Setup.exe /PrepareAD /OrganizationName:”<organization name>” /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerms -- Fails

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[10/10/2022 21:15:56.0738] [1] [ERROR] Failed to bind parameter 'MakeDefault' to target. Exception setting 'MakeDefault': 'Parameters and method signature do not match. »
[10/10/2022 21:15:56.0738] [1] [ERROR] Exception setting 'MakeDefault': 'Parameters and method signature do not match. »
[10/10/2022 21:15:56.0738] [1] [ERROR] Parameters and method signature do not match.
[10/10/2022 21:15:56.0745] [1] [ERROR-REFERENCE] Id=CommonGlobalConfig___6ef41a1df54d4beb8f803c27b96c59ba Component=EXCHANGE14:\Current\Release\Shared\Datacenter\Setup
[10/10/2022 21:15:56.0745] [1] Setup is stopping now because of one or more critical errors.
[10/10/2022 21:15:56.0745] [1] Finished executing component tasks.
[10/10/2022 21:15:56.0786] [1] Ending processing Install-ExchangeOrganization
[10/10/2022 21:15:56.0790] [0] CurrentResult console.ProcessRunInternal:198:1
[10/10/2022 21:15:56.0793] [0] CurrentResult launcherbase.maincore:90:1
[10/10/2022 21:15:56.0793] [0] CurrentResult console.startmain:52:1
[10/10/2022 21:15:56.0793] [0] CurrentResult SetupLauncherHelper.loadassembly:452:1
[10/10/2022 21:15:56.0793][0] The Exchange Server setup operation did not complete. For more information, see ExchangeSetup.log in the <SystemDrive>:\ExchangeSetupLogs folder.
[10/10/2022 21:15:56.0795] [0] CurrentResult main.run:235:1
[10/10/2022 21:15:56.0795] [0] The registry key, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\V15\Setup, could not be found.
[10/10/2022 21:15:56.0795] [0] CurrentResult setupbase.maincore:396:1
[10/10/2022 21:15:56.0796] [0] End of Setup
[10/10/2022 21:15:56.0796] [0] *********************************** ***********

Answer 1

Hello there,

Please add some additional information like when and where are you getting this log?

According to the error 8240, it is most likely that there is an issue at AD Replication.

Please to check replication status among domain by running Repadmin /repsum.

Have you tried running with setup.exe /prepareAD /Domaincontroller:<FQDN> /IacceptExchangeServerlicenseterms?

Also, you can mount the exchange server iso in domain controller and run the setup.exe /prepareAD /IacceptExchangeServerlicenseterms

The below thread discusses the same issue and you can try out some troubleshooting steps from this and see if that helps you to sort the Issue.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/9dbcb676-58c0-42e8-b1e4-a546f7928c1c/preparead-iacceptexchangeserverlicenseterms-organizationname-fails?forum=Exch2019

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