Re: sms will not primary site itself.

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From: Sergio... (luckysanchez_at_gmail.com)
Date: 12/03/04 

Date: 2 Dec 2004 19:09:44 -0800

all machines are server 2003, members of the same and only domain,
running NTFS, all machines are logged in as the domain admin accounts.

what servers tell the new SMS box that there was once an SMS box on
the domain? what files/registry entries do I have to kill so the new
SMS box believes it's the first one on the domain?

"Atif Gul [MS]" <atifgul@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<eXO4CCL2EHA.2788@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>...
> What is the machine OS? If the machine is joined ot the domain? Are you
> logged on with the Administrator user on the machine?
>
>
> "Sergio..." <luckysanchez@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1102014385.384390.276620@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> > Atif, you are correct.
> >
> > Sergio.
> >
> >
> > Atif Gul [MS] wrote:
> >> Please correct me if I am wrong.
> >>
> >> You installed SMS Primary Site on machine A. After playing with it
> you
> >> discard the site and machine A is gone.
> >> Now you want to install a new SMS primary site on machine B. Machine
> B never
> >> had SMS site server on it. You running SMS setup on machine B and the
> option
> >> to install SMS primary site is grayed out?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Sergio..." <luckysanchez@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:3b38bf43.0412011752.129e0f32@posting.google.com...
> >> > Okay, I brought up an SMS box on our domain, after playing with it
> for
> >> > a while I decided to install SMS on a production-worthy box for our
> >> > domain... now I'm not able to make the new box the primary site...
> the
> >> > option is greyed out.
> >> >
> >> > 1. none of the clients ever had SMS client software installed.
> >> > 2. it's too late to bring back the old box, as it is long gone.
> >> >
> >> > how do I trick the new SMS box into making itself the primary site
> on
> >> > our domain?
> >> >
> >> > I've dug through technet, but to no avail.
> >

Relevant Pages

  • Re: User Creation problem in AD
    ... its being used as Pre-production purpose to implement SMS ... # Jorge de Almeida Pinto # MVP Windows Server - Directory Services ... BLOG --> http://blogs.dirteam.com/blogs/jorge/default.aspx ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
  • Re: minimum and recommended hardware requirement
    ... SMS Site Server System Requirements ... Windows 2000 Datacenter Server ... Microsoft's SMS 2003 support for server operating systems requires ...
    (microsoft.public.sms.setup)
  • Re: Failed to get a SQL Server connection
    ... SMS is installed on a Windows Server 2003 SP1, ... We already did SMS ... Possible cause: SQL Server problem. ... Verify that SMS can access the SMS site database. ...
    (microsoft.public.sms.setup)
  • RE: Weird Errors on Primary Site server and Central Site Server
    ... this chield site is "SMS Compoanant Server", when I try to double click on ... The same the other way, on the child, there is a entry for the central site ... central site server also listed as a "SMS Compoanant Server". ... SMS Site Component Manager failed to configure site system ...
    (microsoft.public.sms.setup)
  • Potential Nightmare: CryptoAPI issues running SMS 2003 on Windows 2000 Server
    ... If you are running SMS 2003 on top of Windows 2000 Server, ... new TrustedRootKey and MPCertificate. ...
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