The following error was generated when “$error.Clear(); install-adam -Port $RoleAdamLdapPort -SslPort $RoleAdamSslPort ” was run: “Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Edge.SetupTasks.AdamSetAclsProcessFailureException: Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS) process dsacls.exe failed with error code 58 when setting the access control list (ACL) on OU=MSExchangeGateway.    at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.ThrowError(Exception exception, ErrorCategory errorCategory, Object target, String helpUrl)

While installing Edge Transport Server role on Windows Server 2016, if you get the following error:

Error: The following error was generated when “$error.Clear();

install-adam -Port $RoleAdamLdapPort -SslPort $RoleAdamSslPort

” was run: “Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Edge.SetupTasks.AdamSetAclsProcessFailureException: Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS) process dsacls.exe failed with error code 58 when setting the access control list (ACL) on OU=MSExchangeGateway.    at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.ThrowError(Exception exception, ErrorCategory errorCategory, Object target, String helpUrl)

Workaround

Check the following two things:

1. network connectivity issue

2. problem with the default permissions on the target drive

Happy server administration.