Good Afternoon All -
While setting up a fairly new SCCM (2012 Sp1 CU1) environment, there were a few things that were not done correctly. I recently started and am trying to get them figured out. I have two site servers which I cannot remove from SCCM. Below
is their status as well as what I've tried...
Site Server Issue #1
Site Code L56 - The server was a secondary server but for whatever reason has been taken offline and no longer exists without performing an uninstall first. It is listed in SCCM Sites as "Deleting"
After research, I opened regedit, and browsed to HKML\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\Components\SMS_COMPONENT_MANAGER where i saw a key with the site server's name in it. I changed the value "Deinstallation Start Time" to "1" in the key
as well as sub keys (2 more values) using
these instructions. I restarted the SMS_COMPONENT service, and then loaded up the console, but it was still there. Back in the registry, though, the key was completely gone.
I also tried to use preinst.exe. When I run the string "preinst /delsite L56", I get "Cannot find site [L56] in the site control data in the database. Checking in ServerData in the database." What gives?
Site Server Issue #2
There was a site server which was a secondary site - however - it wasn't working correctly and we were on a dead line so this past weekend i uninstalled it as a secondary site, verified / installed pre-reqs, then simply deployed a distribution point and
management point role to it.
Now, I'm trying to turn it back into a secondary site which is installed properly. I deleted the site roles which I could (seemingly successfully as the DP shares and services are gone from the server.) In the console, I go to delete the site server,
itself, but get the error saying it cannot be deleted because it contains site system roles (and lists Component Manager.)
I thought to try preinst.exe for this one also, but it has the same Site Code as our Primary Site Server.
Both servers are running Windows Server 2012 & SQL 2012.
Any Ideas? Thanks!
Ben K.
