Hi,
I needed to setup an Exchange 2010 server for testing some items. So I took an existing Win2K8R2 server used for the HCK and used it. I decided to make a new domain and have this system be the domain controller to the existing AD (so I can more easily access the server from my production system). I don't recall if I had to add the AD role or part of exchange setup did that? My existing AD and domain controller started as Win2K and is now (has been for a while) Win2K3. When I setup the new server as a DC, I choose to use Win2008R2 compatibility for the domain (I don't know if I can go back and change that if it made a difference or not). Anyway, two steps of the setup I had to do in a VM on my workstation with another instance of Win2K8R2 .. those were setup /PrepareAD (required me to provided the /OrgainzationName:ExchangeTest parameter) and setup /prepareschema .. on the server I actually installed exchange it required me to setup /PrepareDomain. After which it went ahead and installed. The problem is I can't do anything with management console for exchange as well as the exchange management shell. This is what I get:
VERBOSE: Connecting to WIN2K8R2-HCK.ExchangeTest.Company.com
[win2k8r2-hck.exchangetest.Company.com] Processing data from remote server failed with the following error message: Could not find any available Domain Controller in domain DC=ExchangeTest,DC=Company,DC=com. For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting
Help topic.
+ CategoryInfo : OpenError: (System.Manageme....RemoteRunspace:RemoteRunspace) [], PSRemotingTransportException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PSSessionOpenFailed
I found a lot of people with the same issues - I did follow several of their solutions, but nothing has worked. So the question is what do I need to do to fix this? (I've ran winrm quicksetup and that added / did stuff, I added the IIS extension where it should be (didn't exist), checked that I can ping by name on both servers, etc..). So help please...
TIA!