Wednesday, May 23, 2012


16. Which two groups are created by DomainPrep?
The domain prep switch creates the groups and permissions required by exchange Server 2003. Two security groups created
  1. Exchange Enterprise Servers – Domain Local group contains all Exchange Server in a forest
  2. Exchange Domain Server – Global Group that contains all Exchange servers running in the Domain that you have selected.
17. What DomainPrep does?
Domain Prep Updates the Domain partition and Creates a Two New Security Groups for Exchange Server 2003
  1. Exchange Enterprise Servers
  2. Exchange Domain Servers
18. Which of the servers does the system that will host the first Exchange Server 2003 server in a forest need to be able to contact during installation?
19. How to run ForestPrep?
Go to the Command prompt and Type the following
D:\setup\i386\setup.exe /forestprep
Where D drive represents the CD drive.
Note: it will ask for the Administrator Account that has the required permission to run the Setup.
20. How to run DomainPrep?
Go to the Command prompt and Type the following
D:\setup\i386\setup.exe /domainprep - Where D drive represents the CD drive.
21. Which service pack is needed for Windows 2000 for installing Exchange Server 2003?
Windows 2000 service pack 3 in needed to install Exchange Server 2003


22. Which permissions are required to run ForestPrep?
Schema Administrator
Enterprise Administrator
Local Machine Administrator
23. Which permissions are required to run DomainPrep?
Domain Administrator and Local Machine Administrator
24. Which permissions are required to install Exchange server 2003 on the first server in a domain or on other systems within the domain?
The administrator Account should have the following permission to install the Exchange Server 2003
  • Schema Administrator
  • Enterprise Administrator
  • Domain Administrator
  • Local Machine Administrator
25. What is reason behind the error messages services not available while installing Exchange Server 2003 on a domain running at Windows Server 2003 functional level?
26. What is name of log file that Exchange Server 2003 setup creates during installation?
27. What is location of Exchange Server Setup Progress?
C:\Program Files\Exchangesvr
28. How unattended installation of Exchange Server 2003 works?
Unattended installation are useful for rapidly deploying subsequent Exchange Server 2003 installation into an existing organization.
The process of creating the file is essentially the same as the process for a manual setup selecting the component you want to install and the installation path, choosing whether to create a new organization or to join existing one; agreeing the license and so on.. Instead of doing manual installation the Exchange installation wizard writes the configuration file to .ini file. specifically for use with the /unattendfile setup switch to start the installation.


29. When you can use the unattended installation of Exchange Server 2003?
1. Unattended Installation of Exchange Server 2003 is very useful when you are going to install Exchange Server remotely.
2. It’s also useful when you are deploying number of New Exchange Server in Existing Organization. We can save time deploying multiple servers by automating the Entire installation procedure
30. When you cannot use unattended installation of Exchange Server 2003?
An Active Directory Forest can support only a single Exchange Server 2003 organization, so an un attended.ini file that is used to create an organization cannot be used for subsequent installation.
31. What is the command to create an answer file for unattended installation of Exchange Server 2003?
D:\setup\i386\setup.exe /createunattend c:\unattend.ini
Where D represents the CD ROM drive that holds the Exchange Server and C drive represent the created unattended file for installation
32. What is the command to start the unattended installation of Exchange Server 2003?
D:\setup\i386\setup.exe /UnattendFile c:\unattend.ini
Where D represents the CD ROM drive that holds the Exchange Server and C drive represent the created unattended file for installation
33. When you can specify the User account that will receive the Exchange Full Administrator permission?
After installing the exchange Server 2003, we can able to specify the administrative permission for particular user. We can delegate administrative permission by right click the Exchange organization and select delegate Administration permission.
34. Which account must be use to perform first Exchange installation?
A new dedicated service account specifically for Exchange server installation has to be created in Active Directory and the following permission are to be assigned the newly created user.
  • Schema Administrator
  • Enterprise Administrator
  • Domain Administrator
  • Local Machine Administrator