We have an Exchange 2010 server that we're having trouble installing the CAS and Hub Transport roles on. Traces of each role were installed, but not in their entirety. Given the circumstances, what's the best way to rebuild the server? Was considering setup /m:RecoverServer, but not sure if this would address a situation where the Hub and CAS roles may not be installed in their entirety in Active Directory. Thanks.

Using that switch just means you're planning on building a new server from scratch but when running the install you use the switch so it ties it back to the AD configution since the object already exists. So in essence you would be installing all roles from scratch again. It's up to you to take this route if you've decided that you can't find the root cause of the failed role installs. Otherwise you can troubleshoot the failed installs if you can provide the logs from setup logs particularly any errors as well as more details into the history of the failures. <system drive>\ExchangeSetupLogs\ExchangeSetup.log.James Chong MCITP | EA | EMA; MCSE | M+, S+ Security+, Project+, ITIL msexchangetips.blogspot.com

Hi If there is a problem with the configuration then doing a recovery would only create a server with the same configuration. You are probably better off deleting the computer object and starting again. Steve Edit to add: It is obviously a good idea to cleanly remove any roles that have successfully installed on the server if you are planning on removing the computer object.

Thanks for your response guys. The error I'm getting when installing the Hub Transport is below. I attempted several different fixes, but no joy. At this point I think additional time is better spent rebuilding. Based upon your guys' suggestions, I won't do the setup /m:RecoverServer. I'll do a clean build and reintroduce the Exchange server into AD. Question: Is it just a matter of uninstalling Exchange from Add/Remove Programs? Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary: 5 item(s). 1 succeeded, 1 failed. Elapsed time: 00:00:04 Preparing Setup Completed Elapsed Time: 00:00:02 Hub Transport Role Failed Error: The following error was generated when "$error.Clear(); register-ContentFilter " was run: "Couldn't register the content filter.". Couldn't register the content filter. This version of %1 is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information to see whether you need a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the software publisher 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: 00:00:01 Client Access Role Cancelled Mailbox Role Cancelled Finalizing Setup Cancelled

Yes it is just an uninstall from the control panel. Just out of interest what version & edition of Windows server are you running and where did you get the Exchange media from. The error you get above normally indicates a problem with the installer.

It's 2008 R2 Enterprise (no SP1). Someone in another office installed Windows, so not sure what media was used. We used the Exchange 2010 ISO from the Microsoft Licensing website.

You are using everything that is very old. I would suggest that you patch to Windows 2008 R2 SP1, plus all post service pack updates. Then download Exchange 2010 SP2 from the public web site. That is the full installation files. Do that then attempt the installation again. Simon. Simon Butler, Exchange MVP Blog | Exchange Resources | In the UK? Hire Me.

Similar thread: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchange2010/thread/0afeeee5-5402-482f-8c1a-adeca8f7715d Do the upgrades as suggested above, but someone found running setup.com /prepareAD helpful with this error. Mike Crowley | MVP My Blog -- Planet Technologies