Topic Last Modified: 2010-04-09

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	8008
Event Source	MSExchangeTransport
Alert Type	Warning
Rule Path	Microsoft Exchange Server/Exchange 2010/Common Components/Hub Transport and Edge Transport/Transport
Rule Name	A Non-SMTP Gateway Connection failure has occurred on the specified connector: the drop directory does not exist.

Explanation

This Error event indicates that the Drop directory that is specified for use by a Foreign connector does not exist. Two items control the location of the Drop directory for each Foreign connector that is configured on a Hub Transport server:

The RootDropDirectoryPath parameter on the Set-TransportServer cmdlet This option is used for all Foreign connectors that exist on the Hub Transport server. By default, the value of the RootDropDirectoryPath parameter is blank. This indicates the value of the RootDropDirectoryPath parameter is the Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 installation folder. The default installation folder is C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14.
The DropDirectory parameter on the Set-ForeignConnector cmdlet This value is set for each Foreign Connector that exists on the Hub Transport server. The value of the DropDirectory parameter must be a simple directory name. The value of the DropDirectory parameter cannot contain any absolute path information. The Drop directory that is specified by the DropDirectory parameter is not created automatically.

User Action

To resolve this error, create the Drop directory folder that matches the value specified by the DropDirectory parameter on the Set-ForeignConnector cmdlet in the location that is specified by the RootDropDirectoryPath parameter on the Set-TransportServer cmdlet on the Hub Transport server.

For more information, see Configure the Drop Directory.

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.