togeoff Posted November 21, 2008 Report post Posted November 21, 2008 I was following Anyweb's instructions in preparation to deploy Vista with SCCM. In the preparations, it identifies a requirement to put the SCCM machine account into some groups. One being "SMS_SiteToSiteConnection_xxx". But I don't have these groups! Should I create them? Does it mean my installation is not right? Can I deploy o/s without these groups? Notes. I have domain admin access only. I have install SCCM on our domain only in Mixed mode with SCCM SP1. Note that I can push applications to PCs without problem. My next desired step is to configure this Vista O/S deployment. Geoff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anyweb Posted November 21, 2008 Report post Posted November 21, 2008 did you verify you have advanced view turned on in AD users and computers... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
togeoff Posted November 23, 2008 Report post Posted November 23, 2008 did you verify you have advanced view turned on in AD users and computers... Yes I do have that ticked. I've also tried: -searching from the root of my part of the domain. -Looking in the usual place such as users folder. Is it needed in a mixed enviroment? Could it exist somewhere in the enterprise root? I actually thought I saw it some time ago. But I have done several test installations and its possible that it was with one of these. Should I re-run install? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anyweb Posted November 24, 2008 Report post Posted November 24, 2008 is SCCM installed on the server that you are attempting to locate this information on ? the SMS_* groups are created when SCCM is installed... you are looking in Active Directory users and Computers in the USERS section arnt you ???? give me more details please cheers anyweb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
togeoff Posted November 25, 2008 Report post Posted November 25, 2008 is SCCM installed on the server that you are attempting to locate this information on ? the SMS_* groups are created when SCCM is installed... you are looking in Active Directory users and Computers in the USERS section arnt you ???? give me more details please cheers anyweb Ummmmm, maybe..... So its local groups, not AD.... Man, is my face red. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anyweb Posted November 25, 2008 Report post Posted November 25, 2008 just in case there's any confusion look at this screenshot of my Active Directory Users and Computers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
togeoff Posted November 25, 2008 Report post Posted November 25, 2008 just in case there's any confusion look at this screenshot of my Active Directory Users and Computers I've noticed you have Windows 2008 server installed. Can this Vista O/S deployment work without a 2008 server DC? We are 2003 srv level. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anyweb Posted November 26, 2008 Report post Posted November 26, 2008 shouldn't matter at all, when you instaslled SCCM, did you install it on a computer which is joined to this AD (joined to this domain) ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
togeoff Posted December 2, 2008 Report post Posted December 2, 2008 shouldn't matter at all, when you instaslled SCCM, did you install it on a computer which is joined to this AD (joined to this domain) ? Yes, it is installed on a computer which is joined to the Domain that I manage. Note that this is not the Enterprise level domain. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anyweb Posted December 3, 2008 Report post Posted December 3, 2008 ok this is how to do it (had the problem myself today !) this issue will occur when you install SCCM on a different computer to the domain controlller, in my guides I had SCCM setup and running on the DC, hence the differences... To resolve this: on the Domain Controller, login to Active Directory Users and Computers, enable advanced view click users right click and choose NEW, Group make a new 'domain local' security group called SMS_SiteSystemToSiteServerConnection_WIN and then make a new one for SMS_SiteToSiteConnection_WIN change WIN to your site code, the rest of the guide i wrote still applies (ie: add those accounts in AD to the local computer...) cheers anyweb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
