Microsoft KB Archive/263335

= SMS 1.2 Secondary Site Properties Unavailable After the Parent Site Is Upgraded =

Article ID: 263335

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q263335



SYMPTOMS
After you upgrade a Systems Management Server (SMS) 1.2 primary site to SMS 2.0, the SMS Administrator program does not show a version or build number for an existing 1.2 secondary site. If you right-click the secondary site in the SMS Administrator program, the Properties menu command is not displayed and the Upgrade site menu command is disabled. The Secondary Site Upgrade Wizard does not indicate that the secondary site is available for upgrade.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur because the parent site needs a site control file from the secondary site to update the parent site's database. The secondary site automatically sends a site control file when its Site Configuration Manager performs the next watchdog cycle.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, refresh the SMS Administrator program. All of the secondary site's data is then displayed, its menu commands are enabled and the Secondary Site Upgrade Wizard indicates that the secondary site is available for upgrade.

To make the secondary site send a site control file immediately, open a command prompt on the secondary site server and type the following:

sendcode sms_site_config_manager 193

This command tells the Site Configuration Manager to perform a watchdog cycle; the cycle sends a site control file to its parent.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



MORE INFORMATION
The Sendcode.exe file is found on the SMS 1.2 CD-ROM and the SMS 1.2 Resource Kit CD-ROM.

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