| Microsoft Exchange Server is a well-known | | | | corrupt. Please uninstall and reinstall Internet |
| application that is used to create collaborative | | | | Information Server." |
| messaging environment. It is installed on server | | | | The above error, in particular, occurs due to |
| and can be accessed from client computer using | | | | missing metabase entries. If various users |
| Microsoft Outlook. Exchange Server 2003 and | | | | perform transactions after metabase corruption, |
| Exchange Server 2000 use MS IIS (Microsoft | | | | the EDB file may encounter several inconsistency |
| Internet Information Services) to provide | | | | issues. In such situations, to bring your Exchange |
| Exchange-related services. All configuration | | | | Server in working state, you need to fix this |
| settings of the IIS are stored in IIS metabase. | | | | behavior using Microsoft Exchange Recovery Tool. |
| The formation of metabase contains various | | | | Resolution |
| settings of properties of different nodes. | | | | You can use Adsutil.vbs, an inbuilt utility of |
| However, in some situations the metabase may | | | | Microsoft Exchange Server, to locate metabase |
| get damaged and cause critical EDB (Exchange | | | | objects. However, if you encounter the following |
| Database) corruption scenarios. To sort out this | | | | error while using Adsutil.vbs tool, you have to |
| problem, you need to opt for Exchange Server | | | | reinstall Internet Information Service and |
| Recovery, in case of unavailability of backup. | | | | Microsoft Exchange Server: |
| Corruption of IIS metabase and Exchange Server | | | | "-2147221020 (0x800401e4) |
| database is a very serious concern. It can cause | | | | Error trying to enum the object (GetObject |
| several Exchange Server vulnerabilities and make | | | | failed)" |
| Exchange-related services unusable. In case of | | | | Although, reinstalling the Exchange Server and IIS |
| metabase corruption, you may encounter the | | | | may fix this problem, but it can not repair the |
| below error message: | | | | corrupted Exchange Server database. In order to |
| "[15:52:34] - The Internet Information Server | | | | repair and restore the damaged EDB file, you |
| metabase appears to be corrupt. Please uninstall | | | | need to use third-party Exchange Recovery |
| and reinstall Internet Information Server. -- | | | | Software. |
| ID:62145 -- | | | | The applications are particularly designed to carry |
| [15:52:34] Prerequisites for Microsoft Exchange | | | | out systematic scan of entire EDB file (using |
| Messaging and Collaboration Services failed: The | | | | advanced scanning mechanisms) and to extract all |
| component 'Microsoft Exchange Messaging and | | | | damaged and inaccessible objects. They enable |
| Collaboration Services' cannot be assigned the | | | | you to perform Exchange Recovery on your |
| action 'Upgrade' because:- The Internet | | | | own, as they have simple and self-descriptive |
| Information Server metabase appears to be | | | | graphical user interface. |