This post describes how to configure your workstation to use the SMS Administrator Console to connect to a remote site server.
It finally works... $%#@!@# Novell Client!
Can somebody please try this on your workstation and report the results back to the blog in the next day or 2? Thanks.
Install SMS Administrator Console on your workstation
The version of SMS on the server must be the same as the Administrator Console on your workstation. We currently have SMS 2003 with SP2 installed on SMS00. The SMS Administrator Console is installed from the SMS product CD. The ISO can be found at:
ITD\DRP\Images\Microsoft\Systems Management Server 2003
Use this ISO:
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 with SP2.ISO
Accept all the defaults. When asked for the site server name, enter SMS00.
Enable DCOM
DCOM must be enabled on your workstation. If DCOM is not enabled, you will not be able to connect using the SMS Administrator Console and this error will appear in C:\SMSADMIN\logs\adminui.log:
[F94][Fri 09/15/2006 11:20:47]:Info(ConnectServer): Connecting to server : namespace \\ARK\root\sms
[F94][Fri 09/15/2006 11:20:47]:Info(ConnectServer): Connecting to server. Network : \\ARK\root\sms
[F94][Fri 09/15/2006 11:20:49]:Error(ConnectServer): Possible UI connection error code is -2147024891 [0x80070005]
To enable DCOM on your workstation:
Configure DCOM Protocols
If you ever have had the Novell client installed on your workstation, it probably removed "Connection-oriented TCP/IP" from the list of DCOM default protocols and replaced it with "Connection-oriented SPX". This needs to be changed so that "Connection-oriented TCP/IP" is the only protocol listed. The SMS server already has "Connection-oriented TCP/IP" listed and does not need to be changed. If your workstation does not have the protocol configured correctly, this error will appear in C:\SMSADMIN\logs\adminui.log:
[598][Fri 09/15/2006 11:41:36]:Info(ConnectServer): Connecting to server : namespace \\ARK\root\sms
[598][Fri 09/15/2006 11:41:36]:Info(ConnectServer): Connecting to server. Network : \\ARK\root\sms
[598][Fri 09/15/2006 11:41:38]:Error(ConnectServer): Possible UI connection error code is -2147023174 [0x800706ba]
To configure the DCOM protocols your workstation:
Create a SMS Site Database Connection
If you ever need to recreate your Site Database Connection within the SMS Administrator Console, perform the following steps.
To create a new connection:
Troubleshooting Administrator Console Connectivity
The Windows Management Instrumentation Tester utility (wbemtest.exe) can help troubleshoot SMS Admin Console connectivity problems. You should be able to do the following:
The same procedure should also work with the following URLs:
\\localhost\root
\\localhost\root\cimv2
\\SMS00\root
\\SMS00\root\cimv2
\\152.1.3.162\root\sms
\\152.1.3.162\root\cimv2