Symptoms
The Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Replication service crashes on a computer that has Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) installed. Additionally, the following event is logged in the Application log: Log Name: Application Source: MSExchange Common Event ID: 4999 Task Category: General Level: Error Keywords: Classic Description: Watson report about to be sent for process id: ID , with parameters: paramter , MSExchangeMailboxReplication, M.Exchange.PST, M.E.P.PSTFolder..ctor, System.NullReferenceException, c16e, version number.
Cause
This issue occurs because the value of certain variable is set to Null. However, the Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Replication service does not check for null value before it accesses the variable.
Resolution
To resolve this issue, install the following update rollup:
2608646 Description of Update Rollup 6 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
