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james jones
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:49 pm    Post subject: What am I missing? Reply with quote

Setting up test environment. One Exchange server 2003, One PDC Server 2003.
The exchange server is able to log on to the domain, however when i attempt
to install exchange 2003 i get an error that states that exchange cannot
connect to the active directory shema.
Please reply to jhale@beacondist.com.. thanks

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seth
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:55 pm    Post subject: Re: What am I missing? Reply with quote

did you run setup with the /forestprep and then /domainprep switches first?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312371

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312407


"james jones" <james jones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
Setting up test environment. One Exchange server 2003, One PDC Server
2003.
The exchange server is able to log on to the domain, however when i
attempt
to install exchange 2003 i get an error that states that exchange cannot
connect to the active directory shema.
Please reply to jhale@beacondist.com.. thanks
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james jones
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:07 pm    Post subject: Re: What am I missing? Reply with quote

I attempted to run the forrest prep on exchange box but it failed same error.
Should i run it on the PDC first?

"seth" wrote:

Quote:
did you run setup with the /forestprep and then /domainprep switches first?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312371

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312407


"james jones" <james jones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:620D4B3B-1D63-429C-B3B8-4115D47A4CCA@microsoft.com...
Setting up test environment. One Exchange server 2003, One PDC Server
2003.
The exchange server is able to log on to the domain, however when i
attempt
to install exchange 2003 i get an error that states that exchange cannot
connect to the active directory shema.
Please reply to jhale@beacondist.com.. thanks




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seth
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:29 pm    Post subject: Re: What am I missing? Reply with quote

do you see any errors in the event log?
i don't think it would hurt to run forestprep and domainprep on the dc
first, then if that works, exchange setup on the other server. i'd give it
a try.

"james jones" <jamesjones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Quote:
I attempted to run the forrest prep on exchange box but it failed same
error.
Should i run it on the PDC first?

"seth" wrote:

did you run setup with the /forestprep and then /domainprep switches
first?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312371

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312407


"james jones" <james jones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:620D4B3B-1D63-429C-B3B8-4115D47A4CCA@microsoft.com...
Setting up test environment. One Exchange server 2003, One PDC Server
2003.
The exchange server is able to log on to the domain, however when i
attempt
to install exchange 2003 i get an error that states that exchange
cannot
connect to the active directory shema.
Please reply to jhale@beacondist.com.. thanks


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james jones
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2005 4:59 am    Post subject: Re: What am I missing? Reply with quote

Thanks for ther replay....I ran the forrest prep and the domain prep on the
PDC. When i attempted to install exchange i received the error that it
couldnt contact the schema Active direcectory

"seth" wrote:

Quote:
do you see any errors in the event log?
i don't think it would hurt to run forestprep and domainprep on the dc
first, then if that works, exchange setup on the other server. i'd give it
a try.

"james jones" <jamesjones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B79EEF6F-5C3B-48D0-A774-BA91ACE07988@microsoft.com...
I attempted to run the forrest prep on exchange box but it failed same
error.
Should i run it on the PDC first?

"seth" wrote:

did you run setup with the /forestprep and then /domainprep switches
first?

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312371

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;312407


"james jones" <james jones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:620D4B3B-1D63-429C-B3B8-4115D47A4CCA@microsoft.com...
Setting up test environment. One Exchange server 2003, One PDC Server
2003.
The exchange server is able to log on to the domain, however when i
attempt
to install exchange 2003 i get an error that states that exchange
cannot
connect to the active directory shema.
Please reply to jhale@beacondist.com.. thanks





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