Hi, I'm currently upgrading our own infrastructure from Exchange 2003 to 2010. I have new hardware for the Exchange server, and purpose is to move the mailboxes as soon as the exchange 2010 server is ready. But I have problem, where I hope you can assist me. I have done all the prerequisites requirements. We have 3 Domain controllers, which all are Windows standard 2003 SP2 editions. I have checked that: Domain functional level is Windows Server 2003 Forest Functional level is Windows Server 2003 Exchange 2003 server is running in native mode. But when I try to do the "setup /prepareschema", I get the following error. ************** [03/23/2011 10:24:10.0352] [0] Setup will run the task 'test-setuphealth' [03/23/2011 10:24:10.0352] [1] Setup launched task 'test-setuphealth -DomainController 'dev01.dev.local' -DownloadConfigurationUpdates $true -ExchangeVersion '14.1.218.15' -Roles 'Global' -ScanType 'PrecheckInstall' -SetupRoles 'Global' -PrepareLegacyExchangePermissions $null -PrepareSchema $true' [03/23/2011 10:24:11.0646] [1] Active Directory session settings for 'test-SetupHealth' are: View Entire Forest: 'True', Configuration Domain Controller: 'dev01.dev.local', Preferred Global Catalog: 'dev01.dev.local', Preferred Domain Controllers: '{ dev01.dev.local }' [03/23/2011 10:24:11.0693] [1] Beginning processing test-setuphealth -DomainController:'dev01.dev.local' -DownloadConfigurationUpdates:'True' -ExchangeVersion:'14.1.218.15' -Roles:'Global' -ScanType:'PrecheckInstall' -SetupRoles:'Global' -PrepareLegacyExchangePermissions:$null -PrepareSchema:'True' [03/23/2011 10:24:19.0774] [1] Active Directory session settings for 'Get-OrganizationConfig' are: View Entire Forest: 'True', Configuration Domain Controller: 'dev01.dev.local', Preferred Global Catalog: 'dev01.dev.local', Preferred Domain Controllers: '{ dev01.dev.local }' [03/23/2011 10:24:19.0790] [1] Beginning processing Get-OrganizationConfig [03/23/2011 10:24:19.0805] [1] Searching objects of type "OrganizationConfig" with filter "$null", scope "SubTree" under the root "$null". [03/23/2011 10:24:19.0930] [1] Previous operation run on domain controller 'dev01.dev.local'. [03/23/2011 10:24:19.0930] [1] Preparing to output objects. The maximum size of the result set is "unlimited". [03/23/2011 10:24:20.0024] [1] The Microsoft Exchange Recipient object isn't installed on a gateway-only server role. [03/23/2011 10:24:20.0258] [1] Ending processing Get-OrganizationConfig [03/23/2011 10:24:24.0345] [1] [REQUIRED] The Active Directory Schema is not up-to-date, and this user account is not a member of the 'Schema Admins' and/or 'Enterprise Admins' group. [03/23/2011 10:24:24.0360] [1] Ending processing test-setuphealth [03/23/2011 10:24:24.0376] [0] The Exchange Server setup operation didn't complete. More details can be found in ExchangeSetup.log located in the <SystemDrive>:\ExchangeSetupLogs folder. [03/23/2011 10:24:24.0376] [0] End of Setup I have triple checked that the account I'm using is part of Enterprise Admins, and Schema Admins. I even tried the Exchange Pre-Deployment Analyzer, and all that found is I have to update the Schema. So, please can you assist me? Why is it telling me "The Active Directory Schema is not up-to-date", as it should be? Regards, Jouko

Try updating your Schema dircetly on the DC acting as Schema Master with Setup /PrepareAD Prepare Active Directory and DomainsJesper Bernle | Blog: http://xchangeserver.wordpress.com

As the error says, you are don't Schema Admin on you account, remove the Schema Admin account and add it back again, run setup.com /ps and it should be fine. I believe you have schema master role on the same site where you are installing the server, if its not than you have to either move the role to the site or run the /ps command on DC which is64 Bit, Gulab | MCTS-MCITP Messaging: 2010 | MCTS-MCITP Messaging: 2007 | MCC 2011 | Skype: Gulab.Mallah

Hi, Please move the Schema Master role to the domain which you would like to install Exchange server and then try to prepare Schema directly on the DC. If the issue persists, please replace another user account and it to Enterprise Admins, Local admin and Schema Admins to check the result. Thanks. Novak Wu TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com 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. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, I created totally new account, added it to enterprise admins, schema admins and to domain admins. And then it worked (kind of). I wasn't able to run "setup /prepareschema" from SP1 media (tried different ones), but RTM media worked like a charm. Error code when trying to run from SP1 media was: Extending Active Directory schema FAILED The following error was generated when "$error.Clear(); install-ExchangeSchema -LdapFileName ($roleInstallPath + "Setup\Data\"+ RoleSchemaPrefix + "schema0.ldf")" was run: "There was an error while running 'ldifde.exe' to import the schema file 'C:\Windows\Temp\ExchangeSetup\Setup\Data\PostExchange2003_schema0.ldf'. The error code is: 31. More details can be found in the error file: 'C:\Users\exch ngeadmin\AppData\Local\Temp\ldif.err'". And in the ldiff.err file was below text. There is a syntax error in the input file Failed on line 1. The last token starts with ''. An error has occurred in the program Has any one faced problem like this? But thanks for the previous answers.

Hi, My last post can be ignored. The problem was caused by Winzip, as I used it to unpack the ISO-files. Seems that it couldn't unpack all as they should. Iwas even able to start the setup, select languages, select install, but when the license page showed up, it was scrambled text. But thanks anyway. Regards, Jouko

Hi, My last post can be ignored. The problem was caused by Winzip, as I used it to unpack the ISO-files. Seems that it couldn't unpack all as they should. Iwas even able to start the setup, select languages, select install, but when the license page showed up, it was scrambled text. But thanks anyway. Regards, Jouko Thanks for posting back :-)Jesper Bernle | Blog: http://xchangeserver.wordpress.com