Microsoft KB Archive/190949

= SMS: PREINST /SYNCPARENT Leaves Blank Records in Machine Groups =

Article ID: 190949

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q190949



SYMPTOMS
When you perform a PREINST /SYNCPARENT to update inventory at a parent site, records that are deleted from the child site may result in blank records in your Systems Management Server machine groups on the parent site.



CAUSE
When the PREINST /SYNCPARENT process runs, the child site sends all of its inventory to the parent. When the parent processes this inventory, it will remove any records from its database that have been deleted on the child site. When the parent site deletes these records, it does not check to see if the deleted computers are members of any Systems Management Server machine groups. The machine groups will be left with blank records that point to the computers that were deleted.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, try any one of the following:

 Manually delete each record from the Parent sites when they are deleted from the child site. -or-

 After going through the PREINST /SYNCPARENT process, look at each machine group on the parent site and delete any blank records. -or-

 Use the DELMIF trigger to automatically delete all computers from the parent when a computer is deleted from the child site. For more information on the DELMIF trigger, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base;

188051 SMS: Delmif.exe Syntax, Description, and Usage





STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. We are researching this problem and will post additional information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodsms

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