installation problem with sms2.0

[mhulsman]

I'm trying to install sms2.0 and I get the following error message: setup cannot create SMSserver_<site> account in domain. The sms service account has al the neccessary rights. Does anybody have an answer to this problem

 

[hseeger]

What's you domain structure, do you have one accounts domaine and one resource domain?

 

[mhulsman]

No its one domain no additional resource domains.
But we have found a workaround for our problem. The following came from Microsoft:

Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 1 provides a Setup command-line

method of manually specifying the client connection and server connection

accounts that are used in the domain. The accounts must already exist and have

the appropriate rights. When the accounts are manually specified, the Setup

program does not create the default SMSServer_XXX and SMSClient_XXX accounts.


The following example shows the syntax of the Setup command:


setup /ServerAccount DOMAIN\<account> /ServerPassword <password> /ClientAccount DOMAIN\<account> /ClientPassword <password>


For example, when you install a site, you want the Setup program to use

MyDomain\SMSServerAcct (password Elvis1) as the server connection account and

MyDomain\SMSClientAcct (password Elvis2) as the client connection account. You

can invoke the Setup program using the following syntax:


setup /ServerAccount MyDomain\SMSServerAcct /ServerPassword Elvis1 /ClientAccount MyDomain\SMSClientAcct /ClientPassword Elvis2


However, to use the command-line argument, you must run the Setup program

directly from the CD-ROM. Therefore, specifying a pre-created server and client

connection account is not possible for remote secondary site Setup.


To specify accounts for a secondary site, create an .ini file called

SMSAccountSetup.ini in the %Winnt%\System32 folder of the targeted secondary

site server. The .ini file lists the server and client account information in

the following format:


[ServerAccount]

Name=SMSServer

Password=Elvis1


[ClientAccount]

Name=SMSClient

Password=Elvis2


When the Setup program starts, it reads the SMSAccountSetup.ini file from the

%Winnt%\system32 folder. The accounts specified in the .ini file are treated the

same as the /ServerAccount and the /ClientAccount command-line arguments and the

default SMSServer_XXX and SMSClient_XXX accounts are not created.


If there is any need to reset a site, run the Setup program with the same command

line to manually specify the accounts again:


setup /ServerAccount DOMAIN\<account> /ServerPassword <password> /ClientAccount DOMAIN\<account> /ClientPassword <password>.


Otherwise, the default server and client connection accounts are created.


To change the password for the pre-created server or client connection account,

run the Setup program with the same command line as the initial installation

(this time specify the new passwords).


NOTE: This installation method only supports passwords up to 14 characters or

less in length, even though it is possible to create accounts and passwords that

exceed this limit at a command line in Microsoft Windows NT or in the graphical

user interface (GUI) with Microsoft Windows 2000.