Microsoft KB Archive/281658

= XADM: Exchange 2000 SETUP /FORESTPREP Fails with an Ambiguous Error Message =

Article ID: 281658

Article Last Modified on 2/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q281658



SYMPTOMS
While you are attempting to run the Exchange 2000 Server setup /forestprep command to join an existing Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 site, you may receive the following error message:

Setup has determined the display name of the Organization or one of the Exchange Sites in your Organization is greater than 64 characters or contains at least one of the following invalid characters: ~´!@#$%^*_+= etc... To correct this, you must use the Exchange 5.X Administration tool to change the display name of either the organization and/or the affected Sites and then re-run setup.

The following entries might appear in the &quot;Exchange Server Setup Progress&quot; log:

[15:53:03] Unable to find object

/o=OrgName/ou= SiteName/cn=Configuration/cn=Servers/cn=ServerName/cn=Protocols/cn=LDAP.

[15:53:03] CDapi::ScReadAttributes(K:\admin\src\libs\exsetup\dapiaccess.cxx:313)

Error code 0XC103FC93 (64659): Unable to find object/o=OrgName/ou= SiteName/cn=Configuration/cn=Servers/cn=ServerName/cn=Protocols/cn=LDAP.

[15:53:03]::ScFindLDAPPortNumberUsingDAPI(K:\admin\src\libs\exsetup\dapiaccess.cxx:682)

Error code 0XC103FC93 (64659): Unable to find object /o=OrgName/ou= SiteName/cn=Configuration/cn=Servers/cn=ServerName/cn=Protocols/cn=LDAP.

[15:53:03] Leaving ::ScFindLDAPPortNumberUsingDAPI

[15:54:08] === IGNORING PREVIOUS ERRORS ===

CComExchSetupComponent::HrValidateAndSave55ServerNamePage

(K:\admin\src\udog\bo\ui\server_page.cxx:133)

The operation has completed successfully.

[15:54:13] Entering ::ScFindLDAPPortNumberUsingDAPI

[15:54:13] Entering CDapi::ScInitialize

[15:54:13] Leaving CDapi::ScInitialize

[15:54:13] Entering CDapi::ScBind

[15:54:13] Entering CDapi::ScGetSiteInfo

[15:54:13] Leaving CDapi::ScGetSiteInfo

[15:54:16] Leaving CDapi::ScBind

[15:54:16] Entering CDapi::ScReadAttributes

[15:54:16] Leaving CDapi::ScReadAttributes

[15:54:16] Entering CDapi::ScReadAttributes

[15:54:16] Leaving CDapi::ScReadAttributes

[15:54:16] Leaving ::ScFindLDAPPortNumberUsingDAPI

[15:54:39] Attempting to detect the 55 Org and Site names from the 5 server

[15:54:39] Entering ::ScGet55SiteAndOrg

[15:54:39] Leaving ::ScGet55SiteAndOrg

[15:54:39] Using cached result to decide if the 55 server has SP3 installed

[15:54:39] Using cached result to decide if Setup has perms on the 55 Org, Site, and Config containers

[15:54:39] Attempting to read the 55 Org and Site names from 55 DS on server (ServerName)

[15:54:39] Entering ::ScGet55SiteAndOrg

[15:54:39] Leaving ::ScGet55SiteAndOrg

[15:54:39] Reading all the sites from the 5.5 directory (DN=/o=OrgName)

[15:54:39] Site contains invalid characters - this will need to be renamed to continue



CAUSE
This error message is generated even though the Organization and Site display names do not contain invalid characters.

The real cause of this problem is the reconfigured Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) port on the Exchange Server 5.5 computer. The ForestPrep portion of Exchange 2000 Setup expects the Exchange Server 5.5 directory to be listening on the default LDAP port (389). If the Exchange Server 5.5 computer has been reconfigured to use a different LDAP port, then Setup can fail.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem:
 * 1) Set the Connection Agreement Schedule to Never.
 * 2) Change the LDAP port on the Exchange Server 5.5 computer back to 389.
 * 3) Stop, and then restart the directory service.
 * 4) Re-run Setup.

NOTE: After you change the LDAP port on the Exchange Server 5.5 computer, you may need to restart the directory service.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

255256 XADM: Upgrade Fails When Exchange Server 5.5 LDAP Port Has Been Reconfigured

293376 XADM: 0x8007203a Error Message Occurs When You Run SETUP /FORESTPREP in Exchange 2000

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