Failed to generate the Offline Address Book
Topic Last Modified: 2007-11-16
The Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager monitors the Windows Application log on computers that are running Exchange Server 2007 and generates this alert when the event or events specified in the following Details table are logged.
To learn more about this event, do one or more of the following:
Review the description of the event that includes the variables specific to your environment. From the Operator Console, select this alert, and then click the Properties tab.
Review all events that have been logged that meet the criteria of this Operations Manager alert. From the Operator Console, click the Events tab, and then double-click the event in the list for which you want to review the event description.
Details
Product Name |
Exchange |
Product Version |
8.0 (Exchange Server 2007) |
Event ID |
9301 |
Event Source |
MSExchangeSA |
Alert Type |
Warning |
MOM Rule Path |
Microsoft Exchange Server/Exchange 2007/Mailbox/System Attendant |
MOM Rule Name |
Failed to generate the Offline Address Book. The error is specified in the event description. |
Explanation
This Error event indicates that the Microsoft Exchange server failed to generate an offline address book (OAB) because one of the address lists has been deleted or the organization that the address list belongs to has been removed. When you delete an address list, the link to the OAB in the address list is not removed. The event is logged when you try to access a deleted object on the server.
User Action
To resolve this error, remove the address list from the OAB. For more information about how to remove an address list from an OAB, see How to Add or Remove an Address List from an Offline Address Book.
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 alerts, see the Events and Errors Message Center.
If you are not already doing so, consider running the tools that Microsoft Exchange offers to help administrators analyze and troubleshoot their Exchange environment. These tools can help you make sure that your configuration is in line with Microsoft best practices. They can also help you identify and resolve performance issues, improve mail flow, and better manage disaster recovery scenarios. Go to the Toolbox node of the Exchange Management Console to run these tools now. For more information about these tools, see Toolbox in the Exchange Server 2007 Help.