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Name Service Provider Interface (NSPI) Proxy can contact the global catalog, but it does not support the NSPI service.

Name_Service_Provider_Interface__NSPI__Proxy_can_contact_the_global_catalog_but_it_does_not_support_the_NSPI_service._6_Rule (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This event indicates that the Exchange server was able to contact a server that is designated to be a global catalog server, but did not get a response from the NSPI interface on that global catalog server.

Sample Event:

Event Type: Error

Event Source: MSExchangeSystem Attendant

Event Category: (11)

Event ID: 9176

Description: NSPI Proxy can contact global catalog server <global catalog serverName> but it does not support the NSPI service. After a Domain Controller is promoted to a global catalog server, the global catalog server must be restarted to support MAPI Clients. restart <global catalog serverName> as soon as possible.

Related Events:

9057, 9143, 9074

Causes

This can happen because the Name Service Provider Interface (NSPI) interface is not advertised by the global catalog server, possibly because the server was made a global catalog server and was not restarted.

Resolutions

After a domain controller is promoted to be a global catalog server, the global catalog server must be restarted to support MAPI clients. To ensure that a global catalog server responds to NSPI queries, restart the global catalog server.

External

For more information about MSExchangeSA event 9176, see:

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Exchange.ExchangeComponent.SystemAttendant
CategoryEventCollection
EnabledTrue
Event_ID9176
Event SourceMSExchangeSA
Alert GenerateFalse
RemotableTrue
Event LogApplication

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
EventDs DataSource Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider Default
WriteToDB WriteAction Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectEvent Default
WriteToDW WriteAction Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishEventData Default

Source Code:

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