May want to try reinstalling MF before you start playing with the data store. Other things I have done are removing and readding the server from the domain. Also how did this all start. When I have run into this it was from restoring servers from ghosted images and currently with one server that is on MF SP3, but this I am assuming is because of the inequality of the service packs, I just haven't had the opportunity to upgrade the others yet. Good luck! -----Original Message----- From: John Knightly [mailto:jknightly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 1:03 PM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: IMA service won't start that worked for creating a new farm, but now a new set of errors when i try to join the existing farm..i'm starting to think its a problem with the server running the datastore. _____ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jaimes, Leon Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 11:36 AM To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [THIN] Re: IMA service won't start you could try running chfarm and adding that server to a new farm by itself and then readding it back to the existing farm, but leave the zone as default then if that lets you start the IMA svc, move it into the correct zone. This has worked for me in the past in similar situations. -----Original Message----- From: John Knightly [mailto:jknightly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 11:31 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] IMA service won't start I've tried running IMA with local admin, domain admin, checked registry rights, repaired the localhost cache, checked the ODBC--nothing will allow the service to start. Other servers in the farm are working fine MF XPa win2k sp3 BM_90595 Event Viewer... The Independent Management Architecture service terminated with service-specific error 2147483649. ----------------------------------------------------- Failed to load initial plugins with error IMA_RESULT_FAILURE --------------------------------------------------- Failed to load plugin ImaRuntimeSS.dll with error IMA_RESULT_FAILURE ------------------------------------------------------- Failed to load plugin ImaPsSs.dll with error IMA_RESULT_FAILURE ----------------------------------------------------- Failed to connect to the database with error. Error - IMA_RESULT_FILE_NOT_FOUND The ACCESS .mdb file is missing any ideas..this is a new server, so reinstalling metaframe is fine by me unless there is a quicker fix? Thank You, John Knightly Manager, Data Center Solutions 480-994-4171 x24 jknightly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx