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

Re: What am I missing? by seth

seth
Fri Jan 14 07:55:06 CST 2005

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



Re: What am I missing? by jamesjones

jamesjones
Fri Jan 14 08:07:04 CST 2005

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
>
>
>

Re: What am I missing? by seth

seth
Fri Jan 14 08:29:55 CST 2005

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
>>
>>
>>



Re: What am I missing? by jamesjones

jamesjones
Fri Jan 14 16:59:03 CST 2005

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:

> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>