I have a server running windows 2003 and exchange 2003. The exchange routing
engine will not start, geting error "1068: dependency failed service or group
failed to start." All other exchange services starts fine.  I also notice IIS
Admin, SMTP service, and WWW publishing service will not start. In my
application log, i am getting a lot of event 1009 error "failed to access the
metabase, error code is 80080005." How to I fix this?

any info would be appreciated.

Hi,

You may very well have a corrupt Metabase. You may be able to rebuild it.

First set MSExchangeMU\Diagnostics logging upto to maximum to see if anymore
information is shown.

You may also want to add this key and then reboot to verify the metabase and
rebuild if a problem is found:

"Verify and repair metabase consistency

Change the following registry key value to a value of 1 :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeMU\Parameters

Value Name : VerifyConsistency
Data Type : REG_DWORD
Radix : Hexadecimal
Data Value : 1 "

If this fixes the issue, remove it and then reboot again.


Oliver

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