedure 109. Database error code: ODXOINIU - Object does not exist. Object at fault: 06000034. [DB Server DELIVER 7 9]1 109 ODXOINIU - Object does not exist 06000034 DB Server DELIVER 7] (14)

Event ID 3128
An MTA database server error was encountered. [XAPI DELIVER 7 44] (14)

Event ID 2188
An MTA database server error was encountered while deleting an object. Called from XAPI. Procedure 109. Database error code: ODXOINIU - Object does not exist. Object at fault: 06000034. [DB Server DELIVER 7 9]1 109 ODXOINIU - Object does not exist 06000034 DB Server DELIVER 7] (14)


CAUSE

When you analyze the application log and look at the details of all these Event IDs, it becomes obvious that "object at fault" in each Event ID is pointing to the same message object, a corrupted message. In the Event IDs above, this is the Db000034.dat file, which is located in the MTA database folder.


RESOLUTION

Even though the above Event IDs state the "Object does not exist," it may exist in the Mtadata folder. If the corrupted file (Db000034.dat in this example) still exists in the Mtadata folder:

  1. Stop the MTA service.


  2. Rename or remove this file from the Mtadata folder.


  3. Run the Mtacheck utility twice.


  4. Restart the MTA.


If the message file does not exist in the Mtadata folder:
  1. Stop the MTA.


  2. Run Mtacheck twice.


  3. If Mtacheck registers that the MTA is clean, restart the MTA.



MORE INFORMATION

The MTA should restart without a problem. At this point, there should be no database server error issues with the MTA unless another corrupted message hits the MTA, or there are some other issues with the MTA. If there are some other issues with the MTA, please follow the procedures for troubleshooting the MTA as mentioned in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

Q147704 XCON: Troubleshooting Tips for: Exchange MTA Not Starting
Q162384 XCON: How to Troubleshoot MTA Starting Failures

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Keywords          : exc55 
Version           : winnt:5.5
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 26, 1999