Nope, just that. The /domainprep switch prepares the domain - sets some permissions, creates some groups, etc. Even if you didn't run setup /domainprep explicitly during your initial Exchange install the stuff still gets done - vanilla setup would have spotted they needed doing and got on with it.
The problem in our case was that some of these permissions went missing and we started seeing all sorts of problems. We saw error messages similar to the ones you're getting about the metabase. Re-running /domainprep put the necessary permissions back and things were tickety-boo again. However, we also saw errors from DSAccess complaining it couldn't see any domain controllers and you're not... Andrew > ---------- > From: Christopher Hummert[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: Exchange Discussions > Sent: 11 March 2002 19:06 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Service Pack 2 Problem > > I was just wondering.....was that all you did or was there something > else during setup that you did? > -Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Daniel > Chenault > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 11:04 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: Service Pack 2 Problem > > > Perhaps I dont' understand what you're asking but what is so hard about > running setup /domainprep? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher Hummert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 11:38 AM > Subject: RE: Service Pack 2 Problem > > > > Could you walk me though how you did this? > > -Chris > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Maclaren, > > Andrew > > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 9:26 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Service Pack 2 Problem > > > > > > I had a pretty similar thing and re-doing setup /domainprep solved the > > > problem. Some of the permissions needed by the server had > > mysteriously gone missing after the sp2 install. > > > > Andrew > > > > > ---------- > > > From: Christopher Hummert[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Reply To: Exchange Discussions > > > Sent: 11 March 2002 16:53 > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: Service Pack 2 Problem > > > > > > So I updated Exchange 2000 to SP2 and now the Metabase won't load > > > up. Anyone else have this problem? I'm getting 3 errors in the log > > > file and here they are: > > > > > > Here are the 3 errors I'm receiving > > > Metabase Update agent failed to start. Error code is 80040a01. Event > > > > 1002 MSExchangeMU > > > > > > The Metabase Update service failed to start, error '80040a01'. Event > > > > 9004 MSExchangeSA > > > > > > Unexpected error An unknown error has occurred. ID no: 80040a01 > > > Microsoft Exchange System Attendant occurred. Event 1005 > > > MSExchangeSA > > > > > > This is for a client that I do work for every once in a great while. > > > > They installed Exchange 2000 themselves and I'm not sure if they did > > > > it correctly but it's been working for a long time. 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