So, trying to learn more about this so I'm putting it on an old server at work to learn on...

I keep getting this error during the install

"Could not find the Organization Container"

This is probably/hopefully something retardely easy to fix but I'm unsure what it is.. help, pretty please.

[Edited on September 21, 2007 at 1:57 PM. Reason : asdf]

9/21/2007 1:57:04 PM

what server OS are you installing it onto?

[Edited on September 21, 2007 at 2:04 PM. Reason : it's not gonna work on 2000.]

9/21/2007 2:04:07 PM

2003

9/21/2007 2:05:53 PM

The Exchange Server Analyzer Tool, available as a free download, remotely collects configuration data from each server in the topology and automatically analyzes the data. The resulting report details important configuration issues, potential problems, and nondefault product settings. By following these recommendations, you can achieve better performance, scalability, reliability, and uptime. For more information about the tool or to download the latest versions, see "Microsoft Exchange Analyzers" at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=34707.



try that.

9/21/2007 2:09:39 PM

In step 3 of this:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125224.aspx

using command: setup /PrepareAD [/OrganizationName: ]



The very first thing MS says it does is

"This command performs the following tasks:

* If the Microsoft Exchange container does not exist, this command creates it under CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=."

but for some reason it's giving me an error about not being able to find the organization container..gr. without the organization container the other tool can't do shit either

[Edited on September 21, 2007 at 2:34 PM. Reason : asdf]

9/21/2007 2:33:45 PM

Sounds like AD issues...have you verified that part is working?

9/21/2007 6:09:49 PM

Yeah it seems to be working.. I'll do more to make sure on Monday but damn I couldn't figure it out today.

9/21/2007 6:14:28 PM

Error in event viewer is this:

The description for Event ID ( 2152 ) in Source ( MSExchange ADAccess ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: ExSetupUI.exe, 396, 1753, Error 6d9 from HrGetServersForRole.

9/24/2007 8:04:38 AM

made another account with admin privileges and it installed fine from that account.

9/24/2007 8:17:04 AM

for future reference, that's the magical way to fix most things that are wrong with exchange

make a new user account and try again

it just seems to work :\

9/24/2007 9:11:09 AM

K, thanks. For some reason I forgot to do the obvious of looking in the event viewer logs and seeing what the actual error code was.. pretty obvious after a quick googling of the event ID

9/24/2007 10:42:03 AM