Hi everyone, Tyler Franke here again with another issue I ran into recently. Consider a scenario wherein System Center Configuration Manager 2007 has been installed and service packed to the latest (SP2) build. Now let's assume that the Evaluation version of R3 is installed on the server at some point. Once the evaluation period expires (180 days later) the user can open the console but cannot perform any actions whatsoever once it's launched. After uninstalling the R3 evaluation the behavior continues and when attempting to reinstall SP2 or R3, it's unsuccessful and in the ConfigMgrSetup.log you find the following snippet:
ConfigMgrSetup.log snippet:
===================== << Starting SMS V4 SP2 Upgrade Setup >> =====================
<10-06-2011 14:27:32> Commandline : "D:\ConfigMgr07SP2Upgrade_RTM_ENU\SMSSETUP\BIN\I386\setup.exe"
<10-06-2011 14:27:32> This is 32 bit.
<10-06-2011 14:27:32> Verifying the Reg for AssetIntelligence Installation
<10-06-2011 14:27:32> Found installation of AssetIntelligence Full version
<10-06-2011 14:27:32> Setup detected an existing SCCM installation. Currently installed version is 6487
<10-06-2011 14:27:32> Phase is 1C7
<10-06-2011 14:27:32> Setting the default CSV folder path
<10-06-2011 14:27:32> SMS Build Number = 6487
<10-06-2011 14:27:32> SMS Version = 4.0
<10-06-2011 14:27:32> SMS Minimum Build Number = 800
<10-06-2011 14:27:32> Verifying SMS Active Directory Schema Extensions.
<10-06-2011 14:27:32> DS Root:CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=introot,DC=com
<10-06-2011 14:27:32> Verifying SMS Active Directory Schema Extensions.
<10-06-2011 14:27:32> DS Root:CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=introot,DC=com
…
<10-06-2011 14:27:33> Eval site is detected.
<10-06-2011 14:27:33> Eval site is detected.
<10-06-2011 14:27:33> Setup has detected an existing primary site on this computer.
Because the current installation is Configuration Manager 2007 Eval version, you do not have the option of upgrading the installation.
<10-06-2011 14:27:33> Eval site is detected.
<10-06-2011 14:27:33> Eval site is detected.
<10-06-2011 14:27:33> Setup has detected an existing primary site on this computer.
Because the current installation is Configuration Manager 2007 Eval version, you do not have the option of upgrading the installation.
Cause
When the EVAL version of R3 was installed (in this case over top of a licensed copy of ConfigMgr2007 SP2) it reset the installation to reflect it as an EVAL version.
This can be confirmed by checking the value of the "Product Id" string value in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\Setup or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\SMS\Setup in the case of a 64-bit operating system. If the "Product Id" string value is found set to BBH2G-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX then it is indeed using the EVAL product key.
Resolution
To resolve this, perform an in-place upgrade of ConfigMgr. In my case we had to upgrade using the Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Complete Release (I.E. ConfigMgr2007 with SP2 slipstreamed). Please see the following links for more guidance:
Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Supported Configuration - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee344146.aspx
Configuration Manager In-Place Upgrade - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb693584.aspx
How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680984.aspx
Tyler Franke | Senior Support Escalation Engineer
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