Re: Exchange on VMWare

Nah. I suspect the same as the others: your name resolution is not setup
properly. Interested to hear otherwise, but I see no reason to think you
have yet setup your network to handle the name resolution such that your
domain controller can be found.

the netdiag and dcdiag outputs asked for should show that if you run it from
multiple points (both the DC and the server you want to install Exchange on
should do)


"Robertis Tongbram" <RobertisTongbram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:46F03D7D-F63C-45C4-8728-A9D8D07E1188@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi,

Mine worked when i installed DC, AD and the Exchange server on new
machine.
What I 'd suggest is to install the Active Directory, and install the
exchange server nicely from scratch in a different machine. Install it by
running ForestPrep and DomainPrep properly. When it complains that it
cannot
contact the schema master , then I 'd sespect the Domain Controller.

Hope you find this useful:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb123643.aspx

Robertis






"Jamestechman" wrote:

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+
msexchangetips.blogspot.com


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?

--
Chris Scharff
Messaging Services Architect
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