Sccm 2012 Can we migrate a distribution point to a Secondary site

Can we upgrade our SCCM 2012 Distribution point to a Secondary Site? Can anyone advise the process please?

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Please refer to the link below:
Planning a Content Deployment Migration Strategy in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg712275.aspx
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SCCM 2012 R2 unable to install Distribution Point on Windows 7

We have a SCCM 2012 R2 CU 2, single site. We would like to deploy the distribution point at 1 of the branch but hit with issues.
We tried various workaround. Reinstall IIS, manually install IIS.
We had repair WMI, and test WBEMTEST to the WMI and proof it able to connect, given security permission to everyone. Problem still persist.
The distmgr.log shows
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Hi,
Have you tried to disable firewall? Just for test.
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SCCM 2012: failed to connect to distribution point

Hi folks,
I have an intermittent issue and can't figure out the reason so far.
I have a primary server and multiple distribution points. The primary does not have a DP configured. When I deploy a new distribution point, I have the following messages:
Distribution Manager failed to connect to the distribution point. Check your network and firewall settings.
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Distribution Manager failed to find or create the defined share or volume on distribution point.
DistMgr.log shows the following:
CWmi::Connect() failed to connect to \\AMB-SCCM-E.domain.name\root\CIMv2. Error = 0x800706BA
STATMSG: ID=2391 SEV=E LEV=M SOURCE="SMS Server" COMP="SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER" SYS=BBD-SCCM-E.domain.name SITE=IDC PID=2120 TID=3376 GMTDATE=do jun 28 07:24:17.463 2012 ISTR0="["Display=\\AMB-SCCM-E.domain.name\"]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=IDC"]\\AMB-SCCM-E.domain.name\"
ISTR1="" ISTR2="" ISTR3="" ISTR4="" ISTR5="" ISTR6="" ISTR7="" ISTR8="" ISTR9="" NUMATTRS=1 AID0=404 AVAL0="["Display=\\AMB-SCCM-E.domain.name\"]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=IDC"]\\AMB-SCCM-E.domain.name\"
ERROR DPConnection::ConnectWMI() - Failed to connect to AMB-SCCM-E.domain.name. error = 0x800706ba
Failed to find a valid drive on the distribution point ["Display=\\AMB-SCCM-E.domain.name\"]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=IDC"]\\AMB-SCCM-E.domain.name\
Cannot find or create the package share.
Error occurred. Performing error cleanup prior to returning.
However, after a while (couple of hours), it looks like everything is distributed on the DP. But this message keeps on coming back during the course of the day and every time a new DP is deployed.
I checked permissions, IIS, WMI, but I can't find out the cause of this behavior. I have events about WMI (id 5605) but I can connect to the WMI workspace (root\MicrosoftIISv2) with no issues.
Can anyone shed some light on this please? It would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Safdar.

To clarify: it's not enough to tick "Windows Authentication" in Add Roles/Features - it actually has to be enabled in IIS configuration.
There are also suggestions to run mofcomp.exe smsdpprov.mof
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SCCM 2012 R2 with Server 2003 DIstribution Point

Does anyone know if Server 2003 SP2 can be used as a distribution point? I have a fellow co-worker having issues with getting PxE to work.
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That's right. Windows 2003 Server is not supported. Your original question was about Windows Server 2003 SP2.
That is supported for PXE but does not support multicast or PXE booting of EFI.
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Versions of SCCM that can be Migrated to CM 2012 R2

Hello All,
I am trying to understand which versions of SCCM can be migrated to CM 2012 R2. According to technet (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg699364.aspx) it states:
SCCM 2007 SP2 can b migrated to CM 2012, CM 2012 SP1 or CM 2012 R2
CM 2012 SP1 can b migrated to CM 2012 SP1
CM 2012 R2 can be migrated to CM 2012 R2
So my question is can CM 2012 SP1 b migrated to CM 2012 R2? I dont see why it wouldnt but that exact migration path is not listed. Is there a reason for that?
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Yes you can. I guess its not listed as this can also be an in place upgrade.
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SCCM 2012 SP1 CU4 migrated DP shows package status "unknown"

I have a SCCM 2012 SP1 CU4 environment and have shared SCCM 2007 distribution points.
Today I migrated one of the DP's which seems to work well.
However all my packages shows now the status "unknown" for this migrated DP.
This is a problem which should be fixed in CU4 according to the CU4 description. But it is not :-(
Any idea how to solve this ? R2 install ?

Some additional information:
I noticed that the package sources are still available at the "old" ditribution point share abd not on the new sccm 2012 distribution point share. When performing actions described in step 3 below the package becomes available on the distribution point
share......then i guess i can remove the content from the "old" distribution point share ????
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--> i remove the DP from the package and immediately add it again, the package status becomes "Successful".....hummm....ok....maybe a script could be created for this
I noticed that when a package got the status "unknown" and the package is also located on the "distribution point share" then following will fix the issue:
--> edit the package and remove the migrated DP and remove the checkbox for string on the distribution point share. Then add the DP again, click Apply and then set the checkbox for storing on the distribution point share and Apply again. Then wait and package
will become available Successful and the package will become available on the distribution point share
But i have 800 packages and 50 to be migrated DP's.....this is not a solution....but what is ????
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I have SCCM 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2012 SP1 Enterprise edition on the same server.
The SQL server has two instances.
1. default instance for SCCM db
2. instance named WSUS for WSUS
For licensing purpose, we want to change SQL enterprise edition to standard edition. I know that we cannot change edition without uninstalling SQL enterprise edition and installing SQL standard eition.
I want to know the steps I should follow to successfully migrate SQL to standard edition without breaking SCCM and WSUS DBs
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I have the old ConfigMgr 2012 name " BACKOFFICE" it is currently managing all the EndPoint Protection for all workstations/servers.
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Protection client from old site name and install new one?
1. Do I have to manually uninstall EndPoint Client in control panel for each computer? or is there a way to just uninstall for all computers using the old COnfigMgr 2012 "BACKOFFICE"
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You have to reassign the desired clients.
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Migration from Distribution Point within an SCCM2012 SP1 environment

Hi all,
in an exisiting SCCM2012 SP1 CU2 environment (one CAS, four Primary sites and some DPs) we have the following problem: The schedule HW for the DPs are not available and we are planing to use another HW Model for a timeframe the correct model is available.
When the new HW model is available I'm not sure how to move or migrate the content from the exisiting DP. Do you have this already done or ideas to do this.
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regards

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SCCM 2012 boundaries

hello all,
i have one sccm 2012 primary server and few distribution points across the several sites, So when i create boundaries using IP address range or Subnets non of the deployments will work, but it will be
fine when i add it using AD sites. now the problem is, some sites are trying to access the primary site when downloading content for the SW deployment and OS deployment,
Today i noticed, when i boot computers using boot media (CD or USB), Task sequence get failed, then i added Primary AD Site into remote distribution points and vice versa it stared to work,
what will be possible root cause for this? overlapping or smthing? plz advice!
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in SCCM 2012, you should have to be very careful for boundary, as well as for boundary group, every boundary should be member of any boundary group, AND in that boundary group, site system should be add a content location. so when you deploy OS or software
on PC then that PC should be download the content from the DP which was added n boundary group/.
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"Enable distribution-point sharing for this source site" did not showing SCCM 2007 DPs as SCCM 2012 content shares for CM12 clients

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We have one central site server and three primary site servers in SCCM 2007 and completed the SCCM 2012 migration as single hierarchy.
During the migration, We have configured SCCM 2007 Central site server as source hierarchy for data gathering process and configured the "Enable distribution-point sharing for this source site" to make SCCM 2007 distribution points
as SCCM 2012 content shares to serve SCCM 2012 migrated clients. Now we are facing a problem that one of the primary site server's data gathering process did not gather SCCM 2007 DPs even though we configured "Enable distribution-point sharing for this
source site" but data gathering process is completing successfully.
Is anyone have idea, why these SCCM 2007 DPs did not appearing as SCCM 2012 content shares under "Shared Distribution Points"
Thanks in Advance
srkr

Now we are facing a problem that one of the primary site server's data gathering process did not gather SCCM 2007 DPs even though we configured "Enable distribution-point sharing for this source
site" but data gathering process is completing successfully.
Earlier all the shared DPs are showing under Shared Distribution Points ? Or since starting itself these DPs are not showing down? Have you checked migmctrl.log for some clue?
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Distribution Point Migration

Hello,
I have 1 primary and 100 secondary site (each secondary having MP and DP role installed). I want to migrate CM2012 share distribution point for 100 secondary site. I have few question in that.
1.Currently all the secondary contain : more than 250 packages in SMSPKG$ folder and DATAACCESS shared folder. If I convert to shared DP and attach cm2012..How distribution point works. Should I need to distribute 250 package to the shared one or it will
copy the package from SMSPKG$ folder and store in content lib, or should I redistribute the package to shared DP's?
2.Once I convert the share DP it losses 2007 primary communication?
3.what about the DATAACCESS folder once migrate share DP.. still use old one?

Hi,
1. The conversion process will convert all Migrated packages to the new contentlibrary no need to redistribute them.
2. Yes
3. From TechNet :
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg712275.aspx
"The upgrade process creates a copy of the migrated content that is stored on the distribution point, and then converts this copy to the single instance content store. When Configuration Manager converts a package to the single instance content store, it
deletes that package from the SMSPKG share on the distribution point computer unless the package has one or more advertisements that are configured to
Run program from distribution point. "
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Monitoring and troubleshooting in-place distribution point upgrades

I have a shared SCCM 2007 secondary site server that I'd like to upgrade to a SCCM 2012 Distribution Point. I went to the Administration>Migration>Source Hierarchy>Shared Distribution Points and right clicked and hit Upgrade and then proceeded
through the Upgrade Shared Distribution Point Wizard. Then under Administration>Migration>Distribution Point Upgrades, monitored that status, but even though I left it overnight, the status is still "Upgrade distribution point." I checked under
the Monitoring>Distribution Status>Distribution Point Configuration Status and selected the name of my distribution point and noticed that I'd forgotten to add the Site Server's computer account to the local admin group on my Distribution Point Server.
But even though I've corrected that, the status of the upgrade has not changed and there is nothing of note in resource manager indicating that the process is underway.
Are there any additional logs to monitor the progress of the in-place Distribution Point upgrade? Are there any other troubleshooting steps I can do to determine why the status of the upgrade isn't complete?

Hi all
I would like to share my experience with migrating from SCCM 2007 Distribution Points to SCCM 2012. We have in our test environment 39 secondary site systems with the role of distribution points and I wanted to play with the migration feature "Share
Distribution Point" scenario. In the night in which I had prepared the Secondary sites using the migration wizard, 30 of the 39 sites completed in approximately 3 hours with the status "Completed upgrade distribution point". On all distribution
points the same completion date was entered. It seems that a task at specific times in the background check again whether the migration is complete and the status is consolidated. The remaining 9 Distribution Points were then completed almost exactly after
12 hours.
I then inquired about the migrated packages. On the night not a single package came in the status 'Targeted'. After about 12 hours I saw at once that now at least the distribution points were recorded in most packages. The status 'Installed' but got no distribution
point. I then startet at about 10 packages an update distribution job. These then became the status of 'Installed' more than 4 hours later. Then the weekend was between and on Monday morning, no other distribution points were listed as 'Installed'. I checked
local on the distribution point, if all of the packages was converted. This was the case, not only the 10 I have updated. The packages then should be available during deployments, I think. But I have not tested it.
If you have looked at a package converted times more precise, the status of most distribution point is 'Unknown'. I then googled for this situation, and I have found this
article. There seems to be a bug which is currently in a solving process.
For me, there are two solutions for this problem:
1. Waiting for the hotfix and the problem is then solved centrally. By the fact, that we migrate the 340 Secodary Sites in 3 weeks, I don't think that this hotfix will be available.
2. Depending on the number of distribution points and packages it may be helpful if all 'targeted' packages are again updated. In this 'Unknown' status situation I simply do not know if the packages are really available or not.
I found another problem with the Distribution Point migration. Actually with the migration of SCCM 2007 Secondary Site Server to SCCM 2012 remote Distribution Point, an uninstallation of the secondary site server should be performed. We had tested this with
SCCM 2012 RTM and it was working at that time. With the update to SCCM 2012 SP1 here again seems a problem with the migration to be added. In the SCCM 2007 environment, the Secondary Site Server were removed during migration. But not local uninstalled, even
after 3 days.
Conclusion to the Distribution Point in SCCM 2012 SP1 migration:
As always, you just have to have patience until the migration jobs are completed. Certain tasks must then be carried out by hand. In my view, the missing log information is the biggest problem. Without the log information I was blind
during the migration. If you only have a short window for migration and like us, that we need to migrate 340 Secondary Site Server in the production environment, the scenario must be carefully considered. We proof now to not migrate the Secondary Sites with
the Migration Wizzard, but start from the ground up a new installation of Distribution Points followed by the necessary sync packages.
Kind regards Stefan Somogyi

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