I was trying to install Exchange Server 2013 CU11 on my lab exchange server. I encountered two errors.
1. A Restart from a Previous Installing is pending
Resolution:
To remove an orphaned UpdateExeVolatile registry key value
- Open a registry editor, such as Regedit.exe or Regedt32.exe.
- Navigate to HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftUpdates
- In the right navigation pane, double-click the UpdateExeVolatile key.
- Configure the key with a value of 0
- Close Registry Editor.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc164360(v=exchg.80).aspx
2. Organization Preparation FAILED
Error: 8224
Error: The following error was generated when “$error.Clear(); install-ExchangeSchema -LdapFileName ($roleInstallPath + “SetupData”+$RoleSchemaPrefix + “schema0.ldf”)
” was run: “There was an error while running ‘ldifde.exe’ to import the schema file ‘C:WindowsTempExchangeSetupSetupDataPostWindows2003_schema0.ldf’. The error code is: 8224. More details can be found in the error file: ‘C:Usersadministrator.{your-domain}AppDataLocalTemp2ldif.err'”.
There was an error while running ‘ldifde.exe’ to import the schema file ‘C:WindowsTempExchangeSetupSetupDataPostWindows2003_schema0.ldf’. The error code is: 8224. More details can be found in the error file: ‘C:Usersadministrator.{your-domain}AppDataLocalTemp2ldif.err’
Solutionhttps://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/d8713608-1a4d-4d08-b66c-9a38c6bf4625/error-code-8224-ldifde-exchange-2013-installation-failure
” was run: “There was an error while running ‘ldifde.exe’ to import the schema file ‘C:WindowsTempExchangeSetupSetupDataPostWindows2003_schema0.ldf’. The error code is: 8224. More details can be found in the error file: ‘C:Usersadministrator.{your-domain}AppDataLocalTemp2ldif.err'”.
There was an error while running ‘ldifde.exe’ to import the schema file ‘C:WindowsTempExchangeSetupSetupDataPostWindows2003_schema0.ldf’. The error code is: 8224. More details can be found in the error file: ‘C:Usersadministrator.{your-domain}AppDataLocalTemp2ldif.err’
Solutionhttps://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/d8713608-1a4d-4d08-b66c-9a38c6bf4625/error-code-8224-ldifde-exchange-2013-installation-failure
Fore Replicate between DCs
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc816926(v=ws.10).aspx
To force replication over a connection
- Open Active Directory Sites and Services: On the Start menu, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Sites and Services.
- In the console tree, expand Sites, and then expand the site to which you want to force replication from the updated server.
- Expand the Servers container to display the list of servers that are currently configured for that site.
- Expand the server objects and click their NTDS Settings objects to display their connection objects in the details pane. Find a server that has a connection object from the server on which you made the updates.
- Click NTDS Settings below the server object. In the details pane, right-click the connection object whose From Server is the domain controller that has the updates that you want to replicate, and then click Replicate Now.
- When the Replicate Now message box appears, review the information, and then click OK.