I recently came across a problem that drove me crazy for several hours. I've installed secondary site servers many times and have the setup down pat to work with my usual secure configuration. The secondary site server installed ok, but then the mpcontrol...

In a scenario where a hardened SQL named instance (e.g., SQLI1) is used to perform the database (e.g., SMS_P01) upgrade test for a service pack the ConfigMgrSetup.log may contain the following errors: The command line options are /TESTDBUPGRADE...

I recently had to manually remove a secondary site (S01) from a ConfigMgr 2007 SP1 hierarchy. It deleted ok from the parent site (P01), but since that doesn't replicate up the hierarchy, I had to go to the Hierarchy Maintenance Tool (Preinst.exe) on the...