install new distribution Point

Note that you cannot enable PXE or Multicast support on your Windows 7 Distribution Point.


To troubleshoot your distribution point creation on the Windows 7 box, on your ConfigMgr site server, what does the distrmgr.log file tell you about the problem, if it's complaining about being unable to connect, then you could have firewall issues and/or wmi problems related to the fact that you have a firewall in place and/or IIS is not installed on the Windows 7 computer or doesn't have the following IIS features installed:

* IIS 6 WMI compatibility Feature
* IIS 6 Management compatibility feature

so verify the firewall settings, and then verify that you installed IIS on the Windows 7 computer..


Next verify that you added the ConfigMgr site server computer account to the Local Administrators group on the windows 7 box. The screenshot below is from the Windows 7 computer. Once you've added the account to the Local Administrators group,

Note: You must reboot the Windows 7 box before installing the DP role otherwise IIS may not get installed automatically.



Installing the Distribution Point Role

To start the installation of the Distribution Point role on the Windows 7 box, select Servers and Site System Roles from Site Configuration in the in the Administration part of the ConfigMgr Console.



In the Ribbon, click on Create Site System Server, when the wizard appears, type in the FQDN of your Windows 7 computer and select your site code that it will be connected to from the drop down menu.



For Site System Installation account you have the option of specifying a service account or the site server computer account, whichever one you use must be a member of the Local Administrators group on your Windows 7 computer. Click Next

Select Distribution Point from the list of available roles

 

specify if you want IIS installed automatically or not (Install and configure IIS if required by Configuration Manager)

 

specify drive settings...

 

Do NOT enable PXE support (as this is a Windows 7 box and Windows Deployment Services is not available on Windows 7), just click Next

 

Do NOT enable Multicast (as above)

 

If you want to validate content on a schedule select the box, otherwise click next

 

click next, then for Specify the Boundary Groups to associate with this Site System, click Add and select your boundary from those listed

 

click next through to completion of the Wizard.



Monitoring the Distribution Point Role Installation

to see how your distribution point installation is progressing, you can monitor it in the ConfigMgr console, check the Distribution Point Configuration Status in Monitoring. Click on the machine name, then select the Details tab underneath, what does it say for your Windows 7 machine, you can even click on More Details in the ribbon to see if it provides more details about your issue.



once it's done installing the Distribution Point role you'll see it reports it successfully and creates the needed folder structure on your windows 7 box.



if you forgot to install IIS then install it on your Windows 7 box (you don't need to reinstall the distribution point role)



once again, monitor the status of your dp again, it should refresh to all Green (ok) and finally, it's all done and working and content is being copied to your new distribution point.