Question

Exchange 2007 EMC warning about corrupt Exchange 2003 Storage Group

Asked by: mrpez1

Doing an Exchange 2007 Migration. The new 2007 server is in a child domain (child.domain.corp) with an existing 2003 Exchange server. There is also an existing 2003 Exchange server in the parent domain. I've successfully installed the new exchange server after prepping domains/schema/etc... When I open the EMC, I get this:

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Microsoft Exchange Warning
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The following warning(s) were reported while loading topology information:

get-StorageGroup
Completed

Warning:
Object PARENTDOMAINMAILSERVER\First Storage Group has been corrupted and it is in an inconsistent state. The following validation errors have occurred:

Warning:
Could not convert property SystemFolderPath to type NonRootLocalLongFullPath. The path cannot be the root directory.
Parameter name: path

Warning:
Could not convert property LogFolderPath to type NonRootLocalLongFullPath. The path cannot be the root directory.
Parameter name: path

Warning:
LogFolderPath is mandatory.

Warning:
SystemFolderPath is mandatory.

Warning:
Object PARENTDOMAINMAILSERVER\Database has been corrupted and it is in an inconsistent state. The following validation errors have occurred:

Warning:
Could not convert property SystemFolderPath to type NonRootLocalLongFullPath. The path cannot be the root directory.
Parameter name: path

Warning:
SystemFolderPath is mandatory.


Any idea what this is all about? This is referring to a storage group on the exchange server in the parent domain. AFAIK there are no issues with it. Does 2007 run consistency checks on 2003 storage groups?

Thanks for any help.

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Answers

 

by: MesthaPosted on 2009-06-09 at 16:40:09ID: 24586919

Pretty sure that means that one of the paths in the configuration of the storage group is something like

D:\

Instead of

D:\Directory

It is bad practise to have either the transaction logs or the system path configuration on a storage group in the root.

It is quite simple to fix. If you have everything in the root of the drive, create a directory structure similar to

Exchange Logs
-- First Storage Group
-- Second Storage Group

etc
then move the logs and system path on each storage group through ESM in to the relevant folder.

Simon.

 

by: RancyPosted on 2009-06-10 at 07:00:12ID: 24591543

2 things that either this is a SG that had Logs and System pointing to a location that does not exists or its that the Logs and System path are pointing to the Root of the drive thats not recommended.

 

by: mrpez1Posted on 2009-06-10 at 09:01:47ID: 31590661

Right on the money. Thanks!

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