Exchange Issues Event: 40018

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Event ID 40018 – Database mounting

Event ID 40018
Category MSExchangeIS.
Sub category Mailbox store (Exchange 2016).
Description Mounting completed successfully for a database with a particular GUID.

About event ID 40018:

This Exchange event indicates successful mounting of a database previously mounted on another server. This is very similar to event ID 40008 for Exchange Server 2013 and Event ID 9523 for Exchange Server 2010.

How Exchange Reporter Plus helps monitor DB mounting easily

Exchange Reporter Plus is a reporting, auditing and monitoring tool for hybrid Exchange and Skype for Business servers. This tool helps you monitor database mounting process and also gives information about the events that occur.

Steps to generate database mounting reports:

  1. Go to the Audit tab on the top pane.
  2. Navigate to Exchange Server > Exchange Database Changes.
  3. Choose the Exchange Database Mounted report.
  4. Enter the period for report generation.
  5. Select the type of view for the report (Summary, Default, or Custom View).

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With Exchange Reporter Plus you can:

  • Schedule reports to get regular updates about various Exchange objects.
  • Export reports in any of the 4 formats: HTML, CSV, PDF and XLS.
  • Add or remove columns from the report as and when required.
  • Generate and scrutinise the reports further using the advanced filter option.
  • Customise alert profiles to get immediate SMS or email notifications.
  • Add new actions that you want to audit apart from the pre-defined ones.

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