Re: Proxy Management Point - Service Unavailable

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From: Don (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/02/04


Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 09:32:48 -0800

ALSO! If you did end up having to fix the IWAM account
and the secondary site server is W2K3/ running IIS 6.0,
1. Start IIS Admin
2. Navigate to Application Pools >> SMS Management Point
Pool
3. Right click the SMS Management Point Pool and
select "Start"

If there was a problem with the IWAM account, the
application pool will probably have been disabled by IIS
automatically.

>-----Original Message-----
>Actually - looks like this is fixed. The problem had to
>do with the IWAM account for this server not being a
>member of the IIS_WPG group which provides it with
>sifficient rights to run the SMS MP Application pool.
>
>As a side note, the IWAM account not having any logon
>hours enabled prevented me from being able to install
the
>MP in the first place when I first started working on
>this.
>
>Anyone who experiences problems installing management
>points should check to make sure that the IWAM account
>logon hours are blue - not white 24 hours a day. AND
>Make sure the IWAM account is a member of the IIS_WPG
>group.
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Don, please try the following steps and see if you are
>still having the
>>error.
>>
>>This was intended to be in least intrusive to most
>intrusive order.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.. Run http:// name>/sms_mp/.sms_aut?mplist
>> 1.. This returns a blank screen.
>> 2.. Run
http:// name>/sms_mp/.sms_aut?mpcert
>> 1.. This returns a long list of numbers and letters.
>> 3.. Verify that the DTS Service is enabled.
>> 4.. Verify that the Task Scheduler is enabled.
>> 5.. Verify that the Windows Management
Instrumentation
>service is running.
>> 6.. Verify that the SMS Agent Host service is running.
>> 7.. Verify that the World Wide Web Publishing Service
>is running.
>> 8.. Verify that the MP machine account has been added
>to the
>>SMS_SiteSystemToSQLConnection_<site_code> group.
>> 9.. Verify that the SQL Server has named pipes
enabled.
>> 10.. Update MDAC on the server.
>> 1.. Review Q820910 for details.
>> 2..
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
>scid=kb;en-us;820910
>> 11.. SQL boxes that are running under a user account,
>instead of system,
>>need the SPN updated in AD.
>> 1.. Review Q829868 for additional details.
>> 2.. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
>scid=kb;en-us;829868
>> 12.. Crossing domain boundaries between MP and SQL
may
>also need the SPN
>>updated in AD.
>> 1.. Review Q829868 for additional details.
>> 2.. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
>scid=kb;en-us;829868
>> 13.. IIS Lockdown Tool
>> 1.. If you are using the IIS lockdown tool on your
>IIS 5 servers be sure
>>to apply the SMS server template from the SMS 2003
>toolkit.
>> 2..
>http://www.microsoft.com/smserver/downloads/2003/tools/to
o
>lkit.asp
>> 14.. Deinstall the MP and IIS, then reinstall IIS and
>the MP.
>> 1.. Remove the MP role on the server.
>> 2.. Disable IIS. Remove completely. Reboot the
>server.
>> 3.. Verify that the DTS Service is enabled.
>> 4.. Verify that the Task Scheduler is enabled.
>> 5.. Verify that the Windows Management
>Instrumentation service is
>>running.
>> 6.. Enable BITS, enable WEBDEV and install IIS.
>> 7.. Verify that the World Wide Web Publishing
>Service is running.
>> 8.. Verify that the MP machine account has been
>added to the
>>SMS_SiteSystemToSQLConnection_<site_code> group.
>> 9.. Enable MP role on the server.
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Travis Sweat [MSFT]
>>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
and
>confers no rights
>>"Don" <crooksd@graphicpkg.com> wrote in message
>>news:2c3101c3fcbf$74f87960$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>>> Hi,
>>> I am running SMS 2003 accross the board with 1 Primary
>>> site and 18 secondary sites. I've successfully
turned
>up
>>> a Management Point on the Central Site server. I am
>>> unable to get proxy management points to work on any
of
>>> my secondary site servers.
>>>
>>> According to the MP setup logs, the managemenbt point
>is
>>> installing just fine without any errors. BUT when I
go
>>> http://secondaryserver/sms_mp/.sms_aut?mplist AND
>>> http://secondaryserver/sms_mp/.sms_aut?mpcert, the
>>> resulting page says "Service Unavailable"
>>>
>>> My Primary Site Server is a Windows 2000 member
server.
>>> My secondary site servers are running on DCs on a
>single
>>> AD 2003 domain. We have extended the AD Schema and
the
>>> Proxy Management Points have successfully added
object
>to
>>> the directory.
>>>
>>> Any ideas on what might be wrong would be greatly
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> -Don
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>



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