An error occurred when an attempt to read from a file failed

Details

Explanation

This Warning event indicates that an unexpected error occurred while reading the file specified in the message. ESE Event ID 481 refers to a failed read attempt from the database. For comparison, ESE Event ID 482 refers to a failed write operation to a log file or a database.

The cause depends on the error number in the Description section of the event. The most common error codes for event 481 are as follows:

• Error -1022 = 0xfffffc02 = 4294966274 = Jet_errDiskIO = Disk I/O error. The --1022 error is a generic error that appears whenever a disk I/O problem prevents Exchange from gaining access to a requested page in the database or to a check file. A disk or controller failure may have occurred, and access to the entire drive has been lost, sometimes temporarily. Check the System log for I/O or drive errors near the time of the 490 event. This issue may occur because the path for the check file (such as E00.chk) is not correct, which may be caused by a drive failure.

• Error -1811 = 0xfffff8ed = Jet_errFileNotFound = File not found. The database may be missing or there may be other causes for this error. Another reason for error -1811 could be that the Exchange database and log files may have been put on network storage, which is not supported. Also, the checkpoint file may be corrupt, or the log drive itself may have failed. Exchange will disconnect from the storage group due to an inability to locate the database files. Typically, this is due to a hardware problem.

• Error -1011 = 0xfffffc0d = Jet_errOutOfMemory = Out of Memory. This error indicates that there is no more available memory and the read operation has failed. Other ESE events with out-of-memory errors in the Description section for reading the header of a database, recovery/restore, and starting a storage group are often seen in the application event log at the same time. Review these events for further information.

• Error -1003 = 0xfffffc15 = Jet_errInvalidParameter = Incorrect API parameter. This error generally means that the file size of the database is not a multiple of 4,096 bytes.

User Action

To resolve this warning, do one or more of the following:

• Review the disk and file that you are trying to read. Check the integrity of the file system. Check the memory usage. Check the system portion of the event log for related entries. Review and change the access permissions properties and then note the disk space available. Check the file size of the database in bytes.

• For error -1022, check to ensure that the drive for the Exchange store files is accessible and that the path for the Exchange store files is specified correctly. If it is, run chkdsk /f /r. If chkdsk does not resolve the issue, examine the permissions on the C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server folder, where C:\ is the directory to which you installed Exchange 2007. Make sure that System has full control of the Exchange Server folder and all subfolders on each partition that contains Exchange data. If you still cannot mount the databases, troubleshoot any Windows NT file-level antivirus software running on the Exchange server. Check the System log for I/O or drive errors near the time of the 413 event.

• For error -1811, ensure that the antivirus software is not running against the Exchange store, the SRS database directories. Make sure that you have properly configured your antivirus software. For more information, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 328841, Exchange and Antivirus Software.

• Ensure that the database drive has not run out of space. Ensure that the database file is where it is supposed to be.

• For error -1011, check the memory usage of the server. Check the settings for the page file. Check for memory-related events in the application event log and in the System log and check the Microsoft Knowledge Base for troubleshooting of the events found. For error -1003, check the size of the database in bytes. It must be a multiple of 4,096 bytes, or 1 page. If it is not, contact Microsoft Product Support Services.

• For information about ESE error codes other than the ones explained in this topic, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

  • 266361, Extensible Storage Engine 98 Error Codes 0 to -1048

  • 266367, Extensible Storage Engine 98 Error Codes -1051 to -999999

For More Information

To search the Microsoft Knowledge Base articles based on criteria that generated this alert, visit the Search the Support Knowledge Base (KB) Web site.

To review Exchange 2007 event message articles that may not be represented by Exchange 2007 MOM alerts, see the Events and Errors Message Center.

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