DOCUMENT:Q274737 06-AUG-2002 [exchange] TITLE :XADM: Verifying If ForestPrep and DomainPrep Have Completed PRODUCT :Microsoft Exchange PROD/VER:: OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= This article explains how to verify that changes that occur when you run the commands setup /forestprep and setup /domainprep have been replicated throughout the forest or domain. MORE INFORMATION ================ The following Microsoft Knowledge Base article outlines the procedure for upgrading from Exchange 2000 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) to Release to Manufacturing (RTM) code: Q272082 XADM: How to Upgrade from Exchange 2000 RC2 to RTM After the instructions that describe how to run setup /forestprep and setup /domainprep, Knowledge Base article Q272082 contains the following information: "Wait for the new schema changes to be replicated throughout your forest. This can take an extended period of time depending on the complexity of your Active Directory deployment. Because of the schema updates made during ForestPrep, your global catalogs will also be rebuilt at this time." -and- "Wait for the DomainPrep changes to be replicated throughout your domain." ForestPrep ---------- WARNING: If you use the ADSI Edit snap-in, the LDP utility, or any other LDAP version 3 client, and you incorrectly modify the attributes of Active Directory objects, you can cause serious problems. These problems may require you to reinstall Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, or both. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems that occur if you incorrectly modify Active Directory object attributes can be solved. Modify these attributes at your own risk. To verify that the changes from setup /forestprep have been replicated throughout the forest, use either of the following methods: - Look for event ID 1575 in the directory event log on each domain controller. -or- - Follow these steps: 1. Start the ADSI Edit snap-in that is located in /Program Files/Support Tools. NOTE: Before you start the ADSI Edit snap-in, you must first manually register Adsiedit.dll after you run Setup.exe from the Support\Tools folder on the Windows 2000 CD-ROM. 2. Navigate to Schema and look for the following entry: cn=ms-Exch-Schema-Version-Pt. 3. In the "Select a property to view" box, click rangeUpper and type the value "4397" (without the quotation marks). Any value that is less than 4397 represents an earlier version of Exchange 2000. DomainPrep ---------- To verify that setup /domainprep has completed, run the Policytest utility on the domain controller. This utility is found in the Support/Utils/ folder on the Exchange 2000 Server Enterprise Edition CD-ROM. When you run this utility from a command prompt, all domain controllers report with the same security settings. Additional query words: orgprep ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange2000Search kbExchange2000Serv Version : : Issue type : kbhowto ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2002.