Topic Last Modified: 2005-11-18

• The Microsoft® Exchange Server Analyzer Tool has a found a non-Exchange Server process that is currently using more than 20 percent of the server's available CPU. If a non-Exchange Server process is using more than 20 percent of the available CPU, an error is displayed.
  
  
• It is recommended that your servers that run Exchange Server be dedicated to Exchange Server whenever possible and run as few applications or services as possible outside Exchange.
  
  

To correct this error

• If another process causes most of the CPU use, try one of the following options:

  • Turn off the process and see whether the problem goes away.
    
    
  • Move that process to another server if you can.
    
    
  • Make sure that the process is configured correctly and look for any updates from Microsoft and the provider of the process that address this issue.
    
    
  • Uninstall the process if you do not need it.
    
    

• If the process cannot be moved or fixed, the server should be rescaled to allow for the added load of the non-Exchange Server process. You should consider moving users to another Exchange server as part of this rescale.

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