I am trying to upgrade our current Exchange 2013 SP1 (CU4) to CU9.  I have a CAS and MBX server in Site A, and a CAS and MBX server in Site B.  The MBX and CAS roles run on separate servers.  I have a DAG between the two sites and the CAS servers are load balanced behind F5's.  The Forest and Domain functional levels are both set to Windows Server 2012 R2.  The user account that I am using is a part of Domain Admins, Enterprise Admins, Schema Admins and also a part of the Exchange Organizational Management group.  I started on the MBX server in Site B (DR site) and received the following errors/warnings when the prereq check was occurring:

Error:

The Mailbox server role isn't installed on this computer.

For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.UnifiedMessagingRoleNotInstalled.aspx

Error:

The Mailbox server role isn't installed on this computer.

For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.BridgeheadRoleNotInstalled.aspx

Error:

The Active Directory schema isn't up-to-date, and this user account isn't a member of the 'Schema Admins' and/or 'Enterprise Admins' groups.

For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.SchemaUpdateRequired.aspx

Error:

Global updates need to be made to Active Directory, and this user account isn't a member of the 'Enterprise Admins' group.

For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.GlobalUpdateRequired.aspx

Error:

You must be a member of the 'Organization Management' role group or a member of the 'Enterprise Admins' group to continue.

For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.GlobalServerInstall.aspx

Error:

You must use an account that's a member of the Organization Management role group to install or upgrade the first Mailbox server role in the topology.

For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.DelegatedBridgeheadFirstInstall.aspx

Error:

You must use an account that's a member of the Organization Management role group to install or upgrade the first Mailbox server role in the topology.

For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.DelegatedMailboxFirstInstall.aspx

Error:

You must use an account that's a member of the Organization Management role group to install or upgrade the first Client Access server role in the topology.

For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.DelegatedClientAccessFirstInstall.aspx

Error:

You must use an account that's a member of the Organization Management role group to install the first Mailbox server role in the topology.

For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.DelegatedUnifiedMessagingFirstInstall.aspx

Error:

Setup encountered a problem while validating the state of Active Directory: Exchange organization-level objects have not been created, and setup cannot create them because the local computer is not in the same domain and site as the schema master.  Run setup with the /prepareAD parameter on a computer in the domain wsecu and site HQ1, and wait for replication to complete.  See the Exchange setup log for more information on this error.

For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.AdInitErrorRule.aspx

Error:

The forest functional level of the current Active Directory forest is not Windows Server 2003 native or later. To install Exchange Server 2013, the forest functional level must be at least Windows Server 2003 native.

For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.ForestLevelNotWin2003Native.aspx

Error:

The Mailbox server role isn't installed on this computer.

For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.MailboxRoleNotInstalled.aspx

Error:

Either Active Directory doesn't exist, or it can't be contacted.

For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.CannotAccessAD.aspx

Warning:

Setup will prepare the organization for Exchange 2013 by using 'Setup /PrepareAD'. No Exchange 2007 server roles have been detected in this topology. After this operation, you will not be able to install any Exchange 2007 servers.

For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.NoE12ServerWarning.aspx

Warning:

Setup will prepare the organization for Exchange 2013 by using 'Setup /PrepareAD'. No Exchange 2010 server roles have been detected in this topology. After this operation, you will not be able to install any Exchange 2010 servers.

For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.NoE14ServerWarning.aspx

Fix this one first:

Error:

Setup encountered a problem while validating the state of Active Directory: Exchange organization-level objects have not been created, and setup cannot create them because the local computer is not in the same domain and site as the schema master.  Run setup with the /prepareAD parameter on a computer in the domain wsecu and site HQ1, and wait for replication to complete.  See the Exchange setup log for more information on this error.

For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.150)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.AdInitErrorRule.aspx

by moving the Schema Master role to a DC in the same site where you're performing the update.  I recommend you run Setup.exe /PrepareSchema before doing anything else.  If this works, then run Setup /PrepareAD and then Setup /PrepareAllDomains.  Then try the update

Thank you.  I will give this a try tonight during our change window.  I will let you know how it goes.  Thanks again partner.

Hi,

I agree with ED's response .

You need to prepare Active Directory (/prepareAD) and prepare the Active Directory Schema for the installation of Exchange 2013 CU9.

Please refer to the below link to execute the PrepareSchema action,and move the schema master .

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125224%28v=exchg.150%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

Regrads,

David

Thank you.  That fixed the issue. I ran the /PrepareSchema and /PrepareAD in the site that housed the FSMO roles and then upgraded the DR site with no issues. Thank you very much for your guidance.

You're welcome.  Happy to have helped!