Preparing an Installer Computer for System Center 2012 - Unified Installer
Updated: May 13, 2016
Applies To: System Center 2012 - Unified Installer
The installer computer is the computer where you run the Unified Installer; it is the computer where you run setup.exe.
When you run the System Center 2012 – Unified Installer, you will be prompted for account credentials to use for installing a Service Manager 2012 component on a target computer. The account that you specify must be a member of the Administrators group on both the target computer and the installer computer.
Note
For this release of the Unified Installer, only a single service account scenario is supported. The account that you use when you run the Unified Installer must be the same account that is used to install the Service Manager 2012 component.
You might have to make some changes to the Group Policy settings on the installer computer. These changes make it possible for the remote boot strap process to complete successfully.
Edit the following local computer policy settings:
Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / System / Credential Delegation / Allow Delegating Fresh Credentials
Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / System / Credential Delegation / Allow Delegating Fresh Credentials with NTLM-only Server Authentication
There are two methods that you can use to make the following policy changes. You can edit the local group policy, or you can open a command prompt and run a series of WinRM commands. If you edit the local group policy, it can take some time for the changes to take effect. If you run the WinRM commands, the changes take effect immediately.
Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Windows Remote Management (WRM) / WinRm Client / Allow CredSSP authentication
Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Windows Remote Management (WRM) / WinRm Client / Trusted Hosts
Preparing for the Unified Installer Topics
How to Edit the Local Group Policy on the Installer Computer
Describes how to edit the local computer policy settings for the installer computer.
How to Run WinRM Commands on the Installer Computer
Describes how to use WinRM commands to configure policy settings on the installer computer.
How to Configure the Firewall for the Installer Computer
Describes how to configure the firewall for the installer computer.