Re: Exchange 2007 on new Win2008x64 Hyper-v won't install...

WOW.. That was exactly it... Why am I seemingly either the least observant
person ever to have used Google, or the only person to have had this
problem!!

It's odd - I would have thought that a local administrator (vs. a domain
user/administrator) should be the LAST account to be used to install
something like Exchange!!

Well, thanks so much!! I Should be well on the way now!

-Steve


"Gaurhoth" <gaurhoth.usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Steve,

Are you running SETUP from your install media/source 'As Administrator'? I
found this necessary in Windows 2008. Doesn't seem exchange team included
whatever flag/manifest is necessary for UAC prompt.

Just open the source media folder, right click on SETUP and choose 'Run As
Administrator'.

Gaurhoth

Steve Jones wrote:
That file doesn't exist.. Even searching the entire C: drive, including
hidden/system files.. I guess it's dying even before the logging is
starting..


"Tony Brown" <TonyBrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Steve,

there should be an exchangesetuplog in the root of the drive - can you
delete it - try running setup again, then post the contents of the
file??

(deleting it just makes it easier to read - as it will contain all
attempts
to install...)

thanks,

Tony Brown MCSE +M +S
www.phillipstaylorbrown.com

"Steve Jones" wrote:


Thanks for the response... Right after my post, I actually did copy
the
whole source disk local just to exclude that as a problem... same
result.

Looking at the link you provided (thanks!) I tried the "Setup
/PrepareLegacyExchangePermissions" and it gave me the same error in the
command prompt window, as what I got from the GUI before...: So, that
apparently is the cause of my problem... Still dont know the root
cause, or
solution though.. According to:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997914(EXCHG.80).aspx that
command can be run on the server which will later run Exchange (which I
presume is what the setup is trying to do) but it fails on that machine
and
on a new 2008 DC I installed in the domain. I also tried, just to make
sure, on a 2003 DC, and was told that the app wasn't compatible w/ that
OS
(presumably, it's x64 I guess)..

Any idea why that would fail?? It seems from the description, to be a
fairly straight forward rights modification process..

-Steve





"Tony Brown" <TonyBrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Steve,

I think the 'source' error is only referring to the event log.... I
don't
think it's referring to the install source - but copy the whole CD to
the
c:
drive anyway just to be sure....

Have you done the domain preps?

http://blogs.technet.com/ucedsg/archive/2008/09/29/exchange-2007-and-windows-2008-ad.aspx

Tony Brown MCSE +M +S
www.phillipstaylorbrown.com

"Steve Jones" wrote:


I've got a lab (aka: home) with an established Win2k3 / Exchange 2k3
environment that's working fine.

I installed a brand new server for 2008x64 (AMD x64 Quad-core with 6
gigs
RAM) and have sucessfully moved a couple pre-existing VMs over to the
Hyper-V environment, but now I'm trying to create a new Exchange
2007
server...

The server comes up fine, and I did get through the prerequisites as
listed
on the setup wizard. I also found reference to turning on remote
administrative roles, which I did. I am logged in as a domain admin,
but
when I try to hit "step 4: Install Microsoft Exchange", it starts,
then
quickly tells me:

"Setup Failed due to insufficient permissions. Please make sure the
current
user has local administrator permissions. Error: The source was
not
found, but some or all event logs could not be searched.
Inaccessible
log:
Security."

Even though it makes no sense, I put my domain account in the local
administrators group, and I have made sure I can get to the security
event
log. I'm not sure what this thing is trying to tell me.. Regarding
"Source
not found", I have the install media mounted virtually from an ISO,
but
it
seems to be reading it fine..

Anyone have a clue what this could be? I can't believe I'm having
this
problem, and haven't seen anyone else post about it!!

Thanks in advance!

-Steve Jones











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