Dear Experts,

Thanks in advance...

I am not able to Install Exchange server 2013. I have tried my best to Install but not success. Please find my system configuration.

Dell Laptop Intel I5 1.7 GHZ

RAM -8GB

Vmware workstation 9.

Steps I followed

1. Created a VM inside Vmware and Installed windows 2012 Std. Edition
2. Memory assigned to VM is 1 GB
3. All prerequisites completed and tried to Install Exchange server 2013 SP1
4. During installation it asked me to select the  role to Install and I selected Mailbox server role and CAS
5. Exchange setup process started at 3 P.M till 9 P.M setup was not finished finally setup process halt and I got the error  setup could not completed .

Please find the logs for your reference.............

04/13/2015 08:41:02.0303] [0] **********************************************

[04/13/2015 08:41:02.0303] [0] Starting Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1 Setup

[04/13/2015 08:41:02.0303] [0] **********************************************

[04/13/2015 08:41:02.0303] [0] Local time zone: (UTC+05:30) Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi.

[04/13/2015 08:41:02.0303] [0] Operating system version: Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0.

[04/13/2015 08:41:02.0328] [0] Setup version: 15.0.847.32.

[04/13/2015 08:41:02.0328] [0] Logged on user: WIN-4D2C2JMF5R1\Administrator.

[04/13/2015 08:41:02.0336] [0] The registry key, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\V15\Setup, wasn't found.

[04/13/2015 08:41:02.0368] [0] The registry key, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\V15\Setup, wasn't found.

[04/13/2015 08:41:02.0600] [0] Command Line Parameter Name='sourcedir', Value='C:\Softwares\Exch-13'.

[04/13/2015 08:41:02.0615] [0] Command Line Parameter Name='mode', Value='Install'.

[04/13/2015 08:41:02.0632] [0] RuntimeAssembly was started with the following command: '/sourcedir:C:\Softwares\Exch-13 /mode:Install'.

[04/13/2015 08:41:02.0632] [0] The registry key, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\V15\Setup, wasn't found.

[04/13/2015 08:41:05.0504] [0] Finished loading screen CheckForUpdatesPage.

[04/13/2015 08:41:13.0567] [0] Starting file's copying...

[04/13/2015 08:41:13.0599] [0] Setup copy files from 'C:\Softwares\Exch-13\Setup\ServerRoles\Common' to 'C:\Windows\Temp\ExchangeSetup'

[04/13/2015 08:41:13.0794] [0] Finished loading screen CopyFilesPage.

[04/13/2015 08:41:15.0033] [0] Disk space required: 1826493368 bytes.

[04/13/2015 08:41:15.0033] [0] Disk space available: 46620041216 bytes.

[04/13/2015 08:42:55.0484] [0] Finished loading screen InitializingSetupPage.

[04/13/2015 08:42:55.0484] [0] File's copying finished.

[04/13/2015 08:43:13.0922] [0] Setup is choosing the domain controller to use

[04/13/2015 08:43:28.0885] [0] Setup is choosing a local domain controller...

[04/13/2015 08:43:32.0221] [0] [ERROR] Setup encountered a problem while validating the state of Active Directory: Active Directory server  is not available. Error message: Active directory response: The LDAP server is unavailable.  See the Exchange setup log for more information on this error.

[04/13/2015 08:43:32.0335] [0] [ERROR] Active Directory server  is not available. Error message: Active directory response: The LDAP server is unavailable.

[04/13/2015 08:43:32.0366] [0] [ERROR] The LDAP server is unavailable.

[04/13/2015 08:43:32.0366] [0] Setup will use the domain controller ''.

[04/13/2015 08:43:32.0366] [0] Setup will use the global catalog ''.

[04/13/2015 08:43:32.0596] [0] No Exchange configuration container was found for the organization. Message: 'Active Directory server  is not available. Error message: Active directory response: The LDAP server is unavailable.'.

[04/13/2015 08:43:32.0707] [0] The following roles have been unpacked:

[04/13/2015 08:43:32.0721] [0] The following datacenter roles are unpacked:

[04/13/2015 08:43:32.0739] [0] The following roles are installed:

[04/13/2015 08:43:32.0739] [0] The local server does not have any Exchange files installed.

[04/13/2015 08:43:32.0834] [0] Server Name=WIN-4D2C2JMF5R1

[04/13/2015 08:43:33.0032] [0] Setup will use the path 'C:\Softwares\Exch-13' for installing Exchange.

[04/13/2015 08:43:33.0084] [0] The installation mode is set to: 'Install'.

[04/13/2015 08:43:51.0460] [0] Exchange organization name is required for this mode.

[04/13/2015 08:43:51.0460] [0] Active Directory Initialization status : 'False'.

[04/13/2015 08:43:51.0472] [0] Schema Update Required Status : 'False'.

[04/13/2015 08:43:51.0472] [0] Organization Configuration Update Required Status : 'False'.

[04/13/2015 08:43:51.0472] [0] Domain Configuration Update Required Status : 'False'.

[04/13/2015 08:43:51.0536] [0] Applying default role selection state

[04/13/2015 08:43:51.0565] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.

[04/13/2015 08:43:51.0565] [0] Setup will run from path 'C:\Windows\Temp\ExchangeSetup'.

[04/13/2015 08:43:51.0565] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 0 DataHandlers

[04/13/2015 08:43:51.0565] [0] RootDataHandler has 1 DataHandlers

[04/13/2015 08:43:52.0848] [0] CurrentResult launcherbase.maincore:90: 0

[04/13/2015 08:43:53.0067] [0] Finished loading screen WelcomePage.

[04/13/2015 08:44:06.0654] [0] Finished loading screen EULAPage.

[04/13/2015 08:44:10.0679] [0] Finished loading screen RecommendedSettingsPage.

[04/13/2015 08:44:13.0814] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.

[04/13/2015 08:44:13.0814] [0] Because the value was specified, setup is setting the argument OrganizationName to the value First Organization.

[04/13/2015 08:44:13.0814] [0] Setup will run from path 'C:\Windows\Temp\ExchangeSetup'.

[04/13/2015 08:44:13.0844] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 8 DataHandlers

[04/13/2015 08:44:14.0048] [0] Finished loading screen RoleSelectionPage.

[04/13/2015 08:44:18.0619] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.

[04/13/2015 08:44:18.0619] [0] Because the value was specified, setup is setting the argument OrganizationName to the value First Organization.

[04/13/2015 08:44:18.0619] [0] Setup will run from path 'C:\Windows\Temp\ExchangeSetup'.

[04/13/2015 08:44:18.0632] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 9 DataHandlers

[04/13/2015 08:44:18.0632] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.

[04/13/2015 08:44:18.0632] [0] Because the value was specified, setup is setting the argument OrganizationName to the value First Organization.

[04/13/2015 08:44:18.0632] [0] Setup will run from path 'C:\Windows\Temp\ExchangeSetup'.

[04/13/2015 08:44:18.0632] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 10 DataHandlers

[04/13/2015 08:44:18.0632] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.

[04/13/2015 08:44:18.0632] [0] Because the value was specified, setup is setting the argument OrganizationName to the value First Organization.

[04/13/2015 08:44:18.0632] [0] Setup will run from path 'C:\Windows\Temp\ExchangeSetup'.

[04/13/2015 08:44:18.0632] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 11 DataHandlers

[04/13/2015 08:44:18.0648] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.

[04/13/2015 08:44:18.0648] [0] Because the value was specified, setup is setting the argument OrganizationName to the value First Organization.

[04/13/2015 08:44:18.0648] [0] Setup will run from path 'C:\Windows\Temp\ExchangeSetup'.

[04/13/2015 08:44:18.0648] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 12 DataHandlers

[04/13/2015 08:44:22.0644] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.

[04/13/2015 08:44:22.0644] [0] Because the value was specified, setup is setting the argument OrganizationName to the value First Organization.

[04/13/2015 08:44:22.0644] [0] Setup will run from path 'C:\Windows\Temp\ExchangeSetup'.

[04/13/2015 08:44:22.0644] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 13 DataHandlers

[04/13/2015 08:44:22.0644] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.

[04/13/2015 08:44:22.0644] [0] Because the value was specified, setup is setting the argument OrganizationName to the value First Organization.

[04/13/2015 08:44:22.0644] [0] Setup will run from path 'C:\Windows\Temp\ExchangeSetup'.

[04/13/2015 08:44:22.0656] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 14 DataHandlers

[04/13/2015 08:46:00.0423] [0] Finished loading screen InstallationSpaceAndLocationPage.

[04/13/2015 08:46:28.0427] [0] Finished loading screen ExchangeOrganizationPage.

[04/13/2015 08:46:30.0221] [0] Finished loading screen

Regards

Biswajeet

Hi,

1GB mem is way to low,4GB shouldnt be an issue.

2GB installation should be ok,but during boot some services wont start and you will have to start them manually.

So min recomended without any issues is 4gb.

It looks like it's saying it can't find a domain controller for the domain you're installing it into. Is this going to be a single server test environment? If so, did you create the forest and domain, and promote the server to a domain controller?

I don't think 1GB for the VM is going to be anywhere near enough :-)  I've seen it done in 2GB, and even then it struggles to start up properly.

Hi Lee,

Yes this is a test environment and I have already created forest and domain and promoted the server.

Regards

Biswajeet

Hi

1) I agree that 1GB of RAM is really low, but it is not the main issue

2) Is Windows server domain joined? Are you logged on the server as Domain admin with Schema admin permissions? Based on log you are logged in as "WIN-4D2C2JMF5R1\Administrator", which looks like a local admin, not a domain account.

Hi,

Thanks for reply yes windows server domain joined and the administrator has full rights and it is the member of Enterprise admin and schema admin.

Regards

Biswajeet

Can you run a health check on your Domain Controller?

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731968.aspx

Hi,

Please find the DC Health check report.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]
(c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Administrator>dcdiag

Directory Server Diagnosis

Performing initial setup:
   Trying to find home server...
   Home Server = EX-13
   * Identified AD Forest.
   Done gathering initial info.

Doing initial required tests

   Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\EX-13
      Starting test: Connectivity
         ......................... EX-13 passed test Connectivity

Doing primary tests

   Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\EX-13
      Starting test: Advertising
         ......................... EX-13 passed test Advertising
      Starting test: FrsEvent
         ......................... EX-13 passed test FrsEvent
      Starting test: DFSREvent
         ......................... EX-13 passed test DFSREvent
      Starting test: SysVolCheck
         ......................... EX-13 passed test SysVolCheck
      Starting test: KccEvent
         ......................... EX-13 passed test KccEvent
      Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders
         ......................... EX-13 passed test KnowsOfRoleHolders
      Starting test: MachineAccount
         ......................... EX-13 passed test MachineAccount
      Starting test: NCSecDesc
         ......................... EX-13 passed test NCSecDesc
      Starting test: NetLogons
         ......................... EX-13 passed test NetLogons
      Starting test: ObjectsReplicated
         ......................... EX-13 passed test ObjectsReplicated
      Starting test: Replications
         ......................... EX-13 passed test Replications
      Starting test: RidManager
         ......................... EX-13 passed test RidManager
      Starting test: Services
         ......................... EX-13 passed test Services
      Starting test: SystemLog
         An error event occurred.  EventID: 0x0000272C
            Time Generated: 04/14/2015   18:01:37
            Event String:
            DCOM was unable to communicate with the computer fec0:0:0:ffff::1 us
ing any of the configured protocols; requested by PID      4e4 (C:\Windows\syste
m32\dcdiag.exe).
         An error event occurred.  EventID: 0x0000272C
            Time Generated: 04/14/2015   18:01:49
            Event String:
            DCOM was unable to communicate with the computer fec0:0:0:ffff::2 us
ing any of the configured protocols; requested by PID      4e4 (C:\Windows\syste
m32\dcdiag.exe).
         An error event occurred.  EventID: 0x0000272C
            Time Generated: 04/14/2015   18:02:02
            Event String:
            DCOM was unable to communicate with the computer fec0:0:0:ffff::3 us
ing any of the configured protocols; requested by PID      4e4 (C:\Windows\syste
m32\dcdiag.exe).
         ......................... EX-13 failed test SystemLog
      Starting test: VerifyReferences
         ......................... EX-13 passed test VerifyReferences


   Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... ForestDnsZones passed test
         CrossRefValidation

   Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... DomainDnsZones passed test
         CrossRefValidation

   Running partition tests on : Schema
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... Schema passed test CrossRefValidation

   Running partition tests on : Configuration
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation

   Running partition tests on : NETMAGIC
      Starting test: CheckSDRefDom
         ......................... NETMAGIC passed test CheckSDRefDom
      Starting test: CrossRefValidation
         ......................... NETMAGIC passed test CrossRefValidation

   Running enterprise tests on : NETMAGIC.IN
      Starting test: LocatorCheck
         ......................... NETMAGIC.IN passed test LocatorCheck
      Starting test: Intersite
         ......................... NETMAGIC.IN passed test Intersite

Regards

Biswajeet

Hello Experts,

It seems Exchange 2013 has not installed properly when I opened EMS it opened and I used the below cmdlet

PS:// Get-ExchangeServer and got the below error. Please suggest what will I do next..............

 
         Welcome to the Exchange Management Shell!

Full list of cmdlets: Get-Command
Only Exchange cmdlets: Get-ExCommand
Cmdlets that match a specific string: Help *<string>*
Get general help: Help
Get help for a cmdlet: Help <cmdlet name> or <cmdlet name> -?
Exchange team blog: Get-ExBlog
Show full output for a command: <command> | Format-List

Show quick reference guide: QuickRef
Tip of the day #67:

Exchange 2013 uses management role groups and management role assignment policies to manage permissions.
Role groups enable you to grant permissions to groups of administrators and specialist end users. These are people who m
anage your organization or perform special tasks, like mailbox searches for compliance reasons.
Role assignment policies enable you to grant permissions to your end users. These permissions include whether users can
manage their own distribution groups, edit their own profile information, access voice mail, and more.

VERBOSE: Connecting to EX-13.NETMAGIC.IN.
VERBOSE: Connected to EX-13.NETMAGIC.IN.
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>Get-ExchangeServer
Creating a new session for implicit remoting of "Get-ExchangeServer" command...
New-PSSession : [ex-13.netmagic.in] Connecting to remote server ex-13.netmagic.in failed with the following error
message : WinRM cannot complete the operation. Verify that the specified computer name is valid, that the computer is
accessible over the network, and that a firewall exception for the WinRM service is enabled and allows access from
this computer. By default, the WinRM firewall exception for public profiles limits access to remote computers within
the same local subnet. For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.
At C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Exchange\RemotePowerShell\ex-13.netmagic.in\ex-13.netmagic.in.psm1:
136 char:17
+                 & $script:NewPSSession `
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (System.Manageme....RemoteRunspace:RemoteRunspace) [New-PSSession], PSRemotin
   gTransportException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WinRMOperationTimeout,PSSessionOpenFailed
Exception calling "GetSteppablePipeline" with "1" argument(s): "No session has been associated with this implicit
remoting module"
At C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Exchange\RemotePowerShell\ex-13.netmagic.in\ex-13.netmagic.in.psm1:
13731 char:13
+             $steppablePipeline = $scriptCmd.GetSteppablePipeline($myInvocation.C ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : RuntimeException

[PS] C:\Windows\system32>

Dear Experts,

Great news Finally Exchange 2013 successfully installed on VM. Now I am able to open EMS and Exchange admin center.  As suggested by "OFF2work"  above I increased memory of  VM   1 GB to 2 GB and I found performance of the VM increased. I also found using NSLOOKUP command that DNS  has not configured properly. I configured DNS  properly and then installed exchange 2013 again and this time success.

Thanks for all of your support.

Regards

Biswajeet

• Marked as answer by biswajeetpattnaik 5 hours 25 minutes ago