CM12 - Remote Distribution Point

To build up Remote Distribution Point, few things to take note.


1. Windows component pre-requisites (need to install at Remote Distribution Point)

·         Application Development:

·         ISAPI Extensions

·         Security:

·         Windows Authentication

·         IIS 6 Management Compatibility:

·         IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility

·         IIS 6 WMI Compatibility

When you use a custom IIS configuration you can remove options that are not required, including the following:

·         Common HTTP Features:

·         HTTP Redirection

IIS Management Scripts and Tools

Windows feature:

·         Remote Differential Compression

·         BITS Server Extensions (and automatically selected options), or Background Intelligent Transfer Services (BITS) (and automatically selected options)

To support PXE or multicast, install the following Windows role:

     ·       Windows Deployment Services

2. Make sure the Firewall (Window Firewall or Network Firewall) is allow the exception

Site Server <-> Distribution Point

Description	UDP	TCP
Server Message Block (SMB)	--	445
RPC Endpoint Mapper	135	135
RPC	--	DYNAMIC

3. You may try to run the wbemtest tester to check the connection