OALGen detected that the file in distribution point is corrupted or missing
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 alert, if you are using Microsoft Operations Manager 2005, do one or more of the following:
From the Operator Console, select this alert, and then click the Properties tab. Review the description of the alert that includes the variables specific to your environment.
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. Review the events that have been logged that meet the criteria of this Operations Manager alert.
To learn more about this alert, if you are using System Center Operations Manager 2007, do one or more of the following:
From the Operations Console, double-click this alert, and then click the General tab. Review the description of the alert that includes the variables specific to your environment.
From the Operations Console, double-click this alert, and then click the Alert Context tab. Review the events that have been logged that meet the criteria of this Operations Manager alert.
Details
Product Name |
Exchange |
Product Version |
8.0 (Exchange Server 2007) |
Event ID |
9373 |
Event Source |
MSExchangeSA |
Alert Type |
Critical Error |
MOM Rule Path |
Microsoft Exchange Server/Exchange 2007/Mailbox/System Attendant |
MOM Rule Name |
OALGen detected that the file in distribution point is corrupted or missing. This OAB will not be published. |
Explanation
This Error event indicates that one or more version 4 offline address book (OAB) files are corrupted or missing. Microsoft Outlook clients cannot download the updated files.
User Action
To resolve this Error event, do one or more of the following:
If daily backups are available, restore the content of the OABGen folder to the <ExchangeInstallDir> \ExchangeOAB\ <OAB GUID> folder (where <ExchangeInstallDir> is a placeholder for the installation directory of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and <OAB GUID> is a placeholder for the name of the folder).
If the corrupted OAB item is enabled for public folder distribution and the data has been published to public folders before the OAB item was corrupted, you can delete the contents of the OABGen folder from the <ExchangeInstallDir> \ExchangeOAB\ <OAB GUID> folder and rebuild the OAB files by updating the OAB. For more information about how to update the OAB, see How to Update the Offline Address Book.
If neither daily backups nor public folder distribution is enabled, delete the contents of the OABGen folder from <ExchangeInstallDir> \ExchangeOAB\ <OAB GUID>, and then rebuild the OAB files by using the following command in the Exchange Management Shell:
Update-OfflineAddressBook <OABGuid>Important
This command will cause a full OAB download by all clients. A full OAB download can cause massive network traffic between Client Access servers and clients.
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.
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