Unable to create a Service Connection Point

Question

Hi -
I set up a new SharePoint 2013 environment.  Everything installed successfully.  When I launch Central Admin, it doesn't accept my logon ID/password.  I found the following in the application event logs.    I assume our AD guys will
need to set up a new SCP as pointed out here:   http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff730261.aspx
I just don't recall having to ever do this before in any of the dozen or environments that I had set up.   
Unable to create a Service Connection Point in the current Active Directory domain. Verify that the SharePoint container exists in the current domain and that you have rights to write to it.
 Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: The object LDAP://CN=Microsoft SharePoint Products,CN=System,DC=cprt,DC=adt,DC=net doesn't exist in the directory.
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPServiceConnectionPoint.Ensure(String serviceBindingInformation)
   at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.CentralAdministrationSiteTask.ProvisionAdminVs()
By the way, when I tried to run PowerShell to create the Admin Content DB, I got this error, even though the install account has sysadmin privileges on all databases: 
New-SPConfigurationDatabase : Cannot connect to database master at SQL server
at SP2013Server -AdministrationContentDatabaseName. The database might not
exist, or the current user does not have permission to connect to it.
At line:1 char:1
+ New-SPConfigurationDatabase -DatabaseName SharePoint_Config -DatabaseServer
VMRS ...
I just went ahead and then ran the Product Config Wizard and it set up everything fine.  Some folks were able to resolve by running config wizard twice? 
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sharepoint/en-US/6ae61eb1-9405-4421-9bc7-a0037f4ec29b/sp1-upgrade-failure-service-connection-point?forum=sharepointadminprevious

Answer 1

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you were unable to create a Service Connection Point.
To resolve the “Unable to create a Service Connection Point in the current Active Directory domain”
error, you need to make sure you have permission to write to this container.
“You have to grant permission to write to this container to any user accounts or domain accounts that could run the SharePoint Products
Configuration Wizard. If the account does not have permission to write to this container, the following warning will appear in the log file for the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard:  Unable to create a Service Connection Point in the current Active
Directory domain. Verify that the SharePoint container exists in the current domain and that you have rights to write to it.”
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff730261.aspx
The “New-SPConfigurationDatabase : Cannot connect to database master at SQL server”
error is a common issue and has various resolutions.
More often than not it is a firewall issue on the SQL server so check that OR it's that SQL server has not been enabled for remote connections.
I would recommend you follow all the steps and options in
Cannot connect to database master at SQL server
 and
SharePoint Install – Cannot connect to database master.
More information:
Configuring Service Connection Points for SharePoint 2013:
http://onpointwithsharepoint.blogspot.in/2013/06/configuring-service-connection-points.html
Thanks,
Linda Li
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