Topic Last Modified: 2010-01-25

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	2054
Event Source	MSExchange ADAccess
Alert Type	Warning
Rule Path	Microsoft Exchange Server/Exchange 2010/Common Components/Active Directory Access
Rule Name	The cache or hash table ran out of memory. Restart the Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service.

Explanation

This Error event indicates that there is insufficient memory to expand the hash table to add new DSAccess information. A hash table stores frequently accessed and fast changing information in the memory cache. The records are added and deleted dynamically to maintain optimal memory use.

This event may be caused by internal memory issues.

User Action

To resolve this error, do one or more of the following:

Restart the Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service. If the error persists, restart the Exchange server that logged this event.
Review the System log for hardware issues.

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.