While installing Exchange 2007 SP 1 I am getting the following error: Code Snippet Summary: 2 item(s). 0 succeeded, 1 failed. Elapsed time: 00:00:07 Hub Transport RoleFailed Error:Exchange server "<FQDN>" was not found. Please make sure you have typed it correctly. Elapsed Time: 00:00:07 Remove Exchange FilesCancelled Any suggestions are appreciated.

Hi, Did you check the exchange server setup files - these should be more informative. Leif

Does the server have the correct DNS server? Did it register its name?

The server is regostered with DNS and can be resoleved from any other server. The problem appears to be with the installation program removing the settings from AD but not from the local server and therefore, it cannot uninstall the server now. Code Snippet [4/8/2008 8:21:54 AM] [0] Exchange configuration container for the organization is 'CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=<mydomain>,DC=com'.[4/8/2008 8:21:54 AM] [0] Exchange organization container for the organization is 'CN=<mydomain>,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=<mydomain>,DC=com'.[4/8/2008 8:21:54 AM] [0] Setup will search for an Exchange Server object for the local machine with name '<SERVERNAME>'.[4/8/2008 8:21:54 AM] [0] No Exchange Server with identity '<FQDN>' was found. <skipped> [4/8/2008 8:22:05 AM] [2] Searching objects "<FQDN>" of type "Server" under the root "$null".[4/8/2008 8:22:05 AM] [2] Previous operation run on domain controller 'carol.nmlneil.com'.[4/8/2008 8:22:05 AM] [2] [ERROR] Exchange server "<FQDN>" was not found. Please make sure you have typed it correctly.[4/8/2008 8:22:05 AM] [2] Ending processing.[4/8/2008 8:22:05 AM] [1] The following 1 error(s) occurred during task execution:[4/8/2008 8:22:05 AM] [1] 0. ErrorRecord: Exchange server "<FQDN>" was not found. Please make sure you have typed it correctly.[4/8/2008 8:22:05 AM] [1] 0. ErrorRecord: Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.ManagementObjectNotFoundException: Exchange server "<FQDN>" was not found. Please make sure you have typed it correctly. at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.DataAccessTask`1.GetDataObject[TObject](IIdentityParameter id, IConfigDataProvider session, ObjectId rootID, Nullable`1 notFoundError, LocalizedString multipleFoundError) at Microsoft.Exchange.Management.SystemConfigurationTasks.GetReceiveConnector.InternalValidate() at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.ProcessRecord()[4/8/2008 8:22:05 AM] [1] [ERROR] Exchange server "<FQDN>" was not found. Please make sure you have typed it correctly.[4/8/2008 8:22:05 AM] [1] Setup is halting task execution because of one or more errors in a critical task.[4/8/2008 8:22:05 AM] [1] Finished executing component tasks.[4/8/2008 8:22:05 AM] [1] Ending processing.[4/8/2008 8:22:08 AM] [0] End of Setup[4/8/2008 8:22:08 AM] [0] ********************************************** So, I guess,my questions are: is it safe to presume that the installation had cleaned the AD settings earlier? and what do I do to uninstall/reinstall exchange?

I am having a similar problem. I uninstalled the client and the mailbox roles, then when I wanted to uninstall the Hubtransport I am getting an error that it cannot find the server in the configuration. Now I cannot install because an error is displayed that an uninstall failed, but I cannot uninstall because of the error mentioned. Deadly embrace! How does one get out of this?