Re: Setup /forestprep Fails

  • From: "exchange@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <exchange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, SHINE <shineace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:01:16 -0700

did you try netdiag and dcdiag?
what about netdiag /fixall?

those may help you to see why your forestprep is failing.


Quoting SHINE <shineace@xxxxxxxxx>:

> http://www.MSExchange.org/
> 
> Arief,
> 
> If you are trying to rebuild your Exchange server, then the best option 
> would be to pick up the settings of the old Exchange server 2003 which is 
> already there in Active directory. You do not need to run Forestprep and 
> Domainprep. Try running the setup with the /disasterrecovery switch and the
> 
> installation will pick up the old installation settings from Active 
> directory and you should be okay rather than making all the schema changes 
> again by running forestprep and domainprep.In your case make sure that you 
> are running the installation with an account which has got appropriate 
> permissions. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Shine Babu
> 
> On 7/18/05, Arief Kurniawan <ariefk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > http://www.MSExchange.org/
> > 
> > I was having a successful exchange 2003 installation once. But suddenly
> > LSASS Event ID 5000 comes and restart the server all the time. So I
> > decided to reformat this server.
> > On the second chance from a clean Windows Server 2003, I am trying to
> > rebuild Exchange Server 2003. But everytime I run setup /forestprep it
> > fails with comment :
> > "The component "Microsoft Exchange Forest Preparation" cannot be assigned
> > the action "Forestprep" because to install the first Exchange server in a
> > domain, or to run setup in "/ForestPrep" mode, you must be an Exchange
> > Full Administrator at the organization level. You must use an account
> that
> > has been granted the Full Exchange Administrator role on the Exchange
> > organization using the Exchange Administrative Delegation Wizard".
> Surfing
> > to MSKB found Article 830186. But I cannot find
> > CN={335A1087-5131-4D45-BE3E-3C6C7F76F5EC} container in my ADSI Edit.
> > Anyone have clues ?
> > 
> > Thanks In Advance,
> > 
> > Arief K
> > 
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