ConfigMgr Distribution Point

Hi all,
We had to move a distribution point (Server XY) to another site.
First we uinstalled the distribution point role and the site system role from this server (Server XY).
Then we installed the distribution point again on the same server (server XY).
We modified the the boundaries and boundary groups, double checked everthing but the client can still not discover the distribution:
CAS.log: the number of discovered DPs (including Branch DP and Multicast) is 0
Any ideas?

When you say "site" do you mean a ConfigMgr site or do you simply mean geographic location?
If location, then you really didn't have to do any of the above at all except modify the boundaries.
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Unfortunately not, but google translate usually does a great job (I can read and unterstand the translated version ;-) )
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Hi,
Please check Distmgr.log as Torsten said.
Have you try to reboot the server after confirm all prerequisites has met?
Could you distribute a content to the DP successfully?
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SCCM 2007 Won't remove Distribution Points in Site Status

I'm working SCCM 2007 and have removed some orphaned Distribution Points by going through and removing any application assigned to them and then removing the roles under the Site Systems Folder.
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Execute the following command on the database
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This is not anything ConfigMgr is doing. The cases I've seen similar to this have had a GPO responsible for this behavior from which the site systems needed to be excluded.
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IIS Admin Service Disabled on all SCCM 2012 Distribution Points Automatically After few Hours

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Hello. My environment is SCCM 2012 SP1. I need to set up distribution points on several Windows Server 2003 machines. These machines have certain security requirements. One of which is no IIS. In SCCM 2007, I was able to create DPs without installing IIS.
This prevented the use of BITS extensions but was acceptable. I cannot seemed to do the same with SCCM 2012.
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BITS is a client side technology and has nothing to do with the server side of a DP or IIS and thus is irrelevant.
WebDAV was built into the relevant components of ConfigMgr obviating the need for the Windows Server WebDAV component so that's not needed for 2012 at all and thus N/A.
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Specify the preferred drive(s) during the configuration of the Distribution Point and place a file called
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may be you can try this solution http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rslaten/archive/2006/03/01/removing-a-retired-dp-from-all-your-packages.aspx
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Well how does the ConfigMgr know if the content is correct and intact, if it cannot compare it to the one in the source? Do not remove the sources.
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Have you considered integrating 1E Nomad with your ConfigMgr environment? It would eliminate the requirement for DPs on the ships.
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Redistributing Application to Distribution Point Group

Hey Guys -
Just a quick question for you about something I've never been 100% sure about and wanted to clear up...
Let's say I have an "Application" in which I've added files to the source folder which is required by the script the application runs. After adding the file, I need to update it's distribution on all 3 of my distribution points (which all
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3. Open Application's Properties, choose "Content Locations" tab, select each of the 3 distribution points and choose to "Redistribute" to each one of them
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Option #1
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Distribution Point creation failed. possible cause : distribution manager does not have the sufficient access right to the computer

Hi All,
I had this really disturbing experience with
SCCM 2012 SP1.
OD : 2008r2 Enterprise 64bit
Possible cause: Distribution Manager does not have sufficient rights to the computer.
Solution: Verify that the site server computer account is administrator of the computer.
in Distmgr.log says :
DPConnection::Disconnect: Revert to self
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16280 (0x3F98)
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16280 (0x3F98)
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I have tried many of the solution provided unfortunately nothing positive happened.
Appreciate your input before engaging premier support.
Thank you

Hi，
NO_SMS_ON_DRIVE.SMS
This file is used to prevent Configuration Manager from installing binaries to a volume. By default, when you install System Center 2012 Configuration Manager on a remote Site System, the SMS Site Component Manager Service installs the binaries (files and
folders) for the Site System on the NTFS-formatted volume that contains the most free space. You may want to use an NTFS volume other than the default volume for your remote Site Systems by preventing ConfigMgr from enumerating certain NTFS volumes.
In order to prevent CM from enumerating an NTFS volume, on the remote server you can create a text file that is named NO_SMS_ON_DRIVE.SMS and put the this file on the root folder of all NTFS volumes where you do not want to install the binaries (SMS folder)
for the ConfigMgr components.
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SCCM 2012 Distribution Point in workgroup

I am trying to install a SCCM 2012 SP1 DP on a Windows 2008 workgroup server.
Some parts are working but during installation I get errors....
The question is: is it supported what I am trying to do, a workgroup (not part of a domain) server using as DP in SCCM 2012 SP1 ?

Distribution Points must be domain members
http://eskonr.com/2013/08/sccm-configmgr-2012-manage-workgroup-computers-for-deploymentremote-tools-etc/
You can manage workgroup clients though.
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