Re: trouble joining exchange 5.5 domain

From: Doug Blanchard [MSFT] (dblanch_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/16/04


Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 17:19:15 -0500


.Net framework does not need to be installed.

There might be some old data in AD that references the invalid domain name.
A SKCC might be required. Contact Microsoft PSS for information on how to
run a SKCC.

289671 XADM: Invalid Character Error Occurs When You Upgrade or Join an
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=289671

Doug Blanchard [MSFT]
Microsoft PSS

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"BOB" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:e3ff01c40b8e$0a637bd0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>
> Greetings,
>
> I manage a win2000 AD native domain (single forest, single
> domain, no children) and a single exchange 5.5 server
> using the ADC to sync with AD. I get the following
> message when trying to add an exchange 2000 server to the
> existing exchange 5.5 site.
>
> Setup has determined the display name of the Organization
> or one of the Exchange Sites in your Organization is
> greater than 64 characters or contains at least one of the
> following invalid characters: (including a leading and/or
> trailing space). To correct this, you must use the
> Exchange 5.x Administration tool to change the display
> name of either the organization and/or the affected Sites
> and then re-run setup.
>
> I've read Knowledge Base Article 289671 about invalid
> characters in the site or organization display name, but
> these symptoms don't apply to my situation. The names are
> valid and don't contain more than 64 characters.
>
> Does the .Net Framework need to be installed on the
> win2000 server running Exchange 5.5 before other Exchange
> 2000 mail servers can join the existing Exchange 5.5 mail
> domain?
>
> Any ideas how to resolve this situation?
>
> Bob
>



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