how to reset profile manager on mountain lion?

Try this: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5349
although it did not work for me... but maybe it'll work for you.

I will confirm that this solution reset the profile manager back to it's configurable state. Interesting things it did.

1.) It deleted my SSL certificates

2.) It reset the profile manager, but turned the service ON when it was done.

I'm having this same issue.

I can install the Trust Profile

but when I go to Enroll Device, I get:

profile installation failed

could not download the identity profile from the encrypted profile service. The credentials within the device enrollment profile may have expired.

what I've done:

backed up my Device Manager database

wiped the database

re-setup Device Manager

replaced the database

tried to Enroll Device and failed (same error)

wiped the database

re-setup the Device Manager

tried to Enroll Device and failed (same error)

I've tried recreating my ssl certs

Ive tried running it without code signing certs

I refuse to wipe my entire Open Directory

is there any to get this working or am I going to need to go third party to manage my Mac-only shop?

Hi,

Sorry may poor english!!!

The workaround that helps me:

1.- Stop all server services and close the app

2.- /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/share/devicemgr/backend/wipeDB . sh

1.- Delete /Library/Server folder

3.- Delete the server app

4.- DELETE /VAR/SERVERMGRD CONTENTS. If any setup fails, probably you have wrong... link files to devicemgr folder that use the install app. ( I discovered it after see the errors in the profilemanager.log, after setup fails )

5.- Reinstall M Lion (over the existing instance)

6.- Reinstall server (from the appstore or original dmg file)

Its works fine for me.

Regards!!!

Sorry for the wrong numbers!!! Actions order is correct ;-)

*Notes:

When starts the new configuration:

Change the older server name. (i don´t know if there are old references to it)

Configure network settings with the new server name, and create a new certificate.

In open directory service, delete the previous server (if any)

Configure the profile manager and create the new OD server from this service.

Regards!

This is not a workaround. it is a complete wipe... this is an unaccptable fix and something needs to be done by apple to make their product enterprise worthy. where I can wipe a system without killing the hundereds of users I have created and managed through years of company growth.

recently I backedup to timemachine backup

put the backup on a laptop so I could wipe and reinstall mountain-lion from scratch on my Pro Server

backed up just the LDAP and restored it on the Pro Server

AND HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS!

(LDP won't share printers and Device manager won't work)

Mountain lion server is probably the WORST server product I have ever used. I am now looking for viable sollutions outside of apple to move my company into a stable reliable environment.

Yes, it appears Profile Manager is as mature as Directory Server was a few revisions ago. OpenDirectory seems to be okay now.

I have the same problem - SSL certificates not working, profiles not downloading, and I can't import a new Code Signing certificate - it tells me it's not a code signing certificiate even though I just created it using their tool and said - code signing. 🙂

I tried a wipe and reconfigure - and at the end of the configure - it said Error -1

Fail

I had exactly the same error, but solved it in a less drastic way:

In Server app, select Profile Manager. Under Settings, Sign configuration profiles was ticked. I clicked the Edit... box to the right of this, reselected the certificate, waited for the Profile Manager settings to update. Once this had updated, I tried to re-enroll the client, and it worked. Quite happy to accept this may have been a fluke!