Upgrading Ex5.5 to Ex2k3

I have a 5.5 Exch server that sits on a single domain in which we run AD on a
2k system. I am upgrading to Ex2k3. The new Exch will be on a Win2k3 server.
During the setup, on the Service account window when trying to assign
username and password for the Microsoft Exchange Forst Preparation component,
the username and domain and greyed out and I can only enter the password. The
"Domain\Username" is correct so I enter the password and get "This account
must be valid before continuing. The account is valid, not locked, password
meets requirements, and is not locked down to specific machines. Any ideas?

Leif
Wed Jul 12 13:09:51 CDT 2006

Hi,

Did you run Exchange setup /forestprep?

You need to have schema admin and enterprise admin permissions to run this
command. If you temporarely (while running setup - if permitted) add the 5.5
service account to these groups it should work.

Leif

"RlWoods" <RlWoods@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 5.5 Exch server that sits on a single domain in which we run AD on
>a
> 2k system. I am upgrading to Ex2k3. The new Exch will be on a Win2k3
> server.
> During the setup, on the Service account window when trying to assign
> username and password for the Microsoft Exchange Forst Preparation
> component,
> the username and domain and greyed out and I can only enter the password.
> The
> "Domain\Username" is correct so I enter the password and get "This account
> must be valid before continuing. The account is valid, not locked,
> password
> meets requirements, and is not locked down to specific machines. Any
> ideas?

RlWoods
Wed Jul 12 13:45:41 CDT 2006

I did run that procees during my pre-installation process. The username I am
using has both of those permissions

Leif
Thu Jul 13 16:38:42 CDT 2006

Hi,

And the account also has local administrator permissions on the server you
are trying to install on?

Look into the exchange server setup file located in the root of the c
drive - this might give a clue.

Leif

"RlWoods" <RlWoods@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I did run that procees during my pre-installation process. The username I
>am
> using has both of those permissions