From: Scotty on
I'm having a hard time finding a article with instructions on how to
install a second 2007 Exchange server within a organization. From
what I read in forum posts you just fire up the install the new
Exchange server will see the old one and all will be good. I tried
the install and it appears that the core part of the install completed
but I cannot get the Mailbox Role, Client Access Role and Hub
Transport Roles installed. I've traced the failure back to the
Microsoft Exchange Transport Service not starting. Looking at the
service it always has the status of starting. In the event log I am
seeing the following.

Log Name: Application
Source: MSExchange ADAccess
Date: 3/11/2010 8:51:38 AM
Event ID: 2114
Task Category: Topology
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: exchange2007.domain.com
Description:
Process MAD.EXE (PID=2112). Topology discovery failed, error
0x80040a02 (DSC_E_NO_SUITABLE_CDC). Look up the Lightweight Directory
Access Protocol (LDAP) error code specified in the event description.
To do this, use Microsoft Knowledge Base article 218185, "Microsoft
LDAP Error Codes." Use the information in that article to learn more
about the cause and resolution to this error. Use the Ping or PathPing
command-line tools to test network connectivity to local domain
controllers.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="MSExchange ADAccess" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49156">2114</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>3</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-03-11T14:51:38.000Z" />
<EventRecordID>146598</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>exchange2007.domain.com</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>MAD.EXE</Data>
<Data>2112</Data>
<Data>80040a02</Data>
<Data>DSC_E_NO_SUITABLE_CDC</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

Log Name: Application
Source: MSExchange ADAccess
Date: 3/11/2010 8:50:36 AM
Event ID: 2102
Task Category: Topology
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: exchange2007.domain.com
Description:
Process MAD.EXE (PID=2112). All Domain Controller Servers in use are
not responding:
DC4.domain.com
DC1.domain.com
dc01.domain.com
DC2.domain.com

Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="MSExchange ADAccess" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49156">2102</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>3</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-03-11T14:50:36.000Z" />
<EventRecordID>146593</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>exchange2007.domain.com</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>MAD.EXE</Data>
<Data>2112</Data>
<Data>DC4.domain.com
DC1.domain.com
dc01.domain.com
DC2.domain.com
</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>


Log Name: Application
Source: MSExchange ADAccess
Date: 3/11/2010 8:49:36 AM
Event ID: 2114
Task Category: Topology
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: exchange2007.domain.com
Description:
Process MSEXCHANGEADTOPOLOGYSERVICE.EXE (PID=1488). Topology discovery
failed, error 0x80040a02 (DSC_E_NO_SUITABLE_CDC). Look up the
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) error code specified in
the event description. To do this, use Microsoft Knowledge Base
article 218185, "Microsoft LDAP Error Codes." Use the information in
that article to learn more about the cause and resolution to this
error. Use the Ping or PathPing command-line tools to test network
connectivity to local domain controllers.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="MSExchange ADAccess" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49156">2114</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>3</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-03-11T14:49:36.000Z" />
<EventRecordID>146592</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>exchange2007.domain.com</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>MSEXCHANGEADTOPOLOGYSERVICE.EXE</Data>
<Data>1488</Data>
<Data>80040a02</Data>
<Data>DSC_E_NO_SUITABLE_CDC</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>


Would someone mind pointing this noob in the right direction?
From: John Oliver, Jr. [MVP] on
Seems your new Exchange Server is having trouble communicating with your DC.
Any firewall client on the server? Verify your DNS settings on the Exchange
Server? Can you ping your DC by FQDN? Run NETDIAG from Exchange Server,
what are the results?

--
John Oliver, Jr
MCSE, MCT, CCNA
Exchange MVP 2009
Microsoft Certified Partner


"Scotty" <theprepared(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:d480e3e9-308a-4a95-89ee-5e7a084f4a5c(a)33g2000yqj.googlegroups.com...
> I'm having a hard time finding a article with instructions on how to
> install a second 2007 Exchange server within a organization. From
> what I read in forum posts you just fire up the install the new
> Exchange server will see the old one and all will be good. I tried
> the install and it appears that the core part of the install completed
> but I cannot get the Mailbox Role, Client Access Role and Hub
> Transport Roles installed. I've traced the failure back to the
> Microsoft Exchange Transport Service not starting. Looking at the
> service it always has the status of starting. In the event log I am
> seeing the following.
>
> Log Name: Application
> Source: MSExchange ADAccess
> Date: 3/11/2010 8:51:38 AM
> Event ID: 2114
> Task Category: Topology
> Level: Error
> Keywords: Classic
> User: N/A
> Computer: exchange2007.domain.com
> Description:
> Process MAD.EXE (PID=2112). Topology discovery failed, error
> 0x80040a02 (DSC_E_NO_SUITABLE_CDC). Look up the Lightweight Directory
> Access Protocol (LDAP) error code specified in the event description.
> To do this, use Microsoft Knowledge Base article 218185, "Microsoft
> LDAP Error Codes." Use the information in that article to learn more
> about the cause and resolution to this error. Use the Ping or PathPing
> command-line tools to test network connectivity to local domain
> controllers.
> Event Xml:
> <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
> <System>
> <Provider Name="MSExchange ADAccess" />
> <EventID Qualifiers="49156">2114</EventID>
> <Level>2</Level>
> <Task>3</Task>
> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-03-11T14:51:38.000Z" />
> <EventRecordID>146598</EventRecordID>
> <Channel>Application</Channel>
> <Computer>exchange2007.domain.com</Computer>
> <Security />
> </System>
> <EventData>
> <Data>MAD.EXE</Data>
> <Data>2112</Data>
> <Data>80040a02</Data>
> <Data>DSC_E_NO_SUITABLE_CDC</Data>
> </EventData>
> </Event>
>
> Log Name: Application
> Source: MSExchange ADAccess
> Date: 3/11/2010 8:50:36 AM
> Event ID: 2102
> Task Category: Topology
> Level: Error
> Keywords: Classic
> User: N/A
> Computer: exchange2007.domain.com
> Description:
> Process MAD.EXE (PID=2112). All Domain Controller Servers in use are
> not responding:
> DC4.domain.com
> DC1.domain.com
> dc01.domain.com
> DC2.domain.com
>
> Event Xml:
> <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
> <System>
> <Provider Name="MSExchange ADAccess" />
> <EventID Qualifiers="49156">2102</EventID>
> <Level>2</Level>
> <Task>3</Task>
> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-03-11T14:50:36.000Z" />
> <EventRecordID>146593</EventRecordID>
> <Channel>Application</Channel>
> <Computer>exchange2007.domain.com</Computer>
> <Security />
> </System>
> <EventData>
> <Data>MAD.EXE</Data>
> <Data>2112</Data>
> <Data>DC4.domain.com
> DC1.domain.com
> dc01.domain.com
> DC2.domain.com
> </Data>
> </EventData>
> </Event>
>
>
> Log Name: Application
> Source: MSExchange ADAccess
> Date: 3/11/2010 8:49:36 AM
> Event ID: 2114
> Task Category: Topology
> Level: Error
> Keywords: Classic
> User: N/A
> Computer: exchange2007.domain.com
> Description:
> Process MSEXCHANGEADTOPOLOGYSERVICE.EXE (PID=1488). Topology discovery
> failed, error 0x80040a02 (DSC_E_NO_SUITABLE_CDC). Look up the
> Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) error code specified in
> the event description. To do this, use Microsoft Knowledge Base
> article 218185, "Microsoft LDAP Error Codes." Use the information in
> that article to learn more about the cause and resolution to this
> error. Use the Ping or PathPing command-line tools to test network
> connectivity to local domain controllers.
> Event Xml:
> <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
> <System>
> <Provider Name="MSExchange ADAccess" />
> <EventID Qualifiers="49156">2114</EventID>
> <Level>2</Level>
> <Task>3</Task>
> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2010-03-11T14:49:36.000Z" />
> <EventRecordID>146592</EventRecordID>
> <Channel>Application</Channel>
> <Computer>exchange2007.domain.com</Computer>
> <Security />
> </System>
> <EventData>
> <Data>MSEXCHANGEADTOPOLOGYSERVICE.EXE</Data>
> <Data>1488</Data>
> <Data>80040a02</Data>
> <Data>DSC_E_NO_SUITABLE_CDC</Data>
> </EventData>
> </Event>
>
>
> Would someone mind pointing this noob in the right direction?