Hello I've installed the Exchange Management Tools on a 2nd machine so I can run PST exports for a server move. When I first install the tools it connects fine and randomly it has connected fine, however 90% of the time it won't connect to the domain controller. It gives me the following error: Exception Setting "View Entire Forest": Could not find any domain controller in domain <domain>. At C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\bin\Exchange.ps1:19 char:32. + $global:AdminSessionADSettings.V <<<< iewEntireForest = $false Can anyone help on this, like I said it doesn't happen everytime. I've made sure firewalls (it had AVG on it) have been removed. The exchange server itself is operating fine and the tools on the Exchange box (which is also the AD box) are fine. It is this remote connection that is failing.

Have you specified a specific DC for MMC or is it default? Could you run DCDiag from the computer that has MMC installed while this issue occurs......& share the result please.Regards, Pushkal MishrA

Hi Pushkal Domain Controller Diagnosis Performing initial setup: Done gathering initial info. Doing initial required tests Testing server: Default-First-Site\EAST Starting test: Connectivity *** Warning: could not confirm the identity of this server in the directory versus the names returned by DNS servers. If there are problems accessing this directory server then you may need to check that this server is correctly registered with DNS ......................... EAST passed test Connectivity Doing primary tests Testing server: Default-First-Site\EAST Starting test: Replications ......................... EAST passed test Replications Starting test: NCSecDesc ......................... EAST passed test NCSecDesc Starting test: NetLogons ......................... EAST passed test NetLogons Starting test: Advertising ......................... EAST passed test Advertising Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders ......................... EAST passed test KnowsOfRoleHolders Starting test: RidManager ......................... EAST passed test RidManager Starting test: MachineAccount ......................... EAST passed test MachineAccount Starting test: Services ......................... EAST passed test Services Starting test: ObjectsReplicated ......................... EAST passed test ObjectsReplicated Starting test: frssysvol ......................... EAST passed test frssysvol Starting test: frsevent ......................... EAST passed test frsevent Starting test: kccevent ......................... EAST passed test kccevent Starting test: systemlog An Error Event occured. EventID: 0xC0001B63 Time Generated: 06/09/2011 11:17:14 (Event String could not be retrieved) An Error Event occured. EventID: 0xC0001B58 Time Generated: 06/09/2011 11:44:16 (Event String could not be retrieved) ......................... EAST failed test systemlog Starting test: VerifyReferences ......................... EAST passed test VerifyReferences Running partition tests on : TAPI3Directory Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... TAPI3Directory passed test CrossRefValidation Starting test: CheckSDRefDom ......................... TAPI3Directory passed test CheckSDRefDom Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation Starting test: CheckSDRefDom ......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation Starting test: CheckSDRefDom ......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom Running partition tests on : Schema Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... Schema passed test CrossRefValidation Starting test: CheckSDRefDom ......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom Running partition tests on : Configuration Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation Starting test: CheckSDRefDom ......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom Running partition tests on : reading Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... reading passed test CrossRefValidation Starting test: CheckSDRefDom ......................... reading passed test CheckSDRefDom Running enterprise tests on : reading.hwinet.co.uk Starting test: Intersite ......................... reading.hwinet.co.uk passed test Intersite Starting test: FsmoCheck ......................... reading.hwinet.co.uk passed test FsmoCheck

Hi, First, please assure System Attendant service is started successfully. Also, please refer to the following article to troubleshoot the issue. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb218301(EXCHG.80).aspx If the issue persists, please run NetDiag and check Event log. If there is any event error, please the result here. Thanks. NovakPlease remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

thanks a lot for the help, all the services and the diags show it is okay, however the domain is definitely problematic, we've now got PCs that suddenly say they don't know where the domain controller is. Luckily we're moving them to a new system this weekend, so this thread can be closed off as we've managed to get it working enough to get what we need.