Re: Moving SMS Servers Between Domains

In article <38D6B074-5305-4F70-9CB1-ADEA6E9AA390@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Susana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> Hi Cathy,
> I run the setup without make any changes, but the option fo "modify or reset
> the current installation" is still disabled. I also tryed running with
> different accounts, local administrator, mine, and is exactly the same.
> What I was thinking is that the first error that is displaying about the
> "different version" maybe is because I installed W2003 and 2 months ago I
> installed the W2003 SP1, also the SMS has the SP1 installed and when the SMS
> was first installed, those 2 doesnÂ?t exist.
>
> Do you think it this is causing that warning message and is not displaying
> the option I want?
>
> What happend if I just "jump" the step 2 and continue with the next?
>
> Thank you very much!
>
> "Cathy Moya [MS]" wrote:
>
> > Hi, Susana,
> > If you run setup for SMS 2003 and click through without making any changes,
> > it should automatically offer to do a reset.
> >
> > I don't think the paper is exactly accurate when it says that changing the
> > account will give you a site reset - I don't believe it does the same
> > processes with regards to the SMS services. Also, the reason why you see
> > Local System and can't change the account is because you are running in
> > advanced security, which we didn't have back in SMS 2.0. So no problem
> > there.
> >
> > --
> > Cathy Moya, CISSP, MCSE: Security
> > Technical Writer, Windows Enterprise Management Division User Assistance
> >
> > Check out the SMS Technical FAQ:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sms/sms2003/techfaq/default.mspx
> > This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties and confers no rights.
> >
> > "Susana" <Susana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:53618FE5-C213-48D1-B225-FBC2BDD80BC9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Hello Cathy,
> > >
> > > Actually I am having the error following the steps, the step 2 appendix A:
> > > Resetting an SMS Site.
> > >
> > > When I execute the setup.exe, I am getting this error:
> > > "Setup has detected an existing installation of an SMS primary site on
> > > this
> > > computer. Because the installation is a different version, you don't have
> > > the
> > > option of modifiyng the installation. Click next to view all the available
Have you tried launching setup from start menu; systems management
server? Or are you launching setup from the original sms 2000 rtm cd?
--
Kim Oppalfens
MVP SMS
Computacenter Belgium
.

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