- I have a domain controller (CONVER-TS) and a server CONVER-FS. - I want to install exchange on CONVER-FS but when i run 'dcdiag' on both i get this message : C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.CONVERGENCE>dcdiag Domain Controller Diagnosis Performing initial setup: Done gathering initial info. Doing initial required tests Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\CONVER-TS Starting test: Connectivity ......................... CONVER-TS passed test Connectivity Doing primary tests Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\CONVER-TS Starting test: Replications ......................... CONVER-TS passed test Replications Starting test: NCSecDesc ......................... CONVER-TS passed test NCSecDesc Starting test: NetLogons ......................... CONVER-TS passed test NetLogons Starting test: Advertising ......................... CONVER-TS passed test Advertising Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders Warning: CN=NTDS Settings\0ADEL:ccef7a23-d5ad-4361-b730-c1ee9aea5bcb,CN =CONVER-FS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=Co nvergence,DC=net is the Schema Owner, but is deleted. Warning: CN=NTDS Settings\0ADEL:ccef7a23-d5ad-4361-b730-c1ee9aea5bcb,CN =CONVER-FS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=Co nvergence,DC=net is the Domain Owner, but is deleted. Warning: CN=NTDS Settings\0ADEL:ccef7a23-d5ad-4361-b730-c1ee9aea5bcb,CN =CONVER-FS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=Co nvergence,DC=net is the PDC Owner, but is deleted. Warning: CN=NTDS Settings\0ADEL:ccef7a23-d5ad-4361-b730-c1ee9aea5bcb,CN =CONVER-FS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=Co nvergence,DC=net is the Rid Owner, but is deleted. Warning: CN=NTDS Settings\0ADEL:ccef7a23-d5ad-4361-b730-c1ee9aea5bcb,CN =CONVER-FS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=Co nvergence,DC=net is the Infrastructure Update Owner, but is deleted. ......................... CONVER-TS failed test KnowsOfRoleHolders Starting test: RidManager Warning: FSMO Role Owner is deleted. Dcdiag could not locate conver-fs.Convergence.net in the dcdiag's cache of servers. Try running this dcdiag test against this server, to avoid any problems caused by replication latency. ......................... CONVER-TS failed test RidManager Starting test: MachineAccount ......................... CONVER-TS passed test MachineAccount Starting test: Services ......................... CONVER-TS passed test Services Starting test: ObjectsReplicated ......................... CONVER-TS passed test ObjectsReplicated Starting test: frssysvol ......................... CONVER-TS passed test frssysvol Starting test: frsevent ......................... CONVER-TS passed test frsevent Starting test: kccevent ......................... CONVER-TS passed test kccevent Starting test: systemlog An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x00000457 Time Generated: 05/18/2006 10:43:01 (Event String could not be retrieved) ......................... CONVER-TS failed test systemlog Starting test: VerifyReferences ......................... CONVER-TS passed test VerifyReferences Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation Starting test: CheckSDRefDom ......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation Starting test: CheckSDRefDom ......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom Running partition tests on : Schema Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... Schema passed test CrossRefValidation Starting test: CheckSDRefDom ......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom Running partition tests on : Configuration Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation Starting test: CheckSDRefDom ......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom Running partition tests on : Convergence Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... Convergence passed test CrossRefValidation Starting test: CheckSDRefDom ......................... Convergence passed test CheckSDRefDom Running enterprise tests on : Convergence.net Starting test: Intersite ......................... Convergence.net passed test Intersite Starting test: FsmoCheck Warning: DcGetDcName(PDC_REQUIRED) call failed, error 1355 A Primary Domain Controller could not be located. The server holding the PDC role is down. ......................... Convergence.net failed test FsmoCheck C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.CONVERGENCE>ping conver-fs Pinging CONVER-FS.Convergence.net [192.168.100.11] with 32 bytes of data: Control-C ^C C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.CONVERGENCE>ddcdiag 'ddcdiag' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.CONVERGENCE>ddcdiag 'ddcdiag' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.CONVERGENCE>dcdiag Domain Controller Diagnosis Performing initial setup: Done gathering initial info. Doing initial required tests Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\CONVER-TS Starting test: Connectivity ......................... CONVER-TS passed test Connectivity Doing primary tests Testing server: Default-First-Site-Name\CONVER-TS Starting test: Replications ......................... CONVER-TS passed test Replications Starting test: NCSecDesc ......................... CONVER-TS passed test NCSecDesc Starting test: NetLogons ......................... CONVER-TS passed test NetLogons Starting test: Advertising ......................... CONVER-TS passed test Advertising Starting test: KnowsOfRoleHolders Warning: CN=NTDS Settings\0ADEL:ccef7a23-d5ad-4361-b730-c1ee9aea5bcb,CN =CONVER-FS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=Co nvergence,DC=net is the Schema Owner, but is deleted. Warning: CN=NTDS Settings\0ADEL:ccef7a23-d5ad-4361-b730-c1ee9aea5bcb,CN =CONVER-FS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=Co nvergence,DC=net is the Domain Owner, but is deleted. Warning: CN=NTDS Settings\0ADEL:ccef7a23-d5ad-4361-b730-c1ee9aea5bcb,CN =CONVER-FS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=Co nvergence,DC=net is the PDC Owner, but is deleted. Warning: CN=NTDS Settings\0ADEL:ccef7a23-d5ad-4361-b730-c1ee9aea5bcb,CN =CONVER-FS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=Co nvergence,DC=net is the Rid Owner, but is deleted. Warning: CN=NTDS Settings\0ADEL:ccef7a23-d5ad-4361-b730-c1ee9aea5bcb,CN =CONVER-FS,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Site-Name,CN=Sites,CN=Configuration,DC=Co nvergence,DC=net is the Infrastructure Update Owner, but is deleted. ......................... CONVER-TS failed test KnowsOfRoleHolders Starting test: RidManager Warning: FSMO Role Owner is deleted. Dcdiag could not locate conver-fs.Convergence.net in the dcdiag's cache of servers. Try running this dcdiag test against this server, to avoid any problems caused by replication latency. ......................... CONVER-TS failed test RidManager Starting test: MachineAccount ......................... CONVER-TS passed test MachineAccount Starting test: Services ......................... CONVER-TS passed test Services Starting test: ObjectsReplicated ......................... CONVER-TS passed test ObjectsReplicated Starting test: frssysvol ......................... CONVER-TS passed test frssysvol Starting test: frsevent ......................... CONVER-TS passed test frsevent Starting test: kccevent ......................... CONVER-TS passed test kccevent Starting test: systemlog An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x00000457 Time Generated: 05/18/2006 10:43:01 (Event String could not be retrieved) An Error Event occured. EventID: 0xC0002719 Time Generated: 05/18/2006 10:45:21 (Event String could not be retrieved) An Error Event occured. EventID: 0x825A0030 Time Generated: 05/18/2006 10:45:25 (Event String could not be retrieved) ......................... CONVER-TS failed test systemlog Starting test: VerifyReferences ......................... CONVER-TS passed test VerifyReferences Running partition tests on : ForestDnsZones Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation Starting test: CheckSDRefDom ......................... ForestDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom Running partition tests on : DomainDnsZones Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CrossRefValidation Starting test: CheckSDRefDom ......................... DomainDnsZones passed test CheckSDRefDom Running partition tests on : Schema Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... Schema passed test CrossRefValidation Starting test: CheckSDRefDom ......................... Schema passed test CheckSDRefDom Running partition tests on : Configuration Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... Configuration passed test CrossRefValidation Starting test: CheckSDRefDom ......................... Configuration passed test CheckSDRefDom Running partition tests on : Convergence Starting test: CrossRefValidation ......................... Convergence passed test CrossRefValidation Starting test: CheckSDRefDom ......................... Convergence passed test CheckSDRefDom Running enterprise tests on : Convergence.net Starting test: Intersite ......................... Convergence.net passed test Intersite Starting test: FsmoCheck Warning: DcGetDcName(PDC_REQUIRED) call failed, error 1355 A Primary Domain Controller could not be located. The server holding the PDC role is down. ......................... Convergence.net failed test FsmoCheck C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.CONVERGENCE> My domain : CONVERGENCE CONVER-FS is joined to CONVER-TS when i run dcpromo for active directory i also get this message error ---> 'dcgetdcName' Must i install exchange on a Primary Domain Controller ? I cannot install Exchange on a domain joining the PDC(CONVER-TS) ? I 'm new in the insallation of Exchange. Please let me know what to do ? Thank you.

I also don't know that much about Exchange, but I read somewhere that the Active Directory must be prepared for Exchange... using ForestPrep. This should be on the Exchange CD in the setup. Click Deployment Tools link. Click Deploy The First Exchange 2003 Server link. Click New Exchange 2003 Installation link. Scroll down the Exchange Server Deployment Tools page until you locate ForestPrep. The rest would be some basic installation. Again, I don't have experience of a Exchange server, but this is what I have found on a site. Hopefully it is of any use for you. Gender doesn't matter in the Computing world. Commom sence does. Don't forget that.