Good afternoon, all!

I'm setting up a new Exchange infrastructure in our company.  The setup I have is very similar to this posting, except that I have double-checked the IPv6 on both domain controllers and the new 2012 R2 server that Exchange will run on. This server is the first in a planned four-server design: two CAS/Mailbox and two Edge Transport servers. We don't use IPv6 internally yet, so all the IPv6 configs point to link local.  The error after Transport service timed out was:

Error:
The following error was generated when "$error.Clear(); 
          $maxWait = New-TimeSpan -Minutes 8
          $timeout = Get-Date;
          $timeout = $timeout.Add($maxWait);
          $currTime = Get-Date;
          $successfullySetConfigDC = $false;

          while($currTime -le $timeout)
          {
            $setSharedCDCErrors = @();
            try
            {
              Set-SharedConfigDC -DomainController $RoleDomainController -ErrorVariable setSharedCDCErrors -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue;
              $successfullySetConfigDC = ($setSharedCDCErrors.Count -eq 0);

              if($successfullySetConfigDC)
              {
                break;
              }
              Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Info ("An error ocurred while setting shared config DC. Error: " + $setSharedCDCErrors[0]);
            }
            catch
            {
              Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Info ("An exception ocurred while setting shared config DC. Exception: " + $_.Exception.Message);
            }

            Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Info ("Waiting 30 seconds before attempting again.");
            Start-Sleep -Seconds 30;
            $currTime = Get-Date;
          }

          if( -not $successfullySetConfigDC)
          {
            Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Error "Unable to set shared config DC.";
          }
        " was run: "Unable to set shared config DC.".

I've checked the ping and DNS resolves, the new server is a domain member.  Here's a section toward the end of the Exchange Installation log:

[09/03/2015 18:21:51.0473] [2] Ending processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[09/03/2015 18:21:51.0473] [2] Beginning processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[09/03/2015 18:21:51.0473] [2] Waiting 30 seconds before attempting again.
[09/03/2015 18:21:51.0473] [2] Ending processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[09/03/2015 18:22:21.0462] [2] Active Directory session settings for 'Set-SharedConfigDC' are: View Entire Forest: 'True', Configuration Domain Controller: 'isc1.iscinternational.net', Preferred Global Catalog: 'isc1.iscinternational.net', Preferred Domain Controllers: '{ isc1.iscinternational.net }'
[09/03/2015 18:22:21.0462] [2] User specified parameters:  -DomainController:'isc1.iscinternational.net' -ErrorVariable:'setSharedCDCErrors' -ErrorAction:'SilentlyContinue'
[09/03/2015 18:22:21.0462] [2] Beginning processing Set-SharedConfigDC
[09/03/2015 18:22:21.0680] [2] The call to Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service on server 'TopologyClientTcpEndpoint (localhost)' returned an error. Error details No Suitable Directory Servers Found in Forest iscinternational.net Site Default-First-Site-Name..
[09/03/2015 18:22:21.0680] [2] No Suitable Directory Servers Found in Forest iscinternational.net Site Default-First-Site-Name.
[09/03/2015 18:22:21.0680] [2] The call to Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service on server 'TopologyClientTcpEndpoint (localhost)' returned an error. Error details No Suitable Directory Servers Found in Forest iscinternational.net Site Default-First-Site-Name..
[09/03/2015 18:22:21.0680] [2] No Suitable Directory Servers Found in Forest iscinternational.net Site Default-First-Site-Name.
[09/03/2015 18:22:21.0680] [2] Ending processing Set-SharedConfigDC
[09/03/2015 18:22:21.0680] [2] Beginning processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[09/03/2015 18:22:21.0696] [2] An error ocurred while setting shared config DC. Error: The call to Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology service on server 'TopologyClientTcpEndpoint (localhost)' returned an error. Error details No Suitable Directory Servers Found in Forest iscinternational.net Site Default-First-Site-Name..
[09/03/2015 18:22:21.0696] [2] Ending processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[09/03/2015 18:22:21.0696] [2] Beginning processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[09/03/2015 18:22:21.0696] [2] Waiting 30 seconds before attempting again.
[09/03/2015 18:22:21.0696] [2] Ending processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[09/03/2015 18:22:51.0690] [2] Beginning processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[09/03/2015 18:22:51.0690] [2] [ERROR] Unable to set shared config DC.
[09/03/2015 18:22:51.0690] [2] [ERROR] Unable to set shared config DC.
[09/03/2015 18:22:51.0690] [2] Ending processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
[09/03/2015 18:22:51.0706] [1] The following 1 error(s) occurred during task execution:
[09/03/2015 18:22:51.0721] [1] 0.  ErrorRecord: Unable to set shared config DC.
[09/03/2015 18:22:51.0721] [1] 0.  ErrorRecord: System.Exception: Unable to set shared config DC.
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.WriteError(Exception exception, ErrorCategory category, Object target, Boolean reThrow, String helpUrl)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.WriteError(Exception exception, ErrorCategory category, Object target)
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Deployment.WriteExchangeSetupLog.InternalProcessRecord()
   at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.ProcessRecord()
[09/03/2015 18:22:51.0753] [1] [ERROR] The following error was generated when "$error.Clear(); 
          $maxWait = New-TimeSpan -Minutes 8
          $timeout = Get-Date;
          $timeout = $timeout.Add($maxWait);
          $currTime = Get-Date;
          $successfullySetConfigDC = $false;

          while($currTime -le $timeout)
          {
            $setSharedCDCErrors = @();
            try
            {
              Set-SharedConfigDC -DomainController $RoleDomainController -ErrorVariable setSharedCDCErrors -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue;
              $successfullySetConfigDC = ($setSharedCDCErrors.Count -eq 0);

              if($successfullySetConfigDC)
              {
                break;
              }
              Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Info ("An error ocurred while setting shared config DC. Error: " + $setSharedCDCErrors[0]);
            }
            catch
            {
              Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Info ("An exception ocurred while setting shared config DC. Exception: " + $_.Exception.Message);
            }

            Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Info ("Waiting 30 seconds before attempting again.");
            Start-Sleep -Seconds 30;
            $currTime = Get-Date;
          }

          if( -not $successfullySetConfigDC)
          {
            Write-ExchangeSetupLog -Error "Unable to set shared config DC.";
          }
        " was run: "Unable to set shared config DC.".
[09/03/2015 18:22:51.0753] [1] [ERROR] Unable to set shared config DC.
[09/03/2015 18:22:51.0753] [1] [ERROR-REFERENCE] Id=AllADRolesCommonServiceControl___ee47ab1c06fb47919398e2e95ed99c6c Component=EXCHANGE14:\Current\Release\Shared\Datacenter\Setup
[09/03/2015 18:22:51.0768] [1] Setup is stopping now because of one or more critical errors.
[09/03/2015 18:22:51.0768] [1] Finished executing component tasks.
[09/03/2015 18:22:51.0862] [1] Ending processing Install-BridgeheadRole

I suspect there's a problem with the Site Default-First-Site-Name part - I did specify a new Exchange Organization name during the first part of setup.

One other detail - this is a 2008 R2 domain, and the nearest DC had a problem with the Network Location - it thought the adapter was in the Public zone. I thought this might be the problem and fixed that by disabling/re-enabling the adapter, but that didn't help the Exchange install.  The second DC was probably registering the Exchange information.

Two questions, then: first, can I rescue this installation, or would I be faster or better off killing this server and spinning up a new one (this is on VMware 5.5)?  I would much rather fix this one than start again.  And second, what issues might I encounter as a result of this failed installation?  Will the install wizard pick up the changes to the AD schema?  I'm pretty sure that won't be a problem, but I don't know for certain.

Thanks to all for looking!

Gregg

Hi,

I would fix this issue first. Following are my suggested steps:

1. Locate Microsoft.Exchange.Directory.TopologyService.exe.config File , By Default It Should Be Under "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Bin"
2. Open NotePad As Administrator & Then Open Microsoft.Exchange.Directory.TopologyService.exe.config File
3. Locate "Topology MinimumPrefixMatch"
   
4. Add MinSuitableServer = "1"
   
5. Save The File & Restart Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology Services.

Best Regards.

Hi Gregg,

Read the logs check till what part it has completed. CHeck the Schema and Domain update values to confirm if it has updated.

Read the how it worked part of this article .

Failed installs might sometime give issues, if it was in between major AD changes.

I got to Microsoft Support and here's what we found:

During the AD Prep stage one of the permissions that is set in the default domain controllers group policy was not transferred to the custom domain controllers policy.  Support found a plethora of Event 2112 in Windows Event Viewer that pointed to the permission.  Fixed that and Exchange installed just fine.

Going to put that one into the "better check that next time" bin.

Thanks to all for looking!

I got to Microsoft Support and here's what we found:

During the AD Prep stage one of the permissions that is set in the default domain controllers group policy was not transferred to the custom domain controllers policy.  Support found a plethora of Event 2112 in Windows Event Viewer that pointed to the permission.  Fixed that and Exchange installed just fine.

Going to put that one into the "better check that next time" bin.

Thanks to all for looking!

• Proposed as answer by Satyajit321 Monday, September 07, 2015 6:11 AM

I got to Microsoft Support and here's what we found:

During the AD Prep stage one of the permissions that is set in the default domain controllers group policy was not transferred to the custom domain controllers policy.  Support found a plethora of Event 2112 in Windows Event Viewer that pointed to the permission.  Fixed that and Exchange installed just fine.

Going to put that one into the "better check that next time" bin.

Thanks to all for looking!

• Proposed as answer by Satyajit321 Monday, September 07, 2015 6:11 AM
• Marked as answer by gregg_hughes 17 hours 26 minutes ago

Hi Gregg,

I am running through the exact same senario here. Can you share the steps that you performed with MS Support.

Regards

Jason

Hi, Jason!

I grew up with the notion that the Default Policy should be copied to a policy at the same level then disabled so as to serve as a template.  So at the Domain Controllers level of GP Management I have the Default Domain Controllers Policy and my custom policy.  

In the Default policy under Computer Configuration | Windows Settings | Security Settings | Local POlicies \ User Rights Assignment the item Manage "auditing and security log" should have Administrators and <domain>Exchange Servers listed.  What we did was to change the custom GP to reflect the Exchange Servers group that needed to be there.  The setting pane looks like this:

Let me know if this answers or if you need more info.

Thanks!

Gregg

Hi Gregg,

Please mark the answer and close this post.