Hi, We are currently setting up Exchange 2007 on a child domain (C) in a forest. The child domain DC is within a different subnet and connected to the root domain (R) via RAS. Wehave completedprepSchema, prepAD on the root DC and child DC, added the admin for domain C to the Enterprise Admin and Exchange Org group, but still encounter the following errors when running the Exchange setup [10/8/2008 1:59:04 PM] [0] **********************************************[10/8/2008 1:59:04 PM] [0] Starting Microsoft Exchange 2007 Setup[10/8/2008 1:59:04 PM] [0] **********************************************[10/8/2008 1:59:04 PM] [0] Setup version: 8.0.685.25.[10/8/2008 1:59:04 PM] [0] Logged on user: OM\Administrator.[10/8/2008 1:59:04 PM] [0] Command Line Parameter Name='mode', Value='Install'.[10/8/2008 1:59:04 PM] [0] Command Line Parameter Name='sourcedir', Value='D:\Installation\Disk1'.[10/8/2008 1:59:04 PM] [0] Command Line Parameter Name='fromsetup', Value=''.[10/8/2008 1:59:04 PM] [0] ExSetupUI was started with the following command: '-mode:install -sourcedir:\Installation\Disk1 /FromSetup'.[10/8/2008 1:59:05 PM] [0] Setup is choosing the domain controller to use[10/8/2008 1:59:05 PM] [0] Setup is choosing a local domain controller...[10/8/2008 1:59:08 PM] [0] Setup has chosen the local domain controller 105.ZZ.ABC.DOM for initial queries[10/8/2008 1:59:09 PM] [0] PrepareAD has been run, and has replicated to this domain controller; so setup will use 105.ZZ.ABC.DOM[10/8/2008 1:59:09 PM] [0] Setup is choosing a global catalog...[10/8/2008 1:59:09 PM] [0] Setup has chosen the global catalog server 105.ZZ.ABC.DOM.[10/8/2008 1:59:09 PM] [0] Setup will use the domain controller '105.ZZ.ABC.DOM'.[10/8/2008 1:59:09 PM] [0] Setup will use the global catalog '105.ZZ.ABC.DOM'.[10/8/2008 1:59:09 PM] [0] Exchange configuration container for the organization is 'CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=ABC,DC=DOM'.[10/8/2008 1:59:09 PM] [0] Exchange organization container for the organization is 'CN=sgDOM,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=ABC,DC=DOM'.[10/8/2008 1:59:09 PM] [0] Setup will search for an Exchange Server object for the local machine with name 'DEF0201'.[10/8/2008 1:59:09 PM] [0] No Exchange Server with identity 'DEF0201' was found.[10/8/2008 1:59:09 PM] [0] The following roles are unpacked: [10/8/2008 1:59:09 PM] [0] The following roles are installed: [10/8/2008 1:59:09 PM] [0] The local server does not have any Exchange files installed.[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] Setup will use the path 'D:\Installation\Disk1' for installing Exchange.[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] The server is cluster type: 'None'.[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] The requested cluster type: 'None'.[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] The installation mode is set to: 'Install'.[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] An Exchange organization with name 'sgDOM' was found in this forest.[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] Active Directory Initialization status : 'True'.[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] Schema Update Required Status : 'False'.[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] Organization Configuration Update Required Status : 'False'.[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] Domain Configuration Update Required Status : 'False'.[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] Applying default role selection state[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] Because the value was specified, setup is setting the argument OrganizationName to the value sgDOM.[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] Setup will run from path 'D:\Installation\Disk1\Setup\ServerRoles\Common'.[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 2 DataHandlers[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] Because the value was specified, setup is setting the argument OrganizationName to the value sgDOM.[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] Setup will run from path 'D:\Installation\Disk1\Setup\ServerRoles\Common'.[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 3 DataHandlers[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] Because the value was specified, setup is setting the argument OrganizationName to the value sgDOM.[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] Setup will run from path 'D:\Installation\Disk1\Setup\ServerRoles\Common'.[10/8/2008 1:59:10 PM] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 4 DataHandlers[10/8/2008 1:59:22 PM] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.[10/8/2008 1:59:22 PM] [0] Because the value was specified, setup is setting the argument OrganizationName to the value sgDOM.[10/8/2008 1:59:22 PM] [0] Setup will run from path 'D:\Installation\Disk1\Setup\ServerRoles\Common'.[10/8/2008 1:59:22 PM] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 3 DataHandlers[10/8/2008 1:59:22 PM] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.[10/8/2008 1:59:22 PM] [0] Because the value was specified, setup is setting the argument OrganizationName to the value sgDOM.[10/8/2008 1:59:22 PM] [0] Setup will run from path 'D:\Installation\Disk1\Setup\ServerRoles\Common'.[10/8/2008 1:59:22 PM] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 2 DataHandlers[10/8/2008 1:59:22 PM] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.[10/8/2008 1:59:22 PM] [0] Because the value was specified, setup is setting the argument OrganizationName to the value sgDOM.[10/8/2008 1:59:22 PM] [0] Setup will run from path 'D:\Installation\Disk1\Setup\ServerRoles\Common'.[10/8/2008 1:59:22 PM] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 0 DataHandlers[10/8/2008 1:59:28 PM] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.[10/8/2008 1:59:28 PM] [0] Because the value was specified, setup is setting the argument OrganizationName to the value sgDOM.[10/8/2008 1:59:28 PM] [0] Setup will run from path 'D:\Installation\Disk1\Setup\ServerRoles\Common'.[10/8/2008 1:59:28 PM] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 2 DataHandlers[10/8/2008 1:59:29 PM] [0] Setup is determining what organization-level operations to perform.[10/8/2008 1:59:29 PM] [0] Because the value was specified, setup is setting the argument OrganizationName to the value sgDOM.[10/8/2008 1:59:29 PM] [0] Setup will run from path 'D:\Installation\Disk1\Setup\ServerRoles\Common'.[10/8/2008 1:59:29 PM] [0] InstallModeDataHandler has 3 DataHandlers[10/8/2008 1:59:31 PM] [0] Validating options for the 0 requested roles[10/8/2008 1:59:31 PM] [0] Validating options for the 0 requested roles[10/8/2008 1:59:31 PM] [0] **************[10/8/2008 1:59:31 PM] [0] Setup will run the task 'test-setuphealth'[10/8/2008 1:59:31 PM] [1] Setup launched task 'test-setuphealth -DomainController '105.ZZ.ABC.DOM' -DownloadConfigurationUpdates $true -ExchangeVersion '8.0.685.25' -Roles 'Bridgehead' -ScanType 'PrecheckInstall' -SetupRoles 'AdminTools','Bridgehead','ClientAccess' -TargetDir 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server'' [10/8/2008 1:59:43 PM] [1] Beginning processing.[10/8/2008 2:04:16 PM] [1] [ERROR] You must be a member of the 'Exchange Organization Administrators' or 'Enterprise Administrators' group to continue.[10/8/2008 2:04:16 PM] [1] Ending processing.[10/8/2008 2:04:16 PM] [0] ************** The child domain DC is a GC. What could be the reason for the above error? thanks

Hi, The issue occurs if the Administrator account is a member of other groups which might be denied access. Therefore, I suggest you create a new account that is a member of Enterprise Admins, Exchange Organization Admins and Domain Admins in the child domain to test the issue. Mike