Re: Please Help!

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From: Kirill S. Palagin (kpalagin_at_nomail.phxint.please.ru)
Date: 05/13/04 

Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 12:33:31 +0400

I would install everything as domain admin. In fact I even avoid logging as
local admin. I also join member servers to domain during OS installtion.

Leon McNichol wrote:

> What causes the Exchange 2003 install to fail on the WMI components? For
> various reasons we have had to re-install this several times over the course
> of the last few weeks. We have found that it's not really possible to remove
> an Exchange server from an AD domain and then re-add it. So, we have also
> rebuilt the AD-DC as well.
>
> Last night we formatted both the Exchange server and the Domain Controller,
> and rebuilt them both with Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition. The DC was
> created by adding the role for that and DNS, a valid time server was set,
> and all the updates were applied (as well as being activated). The mail
> server was joined to the AD Domain, and the Exchange install was run.
>
> The WMI components halted the install on the last phase of the install.
>
> It has been random. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't and we can't
> find out why. This is very frustrating, I hope someone can shed some light
> on this.
>
> The only differences we can find from one total rebuild to the next is which
> components are installed as domain admin or local admin.
>
> There are no options for configuration in the Exchange install. We have
> tried different media too.
>
> As I said, a clean slate all around, domain functional level raised to 2000
> native (in preperation for running ADMT after exchange is installed - *if*
> it gets installed), no user accounts other than default, jsut 2 machines,
> Exchange server and DC, DC set up with the wizard and DNS auto configured by
> same, security updates applied only to the DC with the thought that they
> might interfere with the WMI installation (so we apply them after it's on).
>
> Are we missing anything in this process? Once it fails, is there something
> we can change to get it to work?
>
> The KB has been useless because it simply says to make sure it's running. It
> is. No errors relating to it's start up in the event logs. Even stopping and
> restarting it doesn't allow the Exchange install to continue.
>
> Please help.

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