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by blichtig

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I have a member 2003 server in a primary domain controller and I can not get Exchange to install. I get the following error when running a domain prep:

D:\>setup /PrepareAD /OrganizationName:northern-pharmacy

Welcome to Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Unattended Setup

Preparing Exchange Setup

No server roles will be installed

Performing Microsoft Exchange Server Prerequisite Check

Organization Checks ......................... FAILED
Setup needs to contact the Active Directory schema master but this computer
is not in the same Active Directory domain as the schema master (DC=northernpha
rmacy,DC=com).

Setup encountered a problem while validating the state of Active Directory:
Exchange organization-level objects have not been created, and setup cannot cre
ate them because the local computer is not in the same domain and site as the sc
hema master. Run setup with the /prepareAD parameter on a computer in the domai
n northernpharmacy and site Northern-Pharmacy, and wait for replication to compl
ete.

The Exchange Server setup operation did not complete. Visit http://support.micro
soft.com and enter the Error ID to find more information.

Exchange Server setup encountered an error.

I also get the following error when running the setup inside the child domain. I can ping the primary domain by DNS name but Exchange 07 will not install. Here is the error I get:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MSExchange ADAccess
Event Category: Devices
Event ID: 2152
Date: 5/18/2008
Time: 11:00:23 AM
User: N/A
Computer: EXCHANGE07
Description:
The description for Event ID ( 2152 ) in Source ( MSExchange ADAccess ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: ExSetupUI.exe, 1428, 1753, Error 6d9 from HrGetServersForRole.

How do I get this member server to work so I can install Exchange 07?? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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by bart777

Either your server is not looking to the correct DNS server or there is a problem with your FSMO roles.

First confirm that your server is pointing to your DC as it's DNS server. If not change the settings to point only to the FSMO role holder.

And on that note verify that the 5 FSMO roles are correctly configured and accessible. Use this link to assist you in discovering who holds each role.
http://www.petri.co.il/determining_fsmo_role_holders.htm

Once all of this is correct you should be able to upgrade without further errors from AD getting in your way.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

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