How long should it take to create a secondary site?  I created one and its state is still showing as pending.

Which of the many log files would show me whats going on?  At this point it has not yet created the folder that I told it to install to.  (c:\program files\sccm)

Hi,

Is there any error in senders.log in primary server?
 

The sender.log got me going in the right direction, it seems to have been a problem with the credentils it was using to try and install on the secondary server.  Once I got that fixed, the flood gates opened and stuff started happening.

Now I think i'm having problems with an install that didn't go through all the way on the secondary server, the SMS_Bootstrap.log looks ok until I get to this point...

Started "C:\4xu1zis4.TMP\SMSSETUP\bin\i386\setup.exe /script C:\SMS_BOOTSTRAP.ini /nouserinput" as PID 7948. SMS_BOOTSTRAP 1/1/1601 12:00:00 AM 1 (0x0001)
Waiting for PID 7948 to terminate... SMS_BOOTSTRAP 1/1/1601 12:00:00 AM 1 (0x0001)
PID 7948 exited with code 1. SMS_BOOTSTRAP 1/1/1601 12:00:00 AM 1 (0x0001)
FATAL ERROR: SMS_SITE_COMPONENT_MANAGER is not running, setup must have failed, bootstrap procedure aborted! SMS_BOOTSTRAP 1/1/1601 12:00:00 AM 1 (0x0001)
Deinstalling myself... SMS_BOOTSTRAP 1/1/1601 12:00:00 AM 1 (0x0001)
Deleted temp directory C:\4xu1zis4.TMP. SMS_BOOTSTRAP 1/1/1601 12:00:00 AM 1 (0x0001)
Deleted C:\SMS_BOOTSTRAP.pkg. SMS_BOOTSTRAP 1/1/1601 12:00:00 AM 1 (0x0001)
Deleted C:\SMS_BOOTSTRAP.ini. SMS_BOOTSTRAP 1/1/1601 12:00:00 AM 1 (0x0001)
Deleted C:\SMS_BOOTSTRAP.EXE. SMS_BOOTSTRAP 1/1/1601 12:00:00 AM 1 (0x0001)
Deinstalled the SMS_BOOTSTRAP service. SMS_BOOTSTRAP 1/1/1601 12:00:00 AM 1 (0x0001)
Deinstallation complete. SMS_BOOTSTRAP 1/1/1601 12:00:00 AM 1 (0x0001)
Bootstrap procedure unsuccessful. SMS_BOOTSTRAP 1/1/1601 12:00:00 AM 1 (0x0001)
Stopping SMS_BOOTSTRAP... SMS_BOOTSTRAP 1/1/1601 12:00:00 AM 1 (0x0001)
SMS_BOOTSTRAP stopped. SMS_BOOTSTRAP 1/1/1601 12:00:00 AM 1 (0x0001)
********************************************************************************

Hi,

It seems to be problem with sender address. Did you check whether sender is configured correctly. Primary server (computer account)should have access on secondary server and vice versa.

is your secondary site server in same domain?
 

It seems as though it is now installed on the secondary server, though it is still showing as pending in the Config Manager console on the primary server.  I thought it may just need some time before it changed so it has sat overnight like this.

On the secondary server I now see the following services:
SMS Agent Host - Started - Automatic - Local System
SMS Task Sequence Agent - not started - Manual - Local System
SMS_EXECUTIVE - Started - Automatic - Local System
SMS_SITE_BACKUP - not started - Manual - Local System
SMS_SITE_COMPONENT_MANAGER - Started - Automatic - Local System
SMS_SITE_VSS_WRITER - Started - Automatic - Local System

Both Servers are in the same domain, and the sender account is setup as a domain admin so it should have all the access it needs on both servers.

To me it looks like the secondary server is talking to the primary, here is a exerpt from the sender.log on the secondary server:
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Connecting to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\inboxes\schedule.box\outboxes\LAN. SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:49 AM 4732 (0x127C)
Found send request.  ID: 2003FVAL, Dest Site: CSI SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:49 AM 4732 (0x127C)
We have 0 active connections SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:49 AM 4732 (0x127C)
Checking for site-specific sending capacity.  Used 0 out of 3. SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:49 AM 4732 (0x127C)
We have 0 active connections SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:49 AM 4732 (0x127C)
Created sending thread (Thread ID = 1BAC) SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:49 AM 4732 (0x127C)
Trying the No. 1 address (out of 1) SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:49 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
No (more) send requests found to process. SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:49 AM 4732 (0x127C)
Waiting for new/rescheduled send requests, Maximum Sleep Time = 60 minutes SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:49 AM 4732 (0x127C)
FQDN for server PADMIS15 is PADMIS15.corp.net SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:49 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Passed the xmit file test, use the existing connection SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Package file = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\inboxes\schedule.box\tosend\0000007B.P5g SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Instruction file = C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\inboxes\schedule.box\tosend\0000007B.I21 SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Checking for remote file \\PADMIS15.corp.net\SMS_SITE\2003FVAL.PCK SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Checking for remote file \\PADMIS15.corp.net\SMS_SITE\2003FVAL.SNI SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Checking for remote file \\PADMIS15.corp.net\SMS_SITE\2003FVAL.TMP SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Attempt to create/open the remote file \\PADMIS15.corp.net\SMS_SITE\2003FVAL.PCK SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Created/opened the remote file \\PADMIS15.corp.net\SMS_SITE\2003FVAL.PCK SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Attempt to create/open the remote file \\PADMIS15.corp.net\SMS_SITE\2003FVAL.PCK SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Created/opened the remote file \\PADMIS15.corp.net\SMS_SITE\2003FVAL.PCK SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Sending Started [C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\inboxes\schedule.box\tosend\0000007B.P5g] SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Attempt to write 991 bytes to \\PADMIS15.corp.net\SMS_SITE\2003FVAL.PCK at position 0 SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Wrote 991 bytes to \\PADMIS15.corp.net\SMS_SITE\2003FVAL.PCK at position 0 SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Sending completed [C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\inboxes\schedule.box\tosend\0000007B.P5g] SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Attempt to create/open the remote file \\PADMIS15.corp.net\SMS_SITE\2003FVAL.TMP SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Created/opened the remote file \\PADMIS15.corp.net\SMS_SITE\2003FVAL.TMP SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Attempt to create/open the remote file \\PADMIS15.corp.net\SMS_SITE\2003FVAL.TMP SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Created/opened the remote file \\PADMIS15.corp.net\SMS_SITE\2003FVAL.TMP SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Sending Started [C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\inboxes\schedule.box\tosend\0000007B.I21] SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Attempt to write 396 bytes to \\PADMIS15.corp.net\SMS_SITE\2003FVAL.TMP at position 0 SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Wrote 396 bytes to \\PADMIS15.corp.net\SMS_SITE\2003FVAL.TMP at position 0 SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Sending completed [C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\inboxes\schedule.box\tosend\0000007B.I21] SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Renaming remote file \\PADMIS15.corp.net\SMS_SITE\2003FVAL.TMP to \\PADMIS15.corp.net\SMS_SITE\2003FVAL.SNI SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Rename completed [\\PADMIS15.corp.net\SMS_SITE\2003FVAL.TMP] SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
Sending completed successfully SMS_LAN_SENDER 2/28/2008 8:22:50 AM 7084 (0x1BAC)
**************************************************************************

From the console on the primary site server I only have one entry under addresses and one entry under senders for the primary site.

That got me thinking though, does the secondary site server need to be added as a site system on the primary site server?

(BTW, Brian, Thanks for the config manager blogcasts, they were very helpful in getting up and running on the right foot)

Got it!  I had to manually transfer the keys between the primary and secondary sites.  After that it took a little time, but it showed up as active.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb693690.aspx

What was the problem?

 Didn't you extend the AD schema?
 

I think that the root of the problem was that the secondary site server didn't have enough access to the System Management container.  Even after manually exchanging the keys between the servers i was seeing the following in the hman.log on the secondary server.

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Active Directory DS Root:DC=corp,DC=net SMS_HIERARCHY_MANAGER 2/29/2008 8:00:51 AM 5220 (0x1464)
Searching for the System Management Container. SMS_HIERARCHY_MANAGER 2/29/2008 8:00:51 AM 5220 (0x1464)
System Management container exists. SMS_HIERARCHY_MANAGER 2/29/2008 8:00:51 AM 5220 (0x1464)
   Searching for SMS-Site-VAL Site Object. SMS_HIERARCHY_MANAGER 2/29/2008 8:00:51 AM 5220 (0x1464)
   SMS-Site-VAL exists, updating. SMS_HIERARCHY_MANAGER 2/29/2008 8:00:51 AM 5220 (0x1464)
SMS-Site-VAL could not be updated, error code = 5. SMS_HIERARCHY_MANAGER 2/29/2008 8:00:51 AM 5220 (0x1464)
STATMSG: ID=4912 SEV=E LEV=M SOURCE="SMS Server" COMP="SMS_HIERARCHY_MANAGER" SYS=VALMIS15 SITE=VAL PID=3928 TID=5220 GMTDATE=Fri Feb 29 14:00:51.248 2008 ISTR0="SMS-Site-VAL" ISTR1="" ISTR2="" ISTR3="" ISTR4="" ISTR5="" ISTR6="" ISTR7="" ISTR8="" ISTR9="" NUMATTRS=0 SMS_HIERARCHY_MANAGER 2/29/2008 8:00:51 AM 5220 (0x1464)
   Time to verify that the public key of current site server in the site control file is still valid. SMS_HIERARCHY_MANAGER 2/29/2008 8:00:51 AM 5220 (0x1464)
Wait for site control changes for maximum 3600 seconds... SMS_HIERARCHY_MANAGER 2/29/2008 8:00:51 AM 5220 (0x1464)
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After giving the secondary server access to the System Managment container the log shows that it is updating it correctly.