I have recently upgraded a client from SBS2003 to Server Essentials 2012 R2. I have managed to work through most of the hiccups but the one thing I can't do is get the "Client Deployment" software (connect) to work.
I have a working server at home that was from a SBS2011 migration and I have built a vanilla 2012R2 machine to compare and settings and permissions.
I have run Robert's checking script and everything gets a 'green' ok.
The clocks are all in sync as I have configured the Domain controller as an NTP server.
There are no certificate errors that I can see.
When I go to http://servername/Connect I can download the ClientConnector.exe program okay and the logs are clear.
Its the next setp that fails. When the ClientDeploy.exe tries to run it cannot find the setup.cab file and it won't populate the "ClientDeploymentTempFiles" directory with the necessary .cab and .xml files and so nothing happens after that.
[3096] 141013.200133.0884: ClientSetup: Download file Setup.cab from server
[3096] 141013.200133.0894: ClientSetup: Making web request: http://10.0.0.10//connect/default.aspx?Get=Setup.cab&LanguageId=1033&64bit=1"
[3096] 141013.200133.1514: ClientSetup: Failed to download Setup.cab from server: System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error.
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.ClientSetup.CSCommon.DownloadFileFromConnectSite(String outputDirectory, Uri serverUrl, String fileName, Int32 languageId, Boolean is64bit)
[3096] 141013.200133.1514: ClientSetup: The configuration cab cannot be downloaded, pleaes retry.
Even on my home network I cannot find where the setup.cab file resides or how the system generates the .xml files.
Any help would be appreciated.
Paul