DOCUMENT:Q149451 23-MAR-1999 [exchange] TITLE :XFOR: Failure While Accessing the Process Table PRODUCT :Microsoft Exchange PROD/VER:winnt:4.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbusage ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= Microsoft Exchange Server can be configured to participate in Directory Synchronization as a Requestor (DXA Requestor) to a MSMail PostOffice DirSync Server. Improperly including the DXA Requestor in the MSMail PO's Dispatch program (from the command line or Dispatch.ini) will result in the following error: Failure while accessing the process table. This error can be found in the MSMail Dispatch Monitor and Dispatch.log. MORE INFORMATION ================ This error is a result of the MSMail Dispatch program's inability to read the Process.glb file of the Requestor. The Dispatch program polls PostOffices on the LAN for DirSync events. Dispatch.exe connects to PostOffices by logical drives. You specify the location of the PostOffices to be connected and indicate how they are to be connected from the command line, or in the Dispatch.ini. In this scenario, the Microsoft Exchange Server is a DXA Requestor and is erroneously included in the Dispatch process. While polling the DXA Requestor for DirSync events, the Dispatch program tries to read the DXA Requestor Connector PostOffice's Process.glb file. Although the Connector PO has a GLB subdirectory (Exchsrvr\Connect\Msmcon\Maildata\Glb), the Process.glb file is not present. Unlike MSMail Requestors, the DXA Requestor does not rely on the Dispatch program for DirSync processing, rather it processes its own T1 and T3 times. T1 is scheduled through the Configuration, Connections, , Schedule property page. As for T3, the DXA Requestor dynamically applies the changes as soon as they arrive. Adding MSMail Requestors to the Dispatch.ini is routine for MSMail PostOffices; however, a Microsoft Exchange Server should not be added to the Dispatch process. NOTE: This error message will not prohibit the DirSync process from completing successfully. REFERENCES ========== For additional information on using Directory Synchronization, refer to Chapter 14 of the Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator's Guide, "Synchronizing Directories with Other Systems." For additional information on the Dispatch program, refer to Chapter 14 of the Microsoft Mail Administrator's Guide, "The Dispatch Program." For information on performing manual DirSync with Microsoft Exchange Server as the Requestor, refer to article Q148309. Additional query words: faq ====================================================================== Keywords : kbusage Technology : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange400 kbZNotKeyword2 Version : winnt:4.0 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.