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Fix “Perform Site Maintenance or reset this site” greyed out

Posted on 22/11/202422/11/2024 Christian By Christian No Comments on Fix “Perform Site Maintenance or reset this site” greyed out
Perform Site Maintenance or reset this site greyed out

Recently, I wanted to upgrade my Configuration Manager from the evaluation version to a full version, but I was unable to due to the following error discussed in this article. Therefore, we will fix “Perform Site Maintenance or reset this site” greyed out. Please see how to Fix Keep personal files and apps option greyed out during Upgrade, How to use the Reliability Monitor in Windows, and How to fix Task Scheduler Service Greyed Out in Service MMC.

The image below shows that the evaluation licence has expired. This is because, when you install Configuration Manager as an evaluation version, after 180 days the Configuration Manager console becomes read-only.

configuration manager evaluation is expired

You will need to activate the product from the Site Maintenance page in Setup. At any time before or after the 180-day period. Please follow along on how to days upgrade to a full installation.

Also, see how to View Scheduled Events on AW using AWS Web Console and CLI, and how to “Enable or disable automatic login on macOS: Fix username greyed out for automatic login“.

Let’s reproduce the Error

Launch the setup as you wish below either from the Command Prompt or File Explorer.

Run setup from command line
Setup file

As you can see, the Perform Site Maintenance or reset this site is greyed out.

Site maintenance grayed out

Please see Run Hype-V on Windows 11 and Install Windows OS via PXE Boot, and how to Change the number of MachineAccountQuota a user can add to AD.

Fix “Perform Site Maintenance or reset this site” greyed out for Configuration Manager

Close the setup window as shown above as well as the configuration manager console. Launch the Control panel and click on “Programs and Features”.

Locate Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Primary Site Setup (it may differ if the top of your hierarchy is a CAS) and click Uninstall/Change as shown below.

Uninstall or change Configuration manager primary site

As you can see again, we have the option to perform the site maintenance or reset this site.

Perform site maintenance or reset the site

From henceforth, you can upgrade the site as shown below. Here is how to Upgrade Expired Evaluation Configuration Manager to Full Version

Upgrade evaluation edition

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