RE: client install problem in remote sites

From: Fahad (Fahad_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/24/04


Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 10:17:02 -0700

Mike,
One thing to make sure is that, double click on those cllients that are
having problem and make sure that thier IP adress was discovered. Site
server will not be able to push the client if the IP adress has not be
discovered.

"Mike Koch" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> All servers are running SMS 2003 w/ SP1.
> Primary site is a member server in PA running on Windows 2003.
> Secondary site #1 is in Australia, running on Windows 2003 member server.
> Secondary site #2 is in Sweden, running on Windows 2003 domain controller.
> Secondary site #3 is in Canada, running on Windows 2000 member server.
> Secondary site #4 is in Las Vegas, running on Windows 2000 domain
> controller.
> Secondary site #5 is in Louisville, running on Windows 2000 member server.
>
> All secondary sites are showing up in the primary site's console properly,
> and appear to be functioning normally. All site boundaries are configured
> appropriately for their respective subnets, discovery has run, and the
> clients in each site show in the console as assigned. Client push in all
> sites has been confgured to push automatically. All clients are running
> either Win2K or WinXP Professional.
>
> Problem: The clients in sites 3, 4, and 5 are not installing. It's been 2
> full days since those sites were installed and configured, but no clients
> have been installed. I guess I'm asking because sites 1 and 2 worked so well
> with no extra work, so I'm not sure where to check or what to look for. The
> only obvious difference is that the non-working clients are in sites where
> the site server is running on Windows 2000 Server, while the others are
> running under Windows 2003.
>
> I'm more than willing to do the work. All I'm asking for is a bit of
> troubleshooting guidance.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
>



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