Lanwench
Fri Aug 15 08:47:13 PDT 2008
JimA <JimA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> So here is the original error message received in the event log:
>
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: Wins
> Event Category: None
> Event ID: 4224
> Date: 8/11/2008
> Time: 9:28:12 AM
> User: N/A
> Computer: SERVER
> Description:
> WINS encountered a database error. This may or may not be a serious
> error. WINS will try to recover from it. You can check the database
> error events under 'Application Log' category of the Event Viewer for
> the Exchange Component, ESENT, source to find out more details about
> database errors. If you continue to see a large number of these
> errors consistently over time (a span of few hours), you may want to
> restore the WINS database from a backup. The error number is in the
> second DWORD of the data section.
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
>
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> Data:
> 0000: 25 0c 00 00 f9 fd ff ff %...ùýÿÿ
>
>
> This happened over then weekend and was continuing every second. I
> stopped WINS and that presented the "Restore database" function in
> WINS admin. I then moved all files from the
> %%systemroot%%\system32\wins directory, leaving the directory empty.
>
> I must have been still groggy from the weekend because I am not sure
> if I did a restore db or a restart? I'm assuming that a restore would
> ask what to restore from? So I probably did a restart and rebuilt the
> db.
>
> Okay so I was distracted... It seems to be running okay but I just
> want verify the operabilty of.
>
> Anyway it seems to be running but it is taking up 10-25% of CPU. Is
> that normal?
I don't think so, but I suggest you post in a general Windows networking
group to get more expert eyes on the problem.
You can always uninstall & reinstall WINS, if you need to. It's easy.
OI dpo
>
> Oh, and I have the usual hooch in my cup........
>
>> JimA <JimA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>> Nothing in the event log. So does usually take a few days to
>>> rebuild?
>>
>> My heavens, no.
>>
>>> I think I deleted all the files in the WINS database which would
>>> enable the restore function in WINS (?).
>>
>> What exactly were you having problems with, and what exactly did you
>> do to try & resolve them? This isn't sounding kosher so far....
>>>
>>> Does that rebuild the DB or try to restore the DB (from where?) ?
>>
>> I think you can delete the Jet database, but there's no restoration
>> unless you were to have done a restore from a backup.
>>>
>>> I may have selected restore without a DB to restore from?
>>
>> What's in your coffee cup, dude? ;-)
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>> JimA <JimA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>>> My WINS database became corrupted and I had to delete and restore
>>>>> it. It started up fine but is sucking up disk space on my system
>>>>> drive and using a lot of CPU cycles. I didn't do NBTSTAT -RR, do I
>>>>> need to?
>>>>
>>>> That shouldn't make any difference, really.
>>>>
>>>>> Any other ideas or is this normal or ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Event log errors?
>>>>
>>>> In an SBS domain, which is by definition small, you should be able
>>>> to blow away the database and let it rebuild, without restoring it.