Here is a sample command line for my lab site MED Ccmsetup.exe /mp:medv-cm.medlab.com /native:FALLBACK CCMHOSTNAME=medv-cm.medlab.com SMSSITECODE=MED FSP=medv-cm.medlab.com issue found after following the document https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc872789.aspx on 2008 Servers only but worked fine for 2003. SMS_POLICY_PROVIDER saying “SMS Policy Provider has failed to sign one or more policy assignments. It will retry this operation automatically.” [NewRequest] FriendlyName = “ConfigMgr Site Signing ABC” Subject = “CN=The site code of this site server is ABC” MachineKeySet = True KeyLength = 2048 [RequestAttributes] CertificateTemplate = ConfigMgrSiteServerSigningCertificate