VMware tools were not running in Active directory and Exchange servers for some period of time. And the system clock was running in wrong time. Pushing VMware tools in all the machines in the environment.
Have corrected the time across the guest machines. Which stopped the Information store as The Active directory topology services was not able to understand the environment.
Even restarting the server doesn’t seem to fix the Information store service.
Event Log –
Log Name: Application
Source: MSExchangeIS
Date: 8/23/2015 1:32:03 PM
Event ID: 5003
Task Category: General
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: MBX02.careexchange.in
Description:
Unable to initialize the Information Store service because the clocks on the client and server are skewed. This may be caused by a time change either on the client or on the server, and may require a restart of that computer. Verify that your domain is correctly configured and is currently online.
Resolution –
Get into Exchange Server.
Run
Netdom query FSMO
or
Netdom query DC
Get the AD Server name,
Run
Net time \\ADServerName /Set
Type “Y”
Restart Microsoft Exchange Topology Service
