Re: SMS 2003 DP on a Domain Controller

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From: Jeff Harbaugh [MSFT] (jeffharb_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/14/05 

Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:10:13 -0800

Are you able to connect to the admin$ share of the DC using the SMS Server
computer account?
You can also try to remove the DP from the remote site then re-add it back
to see if this fixes the issue. 

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Thanks,
Jeff Harbaugh [MSFT]
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<rhouchins@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:1105720063.830426.286020@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Has anyone actually gotten this to work?
>
> I have already installed IIS, Bits, And WedDAV on the Domain
> Controller.
>
> Also I have added the Primary Site's computer account to domain admins
> group since DC's don't have a local administrators group.
>
> They only error I see in the distmgr.log is...
>
> Start adding package to server
> ["Display=\\ABC12345\"]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=XXX"]\\ABC12345\... 1/14/2005
> 10:58:12 AM
>
> Cannot establish connection to
> ["Display=\\ABC12345\"]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=XXX"]\\ABC12345\
>
> The sitecomp.log has no mention of \\ABC12345.
>
> Site is using Advanced security with AD schema extended.
>
> The only reason a DC is being used is because of the remote sites need
> to leverage a multifunction server.
>

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