Re: Exchange on VMWare

Run dcdiag/netdiag (part of windows support tools) and post any
errors, it should report who your schema master is and if there are
any issues contacting it.


James Chong (MVP)
MCSE | M+, S+, MCTS, Security+
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On Mar 18, 7:46 am, ChrisW (MCP) <ChrisW...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Yes yes and yes :) On ym vmware network there is just one XP machine, one
member server (which im trying to install exchange 2003 on) and one DC. I'm
logged in as domain admin, which is in the schema admins etc

"Chris Scharff [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:



On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:04:10 -0700, ChrisW (MCP)
<ChrisW...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi All,

I use Vmware a lot and have configured my own network on it with a windows
2003 AD. I have checked all prerequisits for exchange 2003 but whenever I try
and install exchange i get an error saying the schema master could not be
contacted. I researched this but found that this supposedly only happens when
you have had an exchange 5.5 org before...which I havent. I crteated a new
set of vmware machines and it worked fine this time. However, I have
formatted my PC and rebuilt the vmware machines and now get the same problem.
I can install exchange on the DC, but obviously i should be able to install
it on a member 2003 server. I can ping from each server to the other and the
DC definately holds the schema master role. Any suggestions?

Is your Exchange server using the correct DNS server? Is the GC
properly registered in DNS? Are you logged in with an account which
has appropriate permissions to the schema?

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Chris Scharff
Messaging Services Architect
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