How can I determine whether the Exchange Server 2003 ForestPrep and DomainPrep tasks have run?

Start the deployment tools by inserting the Exchange 2003 CD-ROM and selecting Exchange Deployment Tools from the Exchange 2003 dialog box.

When the Exchange Server Deployment Tools Wizard starts, click "Deploy the first Exchange 2003 server."

Click "Coexistence with Exchange 5.5," then click Next to start Phase 2: Prepare Active Directory (AD).

Step 3 of Phase 2 starts the Organization Preparation Checks (OrgPrepCheck) procedure, which performs checks to ensure that the schema and domains are ready. Enter the Exchange 5.5 Server name, the Global Catalog (GC) server name, and a path to a location for the log files that the process will generate, as this figure shows, then click "Run OrgPrepCheck now."

Close the Exchange Server Deployment Tools window.

Look in the log-file storage location that you specified in Step 4 for a file called exdeploy.log. If you haven't run the ForestPrep or DomainPrep tasks, the content of the file will look similar to

  #*** Exdeploy began: 01/03/2004 03:25:48 ***#  + Exchange 5.5 Server: vm2000srvexch5:1389  + Global Catalog Server: vm2000srvexch5  + Tools run: PolCheck, and OrgCheck.  + Preparing Active Directory for Exchange Server 2003 (OrgPrepCheck)  - Organization Readiness Check (OrgCheck)  OrgCheck verifies the Exchange extensions to the Active Directory  schema, checks the existence and membership of the Exchange Domain  Servers group and Exchange Enterprise servers group, and checks that  a global catalog server is available in a domain in which DomainPrep  has been run.  Error: OrgCheck could not find the Exchange Enterprise Servers group  'cn=Exchange Enterprise Servers,cn=Users,DC=test,DC=local' in Active  Directory.  Warning: The Exchange Domain Servers group 'cn=Exchange Domain  Servers,cn=Users,DC=test,DC=local' does not contain the local  computer 'CN=VM2000SRVEXCH5,OU=Domain Controllers,DC=test,DC=local'.  If the local computer is not running Exchange Server 2003, this is  not a problem.  Error: OrgCheck detected that either ForestPrep or DomainPrep have  not been run yet in this domain, or that there is no available global  catalog server in this domain.  - Policy Check (PolCheck)  PolCheck verifies that the necessary permissions are configured  correctly on domain controllers. Details are logged to exdeploy-  polcheck.log.  Warning: Possible error string 'Abnormal exit from PolicyTest'  detected in policytest output.  Error: PolCheck found a problem with permissions given to Exchange  Server 2003 computers in your Active Directory.  #*** Exdeploy finished: 01/03/2004 03:25:49 ***#