Hi, I am getting the following error when trying to install a mailbox role on W2K3-64bit.------------------------------------- Summary: 2 item(s). 0 succeeded, 1 failed.Elapsed time: 00:00:27Client Access RoleFailedError:An error occurred while creating the IIS virtual directory 'IIS://delldualcore64.bf.local/W3SVC/1/ROOT/owa' on 'DELLDUALCORE64'.Unexpected ErrorElapsed Time: 00:00:27Mailbox RoleCancelled----------------------------------I am running a Dell 2800 dualcore with 64bit enabled.What is the problem?Tx

Here is the setup log. [2007/07/09 01:33:01 PM] [1] Found 65 tasks to execute[2007/07/09 01:33:01 PM] [1] Processing component 'OWA Configuration' (Configuring Outlook Web Access for Client Access role.).[2007/07/09 01:33:01 PM] [1] Executing '$InternalOwaUrl="https://" + $RoleFqdnOrName + "/owa"; new-OwaVirtualDirectory -DomainController $RoleDomainController -InternalUrl $InternalOwaUrl;', handleError = False[2007/07/09 01:33:01 PM] [2] Launching sub-task '$error.Clear(); $InternalOwaUrl="https://" + $RoleFqdnOrName + "/owa"; new-OwaVirtualDirectory -DomainController $RoleDomainController -InternalUrl $InternalOwaUrl;'.[2007/07/09 01:33:01 PM] [2] Beginning processing.[2007/07/09 01:33:01 PM] [2] Administrator Active Directory session settings are: View Entire Forest: 'True', Configuration Domain Controller: 'bfdc.bf.local', Preferred Global Catalog: 'bfdc.bf.local', Preferred Domain Controllers: '{ bfdc.bf.local }'[2007/07/09 01:33:01 PM] [2] Searching objects "delldualcore64.bf.local" of type "Server" under the root "$null".[2007/07/09 01:33:01 PM] [2] Previous operation run on domain controller 'bfdc.bf.local'.[2007/07/09 01:33:01 PM] [2] Processing object "DELLDUALCORE64\owa".[2007/07/09 01:33:04 PM] [2] [ERROR] Unexpected Error[2007/07/09 01:33:04 PM] [2] [ERROR] An error occurred while creating the IIS virtual directory 'IIS://delldualcore64.bf.local/W3SVC/1/ROOT/owa' on 'DELLDUALCORE64'.[2007/07/09 01:33:04 PM] [2] [ERROR] Unexpected Error[2007/07/09 01:33:04 PM] [2] Ending processing.[2007/07/09 01:33:04 PM] [1] The following 1 error(s) occurred during task execution:[2007/07/09 01:33:04 PM] [1] 0. ErrorRecord: An error occurred while creating the IIS virtual directory 'IIS://delldualcore64.bf.local/W3SVC/1/ROOT/owa' on 'DELLDUALCORE64'.[2007/07/09 01:33:04 PM] [1] 0. ErrorRecord: System.InvalidOperationException: An error occurred while creating the IIS virtual directory 'IIS://delldualcore64.bf.local/W3SVC/1/ROOT/owa' on 'DELLDUALCORE64'. ---> Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.WriteErrorException: Unexpected Error 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.SystemConfigurationTasks.NewExchangeVirtualDirectory`1.StampVirtualDirectoryWithFrameworkVersion() at Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemConfigurationTasks.NewExchangeVirtualDirectory`1.InternalProcessRecord() --- End of inner exception stack trace ---[2007/07/09 01:33:04 PM] [1] [ERROR] An error occurred while creating the IIS virtual directory 'IIS://delldualcore64.bf.local/W3SVC/1/ROOT/owa' on 'DELLDUALCORE64'.[2007/07/09 01:33:04 PM] [1] [ERROR] Unexpected Error[2007/07/09 01:33:04 PM] [1] Setup is halting task execution because of one or more errors in a critical task.[2007/07/09 01:33:04 PM] [1] Finished executing component tasks.[2007/07/09 01:33:04 PM] [1] Ending processing.[2007/07/09 01:43:06 PM] [0] End of Setup[2007/07/09 01:43:06 PM] [0] **********************************************

Well it seems that I am not going to get an answer on this one but it seems that my VMWare installation onto this box caused the hassle (it did something to the IIS to screw up the installation). I re-built the box and all is OK now.