Event ID 2102: Process MAD.EXE (PID=376).

[Scotta98]

Hi All,

I am having intermittent mail delivery. Fortunately nothing is lost but delivery is affected. Here is the error from event viewer MSExchangeDSAccess;

"Event ID 2102: Process MAD.EXE (PID=376). All Domain Controller Servers in use are not responding:
myserver.mydomain.local"

What is also strange is that exchange server can browse folders on the DC but can't ping it. I can ping other servers and workstations in the LAN with the exception of the DC. I can also ping exchange server & the DC with no problem from any other workstation or server.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Rookcr]

Scott,

I would check EventId.net

It looks as if they have several good posts regarding this error. Not to shrug off but I do not want to plagiarize someone elses work.

Rook

I hope this is helpfull.

 

[Scotta98]

Thanks Rook. I'm still not sure what caused the problem but I had to create a new DC/GC on the exchange server then create a reverse lookup zone on the original DC. It took all weekend to figure but all is resolved. Thanks for taking the time.

 

[xmsre]

2102 means DSaccess couldn't find any domain controllers. This is a common problem when Exchange is installed on a GC. Reason #43 not to install Exchange on a DC/GC.

 

[Marcs41]

Some links explaining this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q310896

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314294

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q318067

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q321318

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q322837

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q327844

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q328646

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q328662

Marc
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[Scotta98]

Thanks for the posts. Xmsre, exchange was not originally installed on a DC/GC. It was only after the problems that we created a DC/GC on the excahnge server and by creating the DC it cured the problem we were having. Thanks again.