Can't find 'System Management' in Active Directory during SCCM setup

[wolfdogg]

So I'm going through the SCCM setup guide and I'm at the part that tells me to go to Active Directory -> System -> and then 'System Management'. Problem is.. there is no 'System Management' under my 'System' folder.

 

What have I done wrong?

Thanks.

[Peter van der Woude]

Did you extend the AD?

[anyweb]

and in case you missed it heres how to Extend AD

[wolfdogg]

It is unbeleivable to me, how intricate the setup is for this thing!

 

Ok.. off to extend my AD. Thanks guys!!

[wolfdogg]

I followed the directions.. looked like it went, but then opened up Active Directory and saw no change. I then opened up the logs....

 

My ExtADSch log shows the following errors:

 

<08-04-2009 10:49:38> Modifying Active Directory Schema - with SMS extensions.

<08-04-2009 10:49:38> Unable to connect to RootDSE - Cannot update Active Directory. Error code = 53.

<08-04-2009 10:49:38> Failed to extend the Active Directory schema.

 

Thoughts? I've been Googling it, but haven't found the solution.

[anyweb]

did you add the Domain Administrator account into the Schema Admins account ?

 

what user account are you trying to extend the AD schema as ? and what os is this ?

[wolfdogg]

did you add the Domain Administrator account into the Schema Admins account ?

 

what user account are you trying to extend the AD schema as ? and what os is this ?

 

2008 Enterprise.. and yep.. added the Domain Admin first. I'm under the Administrator account.

 

Well dang.. thought i had it! i had changed my ip to dynamic to plug my ethernet into our LAN here at work (for internet access).. and decided to change that back to static IP and then plug into my little 4 node network hub. After rebooting, I tried to extend AD again.. this time, the log files show that it worked! I got the exact same output that you showed in your log... where you said,

 

"if everything went ok the log file will be pretty emtpy otherwise it may contain errors, in addition you should see another log file in c:\ called ExtADSch.log here is a copy of mine:-"

 

Hooray, I thought! But no new folders in AD still. strange.....

[Wyatt Wong]

I have successfully extended the AD but still cannot see the "System Management" group, why ?

[Peter van der Woude]

Did you add the advanced features to your view (View > Advanced Features)?

[Eswar Koneti]

I have successfully extended the AD but still cannot see the "System Management" group, why ?

 

 

Configuration Manager does not automatically create the System Management container in Active Directory Domain Services when the schema is extended. The container must be created once for each domain that includes a Configuration Manager site server that will publish site information to Active Directory Domain Services.

 

You can grant the site servers computer account Full Control permission to the System container in Active Directory Domain Services, which results in the site

server automatically creating the System Management container when site information is first published to Active Directory Domain Services. However, it

is more secure to manually create the System Management container More info http://technet.micro...y/bb632591.aspx

 

You can manually create the System Management container in Active Directory Domain Services using ADSIEdit and provide full permissions to the container for Site server. http://www.windows-n...tive-directory/