Cisco Unity

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Introduction

After you upgrade from Cisco Unity 4.x to 5.x, certain services such as System Attendant, MTA Stacks, and Information Store do not automatically start. This document describes how to troubleshoot this issue.

Prerequisites

Requirements

There are no specific requirements for this document.

Components Used

The information in this document is based on the Unity 4.x and 5.x.

The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.

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Problem

After you upgrade from Cisco Unity 4.x to 5.x , certain Unity services do not start automatically, and you receive this error message:

Unexpected error An unknown error has occurred. ID no: 80040a01 Microsoft
Exchange System Attendant

The Metabase Update service failed to start, error '80040a01'

Here are the Cisco Unity services that do not start automatically:

• Microsoft Exchange System Attendant

• Microsoft Exchange Information Store

• Microsoft Exchange MTA Stacks

Even if Cisco Unity is restarted, these services do not start automatically and must be manually started.

Solution

This issue can occur when the registry value is not set properly after the Cisco Unity upgrade.

Complete these steps in order to fix this problem:

1. Open the Registry Editor.

   In order to open the Registry Editor, choose Start > Run, enter Regedt32.exe in the Open field of the Run dialog box, and press Enter.

   The Registry Editor appears.

2. Locate and select this registry key:

   HKEY_LOCAL_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeDSAccess

3. In the Edit menu, choose Add Value, and then add this registry value:

   • Value name: TopoCreateTimeoutSecs

   • Data type: REG_DWORD

   • Radix: Decimal

   • Value data: 600

4. Close the Registry Editor.

5. Restart Cisco Unity.

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