Common problems

If anything goes wrong with Shopping, check first that all the appropriate services have started. All the following must be running for Shopping to work:

If all the services are running, check the Application Event log on the computer that hosts the Shopping service and the computer that hosts the Exchange Mailbox task. Most high-level errors are self-explanatory, and the solution is straightforward.

Table: Log messages lists the error messages that you may receive.

Table: Log messages

Message

What to do

The Shopping Service root directory (<...>) does not exist.

Create the folder and try again.

Failed to connect to the Shopping Service.

Make sure that the Shopping service is started.

Failed to create file: filespec.

Check the access permissions on the folder that contains the file.

  • Enterprise Vault\Shopping Access. Everyone must have Full Control.

  • Enterprise Vault\Shopping\Domain. Everyone must have Full Control

  • Enterprise Vault\Shopping\\Domain\user. Both the user (Domain\user) and the Administrators group on the Web Server computer (WebServerComputer\Administrators) must have Full Control.

Failed to open file: <filespec>.

Check the access permissions on the file. Both the user (Domain\user) and the Administrators group on the Web Server computer (WebServerComputer\Administrators) must have Full Control.

Failed to retrieve the Shopping Service directory information.

Make sure that the Directory service is started.

If there are no errors in the Application Event Log, or the errors listed do not point to an obvious solution, try stopping and then restarting all the Enterprise Vault services. If restarting the services does not fix the problem, try increasing the tracing level to see whether that produces any additional information in the Application Event Log.