The error I receive occurs at 47% of the Mailbox Role: Transport Service installation. The details of the error are as follows:
Mailbox role: Transport service
FAILED
The following error was generated when "$error.Clear();
if ($server -eq $null)
{
set-ExchangeServerRole -Identity $RoleNetBIOSName -IsProvisionedServer:$true -DomainController $RoleDomainController
}
" was run: "Active Directory operation failed on DC1.xxxxxx.xxxxxx.com. This error is not retriable. Additional information: The object cannot be added because the parent is not on the list of possible superiors.
Active directory response: 00002099: NameErr: DSID-0305109C, problem 2005 (NAMING_VIOLATION), data 0, best match of:
'CN=EXCH-MBOX1,CN=Servers,CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN=AZGT,CN=
Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=xxxxxx,DC=xxxxxx,DC=com'
".
The Exchange Server setup operation didn't complete. More details can be found in ExchangeSetup.log located in the
<SystemDrive>:\ExchangeSetupLogs folder.
Also, when opening the setup log I have this:
[12/26/2012 17:51:25.0809] [1] [ERROR] A naming violation occurred.
[12/26/2012 17:51:25.0809] [1] [ERROR-REFERENCE] Id=ProvisionServerComponent___a16cb82f909348d3a32b9046f3bfb9ba Component=EXCHANGE14:\Current\Release\Shared\Datacenter\Setup
[12/26/2012 17:51:25.0809] [1] Setup is stopping now because of one or more critical errors.
[12/26/2012 17:51:25.0809] [1] Finished executing component tasks.
[12/26/2012 17:51:25.0809] [1] Ending processing Install-BridgeheadRole
[12/26/2012 17:51:25.0825] [0] The Exchange Server setup operation didn't complete. More details can be found in ExchangeSetup.log located in the <SystemDrive>:\ExchangeSetupLogs folder.
[12/26/2012 17:51:25.0825] [0] End of Setup
[12/26/2012 17:51:25.0825] [0] **********************************************
I have done a ton of searches trying to find a resolution to this error and there are two pages with a similar issue for Exchange 2007 but after trying the solutions suggested, the installation still fails with the same error.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvrdeploylegacy/thread/dfa9961a-9b20-4c17-ae4d-ebf44c66c18f/
http://exchangetroubleshooting.blogspot.com/2011/05/unable-to-run-preparead-command.html/
Some additional information:
This is a clean installation of Exchange 2013 in a forest that has never had exchange.
The domain and forest preparations run without errors and are at functional level of 2003.
The Exchange server has all prerequisites installed for a Mailbox server role and is running on a VM with Server 2012 as the OS.
This error occurs on other VMs as well that we are trying to implement as mailbox servers in the same forest.
I am running the installation as an enterprise, schema, domain admin.
Thanks for your help in advance.