Installing Exchange 2003 from scratch.

[cwallace91472]

I am attempting to install exchange 2003 on a brand new machine (server 2003) and connect it to a domain controller running on a windows 2000 server.

We are unable to run the forest prep and have been stuck for 3 days with no clue as to the problem. We have made numerous attempts and have had several people give insight, but still nothing.

I can provide logs as needed if anyone can help out with this.

Chris

 

[Marcs41]

Well, 'some' indication of what went wrong where may help.
Errors, Events, whatever as like this, it would just be a shot in the dark.

Marc
_{If 'something' 'somewhere' gives 'some' error, expect random guesses or no replies at all.
Free Tip: The F1 Key does NOT destroy your PC!}

 

[inari]

Hi,

Have you connected your machine into your domain. If not you would need to do that first.

Also, make sure prior to run forest Prep to be a member of the following group :

- Enterprise admin
- Schema Admin

Running the "run set up now" will also install automattically Forest Prep and Domain Prep as well

Hope this help

 

[Marcs41]

Start the setups as Administrator, not a user with full admin rights to see if that gives you better results.

Marc
_{If 'something' 'somewhere' gives 'some' error, expect random guesses or no replies at all.
Free Tip: The F1 Key does NOT destroy your PC!}

 

[cwallace91472]

I was logged in as admin and it failed...both on the exchange box and the DC.

I will try to put together some event logs...

Chris

 

[JeffITman]

Chris -

Have you run DCDIAG and NETDIAG? If so, please post those results here so that I may read them.

 

[58sniper]

it failed" provides us with NO information. Please be more informative, including exact text of an errors (after you've googled it), and any related event entries in the logs, after you've checked them at

http://www.eventid.net/

Pat Richard, MCSE MCSA:Messaging CNA
Microsoft Exchange MVP

 

[cwallace91472]

Sorry I was a little vague in the very first post. I think I followed up with enough information though.

Here is the dcdiag.

dcdiag:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.FFCU>dcdiag /s:06ffcudc

Domain Controller Diagnosis

Performing initial setup:
Done gathering initial info.

Doing initial required tests

Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\06FFCUDC
Starting test: Connectivity
......................... 06FFCUDC passed test Connectivity

Doing primary tests

Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\06FFCUDC
Starting test: Replications
[Replications Check,06FFCUDC] A recent replication attempt failed:
From 06FFCUBC to 06FFCUDC
Naming Context: CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=ffcu
The replication generated an error (1722):
The RPC server is unavailable.
The failure occurred at 2007-08-06 12:01:08.
The last success occurred at 2006-12-29 13:58:00.
5302 failures have occurred since the last success.
[06FFCUBC] DsBindWithSpnEx() failed with error 1722,
The RPC server is unavailable..
The source remains down. Please check the machine.
[Replications Check,06FFCUDC] A recent replication attempt failed:
From 06FFCUBC to 06FFCUDC
Naming Context: CN=Configuration,DC=ffcu
The replication generated an error (1722):
The RPC server is unavailable.
The failure occurred at 2007-08-06 12:00:45.
The last success occurred at 2006-12-29 14:51:13.
5302 failures have occurred since the last success.
The source remains down. Please check the machine.
[Replications Check,06FFCUDC] A recent replication attempt failed:
From 06FFCUBC to 06FFCUDC
Naming Context: DC=ffcu
The replication generated an error (1722):
The RPC server is unavailable.
The failure occurred at 2007-08-06 12:00:22.
The last success occurred at 2006-12-29 15:03:17.
5301 failures have occurred since the last success.
The source remains down. Please check the machine.
......................... 06FFCUDC passed test Replications
Starting test: NCSecDesc
......................... 06FFCUDC passed test NCSecDesc
Starting test: NetLogons
......................... 06FFCUDC passed test NetLogons
Starting test: Advertising
Warning: 06FFCUDC is not advertising as a time server.
......................... 06FFCUDC failed test Advertising
Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders
......................... 06FFCUDC passed test KnowsOfRoleHolders
Starting test: RidManager
......................... 06FFCUDC passed test RidManager
Starting test: MachineAccount
......................... 06FFCUDC passed test MachineAccount
Starting test: Services
w32time Service is stopped on [06FFCUDC]
......................... 06FFCUDC failed test Services
Starting test: ObjectsReplicated
......................... 06FFCUDC passed test ObjectsReplicated
Starting test: frssysvol
......................... 06FFCUDC passed test frssysvol
Starting test: frsevent
There are warning or error events within the last 24 hours after the
SYSVOL has been shared. Failing SYSVOL replication problems may cause
Group Policy problems.
......................... 06FFCUDC failed test frsevent
Starting test: kccevent
......................... 06FFCUDC passed test kccevent
Starting test: systemlog
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0xC00010DF
Time Generated: 08/06/2007 12:08:37
(Event String could not be retrieved)
An Error Event occured. EventID: 0xC00010DF
Time Generated: 08/06/2007 12:10:39
(Event String could not be retrieved)
......................... 06FFCUDC failed test systemlog
Starting test: VerifyReferences
......................... 06FFCUDC passed test VerifyReferences

Running partition tests on : Schema
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... Schema passed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom

Running partition tests on : Configuration
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom

Running partition tests on : ffcu
Starting test: CrossRefValidation
......................... ffcu passed test CrossRefValidation
Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
......................... ffcu passed test CheckSDRefDom

Running enterprise tests on : ffcu
Starting test: Intersite
......................... ffcu passed test Intersite
Starting test: FsmoCheck
Warning: DcGetDcName(TIME_SERVER) call failed, error 1355
A Time Server could not be located.
The server holding the PDC role is down.
Warning: DcGetDcName(GOOD_TIME_SERVER_PREFERRED) call failed, error 135
5
A Good Time Server could not be located.
......................... ffcu failed test FsmoCheck

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.FFCU>




I did notice some failures in there. I am not familiar with the DCDIAG too much, but I am going to go through it and figure out as much of it as I can.

The netdiag is below also.

netdiag:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.FFCU>netdiag

...................................

Computer Name: INTWEB
DNS Host Name: INTWEB.ffcu
System info : Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 (Build 3790)
Processor : x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6, GenuineIntel
List of installed hotfixes :
KB924667-v2
KB925398_WMP64
KB925902
KB926122
KB927891
KB929123
KB930178
KB931784
KB931836
KB932168
KB933566
KB933566-IE7
KB933854
KB935839
KB935840
KB936357
Q147222


Netcard queries test . . . . . . . : Passed
[WARNING] The net card 'Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE (NDIS VBD Client
)' may not be working.
[WARNING] The net card 'Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter' may n
ot be working.
[WARNING] The net card 'Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter #2' ma
y not be working.



Per interface results:

Adapter : Local Area Connection 4

Netcard queries test . . . : Failed
NetCard Status: DISCONNECTED
Some tests will be skipped on this interface.

Host Name. . . . . . . . . : INTWEB
IP Address . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask. . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway. . . . . . :
Dns Servers. . . . . . . . :


Adapter : Local Area Connection 3

Netcard queries test . . . : Failed
NetCard Status: DISCONNECTED
Some tests will be skipped on this interface.

Host Name. . . . . . . . . : INTWEB
IP Address . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask. . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway. . . . . . :
Dns Servers. . . . . . . . :


Adapter : Local Area Connection 2

Netcard queries test . . . : Failed
NetCard Status: DISCONNECTED
Some tests will be skipped on this interface.

Host Name. . . . . . . . . : INTWEB
IP Address . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask. . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway. . . . . . :
Dns Servers. . . . . . . . :


Adapter : Local Area Connection

Netcard queries test . . . : Passed

Host Name. . . . . . . . . : INTWEB
IP Address . . . . . . . . : 192.168.188.210
Subnet Mask. . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway. . . . . . : 192.168.188.254
Dns Servers. . . . . . . . : 192.168.188.244
192.168.188.245


AutoConfiguration results. . . . . . : Passed

Default gateway test . . . : Passed

NetBT name test. . . . . . : Passed
[WARNING] At least one of the <00> 'WorkStation Service', <03> 'Messenge
r Service', <20> 'WINS' names is missing.

WINS service test. . . . . : Skipped
There are no WINS servers configured for this interface.


Global results:


Domain membership test . . . . . . : Passed


NetBT transports test. . . . . . . : Passed
List of NetBt transports currently configured:
NetBT_Tcpip_{2FCE18F8-7C4F-4EF5-9460-C613CA5C2288}
1 NetBt transport currently configured.


Autonet address test . . . . . . . : Passed


IP loopback ping test. . . . . . . : Passed


Default gateway test . . . . . . . : Passed


NetBT name test. . . . . . . . . . : Passed
[WARNING] You don't have a single interface with the <00> 'WorkStation Servi
ce', <03> 'Messenger Service', <20> 'WINS' names defined.


Winsock test . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed


DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed


Redir and Browser test . . . . . . : Passed
List of NetBt transports currently bound to the Redir
NetBT_Tcpip_{2FCE18F8-7C4F-4EF5-9460-C613CA5C2288}
The redir is bound to 1 NetBt transport.

List of NetBt transports currently bound to the browser
NetBT_Tcpip_{2FCE18F8-7C4F-4EF5-9460-C613CA5C2288}
The browser is bound to 1 NetBt transport.


DC discovery test. . . . . . . . . : Passed


DC list test . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed


Trust relationship test. . . . . . : Passed
Secure channel for domain 'FFCU' is to '\\06ffcudc.ffcu'.


Kerberos test. . . . . . . . . . . : Passed


LDAP test. . . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed
[WARNING] Failed to query SPN registration on DC '06ffcubc.ffcu'.


Bindings test. . . . . . . . . . . : Passed


WAN configuration test . . . . . . : Skipped
No active remote access connections.


Modem diagnostics test . . . . . . : Passed

IP Security test . . . . . . . . . : Skipped

Note: run "netsh ipsec dynamic show /?" for more detailed information


The command completed successfully

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.FFCU>


Thanks in advance for any insight.
Chris

 

[cwallace91472]

After reviewing this thread again I also realized that an earlier post I made about the actual error I am getting is not in the thread...that might be some of the confusion.

I am getting the error stating that I do not have permission to update the AD Schema or the server is too busy.

As stated above I am a member of the appropriate groups and have full admin rights.

I am installing the software on server 2003 and the DC is server 2000 (sp4).

Sorry about mot getting that info up earllier. I just noticed it didn't post.

Chris

 

[N0ktar]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319944