You left out what hardware is involved, but I've seen and heard of these happening from out of date firmware (specifically array controller firmware). Make sure you're up to date.
------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Beeler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 4:15 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: 1018 errors - oh the fun > > > so we're getting 1018 errors.... Here's the details: > single-server single site (ASP stuff with multiple address book views) > nt4.0 sp6a exchange 5.5 with sp4 and post fixes - Antigen 7.0 > as the virus > scanner, but previously version 6.5. > > We run nightly full backups. We have been receiving 1018 > errors only on > weekends - this seems strange to me, since I would think that we would > receive them nightly. > > We performed an eseutil /p as well as an isinteg /alltests to > clear the > errors - Result: still getting errors. > > I realize that 1018's point towards hardware, but we're just > not seeing > any hardware problems. We're swapping out the RAID card just > to see if > that helps, but the 1018's still need to be fixed. > I spoke to Msft and they said that they don't recommend > running a database > in production after a /p is performed, but that the /p is > used to prepare > the server to be "exmerged" and then fixed. > Running an Exmerge to fix the server is a total nightmare, in my mind, > losing all of the appointment stuff and various other settings that I > don't want to lose. > Aside from an Exmerge, does anyone have any suggestions? And > does anyone > know why msft doesn't recommend running a /p'd database in production? > Oh, and I forgot: if there's not a hardware error (which so > far there is > not) even though msft says that 1018's are rarely generated > if there are > no hardware issues, has anyone experienced 1018's without > hardware errors > present? > > Any suggestions, smart-ass or otherwise would be helpful - and > entertaining. > > Thanks > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
