Event id 7200 in Exchange

Event Type:    Error
Event Source:    MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store
Event Category:    General
Event ID:    7200
Date:        6/16/2012
Time:        7:16:00 AM
User:        N/A
Computer:    Test
Description:
Background thread FDoUpdateCatalog halted on database "First Storage Group\Mailbox Store (test)" due to error code 0x80004005.

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I had experienced the above error in Exchange 2003 with latest service packs installed. Although this error message for full-text indexing is actually harmless but this error message can fill up event logs quickly.

Below are the steps that helped me to fix the issue:

• ·         Enable full-text indexing for the information store that is being affected. Open Exchange System Manager for Exchange 2003. Click to expand the Organization object, click to expand the <Site> object, and then click to expand the Servers object. Click the <Server_name> object, click the <Storage_group_name> object, and then click the mailbox store object. Right-click the Mailbox Store object, and then click Create Full-Text Indexing on the shortcut menu. Click OK to the catalog path.

• ·         Wait until full-text indexing is enabled; this may take some time for large information stores. Right-click the mailbox store object, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu.

NOTE: If the information store database (on which you are setting up the index) is very large, you may need to schedule this process for a time when production will not be interrupted because indexing occurs on all of the mailboxes.

• ·         Click the Full-Text Indexing tab, and then change the interval back to Never.

• ·         Disable full-text indexing for the information store: Click to expand the Organization object, click to expand the <Site> object, and then click to expand the Servers object. Click the <Server_name> object, click the <Storage_group_name> object, and then click the Mailbox Store object. Right-click the mailbox store object, and then click Delete the Full-Text Indexing on the shortcut menu. Click OK to the catalog path. After 15 minutes, refresh the application event logs; the error messages should be gone.