Error: 'Failed attempting to duplicate properties...' or 'Failed attempting incremental migration... (NETIQKB38474)

fact
Exchange Migrator 2.x

symptom
Error: 'Failed attempting to duplicate properties...' or 'Failed attempting incremental migration...' occurs when migrating mailboxes.

symptom
Error: 'Warning - failed attempting to duplicate properties for folder [Top][HR=0x00000001]'.

symptom
Error: 'Failed incrementally copying message to destination folder [HR=0x80004005]'.

symptom
Error: 'WARNING - Failed attempting to migrate inbox Folder properties [HR=0x8004010f]'.

symptom
Error:  'ERROR - Failed attempting incremental migration of mailbox messages [CN=User, Name,OU=Users,DC=targetDomain,DC=com][HR=0xc00459f3]'.

cause

The Exchange System Attendant is not functioning properly due to communications issues with the Global Catalog (GC) server. A Global Catalog must be available for the Exchange System Attendant to start and function correctly.

fix
To address this issue, restart the Exchange System Attendant. Then, restart the local Global Catalog server.

note

Please refer to the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles for more information on Exchange System Attendant and Global Catalog servers:

• 273428 - Error Message When You Restart Exchange Services If Global Catalog Cannot Be Contacted
  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;273428&Product=exch2k
  
  
• 285137 - XADM: "C0072030" Error Message Occurs When You Create a System Attendant Resource on a Cluster Server
  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;285137&Product=exch2k
  
  
• 322801 - Exchange System Attendant Does Not Start and You Receive a "Global Catalog Servers Not Responding" Error Message
  http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;322801&Product=exch2k

Formerly known as NETIQKB38474