Hello I have been trying to install exchane 2010 for the past 12 hours and have gotton the same error! i have googled the error tried every solutions from DNS resolving, domain fuction level and others with no luck ~ Please help Summary: 3 item(s). 1 succeeded, 1 failed. Elapsed time: 00:00:26 Preparing Setup Completed Elapsed Time: 00:00:00 Hub Transport Role Failed Error: The following error was generated when "$error.Clear(); if ($RoleStartTransportService) { start-SetupService -ServiceName MSExchangeTransport }" was run: "Service 'MSExchangeTransport' failed to start. Check the event log for possible reasons for the service start failure.". Service 'MSExchangeTransport' failed to start. Check the event log for possible reasons for the service start failure. Elapsed Time: 00:00:25 Finalizing Setup Cancelled Error in event logs Process edgetransport.exe (Transport) (PID=2912). Configuration object CN=MAIL-EXCHANGE,CN=Connections,CN=First Routing Group,CN=Routing Groups,CN=First Administrative Group,CN=Administrative Groups,CN=Westport Community Schools,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=westportschools,DC=org read from WCSADC.westportschools.org failed validation and will be excluded from the result set. Set event logging level for Validation category to Expert to get additional events about each failure. Bob N

Hi Bob, Error "MSExchangeTransport }" was run: "Service 'MSExchangeTransport' failed to start. Check the event log for possible reasons for the service start failure" This is problem because your final setup is not able to start HUB Transport service in setup. Please follow below steps to start it dueing setup (I have fix it before) 1. Un-install exchange 2010 from Add/REmove on faild server 2. Delete directry created in previous installation 3. Start exchange 2010 setup 4. When installation is going on there is BIN folder get create and there will be file "MSExchangeTrsnaport.config.template" created. 5. Remove text "template" from MSExchangeTrsnaport.config.template" and keep only "MSExchangeTrsnaport.config" Once installation is finish verify transport serviceAnil MCC 2011,ITIL V3,MCSA 2003,MCTS 2010, My Blog : http://messagingschool.wordpress.com

Thanks for the quick responce however their was no luck. Still have the same error!!!!!!!!!! BobBob N

Bob, Is this the first Exchange 2010 server in your Organization that you are trying to install? According to the error in the event log you seem to have a Routing Group Connector in the ORG, so I assume that you at have Exchange 2003 Server. Do you also have any Exchange 2007 Servers? Please give us some more information of your Exchange Environment. :Martina Please 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.

Hello ~ I have one Exchange 2003 Server (No Exchange 2007 Servers) and I am trying to install exchange 2010 on a brand new Windows 2008 R2 box. Thanks for your help Bob N

I just finished re-running the install and success! :) Yes Success! I did everything everyone suggested and made sure IP6 was enabled and Exchange Server Computer in AD had membership in Domain Admins, and Exchange Enterprise Servers! Thanks again BobBob N

Hi, Thanks for the update Bob! The Exchange 2010 Server Computer Account should NOT be a member of either "Domain Admins" or "Exchange Enterprise Servers". I might be too late since you already installed your first EX10 Server, but I would suggest you run Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer One of the test it does is to check if inhertance is cleared anywhere in Active Directoy, that will cause issues... :Martina Please 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.