Error running setup /prepareAD

We are getting ready to install Exchange 2007 into our Forest. I have been
tasked with updating Active Directory in preparation for this.

I've been testing in my lab (three laptops, each with a VM of a DC installed
on it) I have a forest that has 3 domains, the root, then domain 1, domain 2.

Domain 1 currently has Exchange 2003 installed, we are migrating everything
to domain 2. Domain 2 is where the Exchange2007 servers will be installed.

I have been able to successfully upgrade the schema running setup
/prepareschema
I then ran setup /preparelegacyexchangepermissions

I then tried to run setup /preparealldomains. This failed, it said I need
to run setup /prepareAD
I ran setup /prepareAD and it fails, it says I need to specify an
Organization name
I checked in ADSIEDIT found the Exchange container under the Configuration
Partition and saw the "organization name"
I ran setup /prepareAD /Organizationname:"organization name"
It failed with the error I did not give it a valid organization name.

This whole process is driving me nuts. I've downloaded the white paper on
how to prepare AD for Exchange 2007 but I'm stuck on this last bit.

Thanks for your help.

"Howard Goldstein" <> wrote in message news:309E3963-7577-4A49-86BC-...
> We are getting ready to install Exchange 2007 into our Forest. I have been
> tasked with updating Active Directory in preparation for this.
>
> I've been testing in my lab (three laptops, each with a VM of a DC installed
> on it) I have a forest that has 3 domains, the root, then domain 1, domain 2.
>
> Domain 1 currently has Exchange 2003 installed, we are migrating everything
> to domain 2. Domain 2 is where the Exchange2007 servers will be installed.
>
> I have been able to successfully upgrade the schema running setup
> /prepareschema
> I then ran setup /preparelegacyexchangepermissions
>
> I then tried to run setup /preparealldomains. This failed, it said I need
> to run setup /prepareAD
> I ran setup /prepareAD and it fails, it says I need to specify an
> Organization name
> I checked in ADSIEDIT found the Exchange container under the Configuration
> Partition and saw the "organization name"
> I ran setup /prepareAD /Organizationname:"organization name"
> It failed with the error I did not give it a valid organization name.
>
> This whole process is driving me nuts. I've downloaded the white paper on
> how to prepare AD for Exchange 2007 but I'm stuck on this last bit.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>


Were the spaces, etc, in the org name properly provided? Were you logged on as the EA when running it?

What errors do you see on any of the DCs' event logs?


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