Issues with Domain Controllers 1

[dgillings]

Hi there, any help on this one would be appreciated, I've been going around in circles for that last 4 weeks (maybe longer - time means nothing anymore)

I have been passed the duty of maintaining the SMS servers that were installed (a bodge job) by an employee who no longers works with us. The site was in a mess so I stripped it out using the uninstall feature in the SMS setup process. It seems to have left traces of itself through out our network. :S The main issue is the traces that it seems to have left on our Domain Controllers, and I am unable to remove these, or find any information of anyone with a similar issue.

I decided to start again and, in the process, decided that changing out Site Name from RDG to ING would be a good idea so I could trace where the problem accounts etc. are.

We have 3 domain controllers here and we are running one SMS server for our site (500 or so workstations, about 120 servers - currently) Currently only one of our domain controllers reports (in SMS Service Manager) that it's SMS_NT_LOGON_DISCOVERY_AGENT is working. the other 2 report "error communicating with device". I am pretty sure that this is the route of our problem with only 60% of clients being discovered and only 10% of them receiving the SMS Client installation correctly.

Any clues on how to remove/re-add the correct information to the DC's, and clean out the old services and remenants of the old installed site (RDG)?

Cheers

Daniel

 

[terry712]

run the install against the server (must be same service pack version) - and it will ask you to remove sms site if it finds one.

except for that delete the sms key in the registry they are all under microsoft\software

also on parent site run a preinst that kills all jobs for that child and then also delete site with it - it will not find it but a good check

 

[dgillings]

Sorry. not following you on this one... I have attempted to run the install file for SP4, but all it reports is that it has found an existing CAP and I am only allow to install the administration console...

I shall continue in my search...