Topic Last Modified: 2010-09-09

The Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager monitors the Windows Application log on computers running Exchange 2010 and generates this alert when the events specified in the following Details table are logged.

To learn more about this alert, in Operations Manager, 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 logged events that meet the criteria of this Operations Manager alert.

Details

Product Name	Exchange
Product Version	14.0 (Exchange 2010)
Event ID	1011
Event Source	MSExchangeFDS
Alert Type	Warning
Rule Path	Microsoft Exchange Server/Exchange 2010/Common Components/File Distribution Service
Rule Name	File Distribution Service: Active Directory contains invalid configuration object.

Explanation

This Warning event indicates that Microsoft Exchange File Distribution service found an invalid configuration object in Active Directory. The File Distribution service must read the configuration data from Active Directory to distribute offline address books (OABs) and custom Unified Messaging prompts.

This event may occur because of Active Directory schema violations.

User Action

If this Warning event frequently occurs, follow these steps:

Use the following Exchange Management Shell cmdlet to increase the diagnostic logging level on the General counter of the MSExchangeFDS performance object to the High setting:

Set-EventLogLevel MSExchangeFDS\General -Level High

Note:

For detailed information about how to change diagnostic logging levels, see Manage Diagnostic Logging Levels.
Review other related Error and Warning events in the Application log. These related events may help you determine the cause of this warning.
Use the following Exchange Management Shell cmdlet to set the diagnostic logging level on the General counter of the MSExchangeFDS performance object back to the default Lowest setting:

Set-EventLogLevel MSExchangeFDS\General -Level Lowest

Important:

After you finish troubleshooting this problem, you should return logging to the default level to avoid filling your event logs.

Note:
For detailed information about how to change diagnostic logging levels, see Manage Diagnostic Logging Levels.

Important:
After you finish troubleshooting this problem, you should return logging to the default level to avoid filling your event logs.

This Warning event may be ignored if it occurred during an Active Directory schema upgrade.

For More Information

If you are not already doing so, consider running the Exchange tools created to help you analyze and troubleshoot your Exchange environment. These tools can help make sure that your configuration aligns with Microsoft best practices. They can also help you identify and resolve performance issues, improve mail flow, and better manage disaster recovery scenarios. To run these tools, go to the Toolbox node of the Exchange Management Console. To learn more about these tools, see Managing Tools in the Toolbox.