XADM: WinNT Version Change May Cause Exchange DB Indexes to be Rebuilt

ID: Q215297

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5
on the following platforms: Alpha, NT

SUMMARY

After you upgrade the major (that is, Windows NT 3.51. to Windows NT 4.0) or minor version (that is, Windows NT Service Pack 3 to Windows NT Service Pack 4) of Windows NT on an Exchange Server computer, the following events are logged in the Windows NT Event Viewer Application log:


Event ID: 172
Source: ESE97
Type: Error
Category: Table/Column/Index
Description: 
'MSExchangeIS ((298))' The database engine is initiating index cleanup of database 'c:\exchsrvr\mdbdata\priv.edb' as a result of an NT version upgrade from '4.0.1381 SP3' to '4.0.1381 SP4'.

Event ID: 173
Source: ESE97
Type: Error
Category: Table/Column/Index
Description:
'MSExchangeIS ((298))' The database engine is initiating index cleanup of database 'c:\exchsrvr\mdbdata\priv.edb' as a result of an NT version upgrade to '4.0.1381 SP4'.


Event ID: 174
Source: ESE97
Type: Error
Category: Table/Column/Index
Description: 
'MSExchangeIS ((298))' Database 'c:\exchsrvr\mdbdata\priv.edb': The secondary index '+Q6749+S3001+Q6748 409' of table 'Folder' will be rebuilt as a precautionary measure after the NT version upgrade of this system.

NOTE: The items surrounded by single quotes above will not always match what is listed in the above example.

MORE INFORMATION

The Exchange Server Database engine has detected a potential change (or fix) in the sort order for various characters in the newly installed version (major or minor) of Windows NT. To prevent any corruption to secondary indexes, the Exchange Server Database engine assumes that the sort order has changed and initiates the rebuilding of the indexes.

Additional query words: sort order corruption JET


Keywords          : 
Version           : winnt:5.5
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: April 30, 1999