Hi all, I am trying to install Exchange 2010 standard on a virtual 2008 R2 standard server fully patched and up 2 date. VmWare Sphere 5.0 Which has 3 clients, DC, mail, webserver. On the mailserver (which is ofcourse a member of the domain) after all prerequisites are fine installation of role begins until the mailbox role. Hardware: HP DL385 16Gb memory Client config: 8Gb 2 processors with each 2 cores, 400Gb harddisk space, 1 nic, Following error occurs: ________________________________ Mailbox Role Failed Error: The following error was generated when "$error.Clear(); $random = new-object System.Random; $ExcludeMdbAtCreation = $false; if (($RoleDatacenterExcludeDefaultMailboxDatabase -eq $null) -and ($RoleIsDatacenter -eq $true)) { write-exchangesetuplog -error "Parameter ExcludeDefaultMailboxDatabase should be defined on the DatacenterConfig file." } else { if ($RoleDatacenterExcludeDefaultMailboxDatabase -ne $null) { $ExcludeMdbAtCreation = $RoleDatacenterExcludeDefaultMailboxDatabase; } for ($i = 0; $i -lt 3; $i++) { if (-not $RoleMdbName) { $NameCandidate = $RoleMailboxDatabaseName + " " + $random.Next().ToString("0000000000"); } else { $NameCandidate = $RoleMdbName; } if ($NameCandidate.Length -gt 64 ) { $NameCandidate = $NameCandidate.Substring(0, 64); } $mbxmdb = new-mailboxdatabase -Name $NameCandidate -Server:$RoleFqdnOrName -DomainController:$RoleDomainController -ErrorAction:SilentlyContinue -EdbFilePath:$RoleDbFilePath -LogFolderPath:$RoleLogFolderPath -IsExcludedFromProvisioning:$ExcludeMdbAtCreation; if ($mbxmdb -ne $null) { break; } } } " was run: "An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)". An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B) Click here for help... http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ms.exch.err.default(EXCHG.141).aspx?v=14.1.218.11&e=ms.exch.err.Ex88D115&l=0&cl=cp Error: The following error was generated when "$error.Clear(); $random = new-object System.Random; $ExcludeMdbAtCreation = $false; if (($RoleDatacenterExcludeDefaultMailboxDatabase -eq $null) -and ($RoleIsDatacenter -eq $true)) { write-exchangesetuplog -error "Parameter ExcludeDefaultMailboxDatabase should be defined on the DatacenterConfig file." } else { if ($RoleDatacenterExcludeDefaultMailboxDatabase -ne $null) { $ExcludeMdbAtCreation = $RoleDatacenterExcludeDefaultMailboxDatabase; } for ($i = 0; $i -lt 3; $i++) { if (-not $RoleMdbName) { $NameCandidate = $RoleMailboxDatabaseName + " " + $random.Next().ToString("0000000000"); } else { $NameCandidate = $RoleMdbName; } if ($NameCandidate.Length -gt 64 ) { $NameCandidate = $NameCandidate.Substring(0, 64); } $mbxmdb = new-mailboxdatabase -Name $NameCandidate -Server:$RoleFqdnOrName -DomainController:$RoleDomainController -ErrorAction:SilentlyContinue -EdbFilePath:$RoleDbFilePath -LogFolderPath:$RoleLogFolderPath -IsExcludedFromProvisioning:$ExcludeMdbAtCreation; if ($mbxmdb -ne $null) { break; } } } " was run: "An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)". An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B) Click here for help... http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ms.exch.err.default(EXCHG.141).aspx?v=14.1.218.11&e=ms.exch.err.Ex88D115&l=0&cl=cp Error: The following error was generated when "$error.Clear(); $random = new-object System.Random; $ExcludeMdbAtCreation = $false; if (($RoleDatacenterExcludeDefaultMailboxDatabase -eq $null) -and ($RoleIsDatacenter -eq $true)) { write-exchangesetuplog -error "Parameter ExcludeDefaultMailboxDatabase should be defined on the DatacenterConfig file." } else { if ($RoleDatacenterExcludeDefaultMailboxDatabase -ne $null) { $ExcludeMdbAtCreation = $RoleDatacenterExcludeDefaultMailboxDatabase; } for ($i = 0; $i -lt 3; $i++) { if (-not $RoleMdbName) { $NameCandidate = $RoleMailboxDatabaseName + " " + $random.Next().ToString("0000000000"); } else { $NameCandidate = $RoleMdbName; } if ($NameCandidate.Length -gt 64 ) { $NameCandidate = $NameCandidate.Substring(0, 64); } $mbxmdb = new-mailboxdatabase -Name $NameCandidate -Server:$RoleFqdnOrName -DomainController:$RoleDomainController -ErrorAction:SilentlyContinue -EdbFilePath:$RoleDbFilePath -LogFolderPath:$RoleLogFolderPath -IsExcludedFromProvisioning:$ExcludeMdbAtCreation; if ($mbxmdb -ne $null) { break; } } } " was run: "An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)". An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B) Click here for help... http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ms.exch.err.default(EXCHG.141).aspx?v=14.1.218.11&e=ms.exch.err.Ex88D115&l=0&cl=cp Elapsed Time: 00:03:53 Finalizing Setup Cancelled Chatting with an congierge brought me here!

Hi, Can you post the exchangesetup log content? Regards, JohanExchange-blog: www.johanveldhuis.nl

Hi, I need to reproduce this then, server was virtual, so deleted afterwards from disk and reinstalled. I did not realize the log could be more usefull then the error i posted already. I will try to do this this morning!

Hi, Why installing Exchange 2010 with SP1 instead of SP2? Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2) http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28190 This Exchange Server 2010 SP2 software may be used to perform a new installation or to update an existing Exchange Server 2010 installation to Service Pack 2 (SP2) level. Martina Miskovic

Hi I will wait for your result of fresh installation. exchange 2010 sp2 download. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28190 You can install exchange 2010 sp2 without exchange 2010.Terence Yu TechNet Community Support

Hi Terence, Tried it 2 times on a fresh installed vm after starting setup he immidiatly comes up with the message that the system is in an consolite state and can only be recovered with the command setup /m:recoverserver to bad that this one also failes on the MBX role, strange thing is that the log dir is empty still. Something i did not try yet, (maybe the weekend) I tried it every time true the VmWare sphere console client, not true RDP. Could that be an issue? I am running windows 7 64Bit> I will try in the up comming (longer) weekend an new install true RDP and let you know the outcome! Thanks! Patrick

Hi Maybe some broken AD objects cause this issue. Can you install test AD and install exchange 2010 on the same server?( just test. I should confirm AD and exchange CD media)Terence Yu TechNet Community Support

okay requested a few hours off and tested again; again immidiatly after install all pre's and starting up the gui of setup the warning that the server is in inconsitency and i need to do the same recovery procedure: If i want to test it on the VM AD server i need to adjust diskspace, other option is to build a new DC and try it on that one, but what can you make of the outcome? below the last part of the log of that. [05-23-2012 07:26:16.0569] [1] Ending processing Get-ExchangeServer [05-23-2012 07:26:16.0615] [1] Active Directory session settings for 'Get-MailboxServer' are: View Entire Forest: 'True', Configuration Domain Controller: 'DC1.anpat.local', Preferred Global Catalog: 'DC1.anpat.local', Preferred Domain Controllers: '{ DC1.anpat.local }' [05-23-2012 07:26:16.0615] [1] Beginning processing Get-MailboxServer -Identity:'MAIL' [05-23-2012 07:26:16.0615] [1] Searching objects "MAIL" of type "Server" under the root "$null". [05-23-2012 07:26:16.0631] [1] Previous operation run on domain controller 'DC1.anpat.local'. [05-23-2012 07:26:16.0631] [1] Previous operation run on domain controller 'DC1.anpat.local'. [05-23-2012 07:26:16.0631] [1] Preparing to output objects. The maximum size of the result set is "unlimited". [05-23-2012 07:26:16.0662] [1] Ending processing Get-MailboxServer [05-23-2012 07:26:17.0364] [1] [REQUIRED] Exchange Server 2010 build 14.1.218.15 or later must be used to perform a recovery of this server. [05-23-2012 07:26:17.0364] [1] Ending processing test-setuphealth [05-23-2012 07:26:17.0380] [0] The Exchange Server setup operation didn't complete. More details can be found in ExchangeSetup.log located in the <SystemDrive>:\ExchangeSetupLogs folder. [05-23-2012 07:26:17.0380] [0] End of Setup [05-23-2012 07:26:17.0380] [0] **********************************************

According to your outcome, i can't find error information.Terence Yu TechNet Community Support

Hi Do you have any update ?Terence Yu TechNet Community Support

Hi Terence, Sorry to keep you all waiting, but good news, i finally gave up and reinstalled the whole VMware machine, and then step by step installed a new DC, finally today after more then a week of having no free time... I installed a new VM and made sure it was up2date, finally one error when installing Exchange, and that was from a previous update. After the reboot it runned smoothly, I asume a failing DC was the end of my biggest errors... To be honest i hope i help someone with this post, which gave me the info " do not over speed a decent install of server(s) it will bite you in the end! Cheers all and thanks again for thinking with me! Patrick