Microsoft KB Archive/215114

= SMS: Clients of SMS 1.2 Site Are Orphaned After Upgrade to SMS 2.0 =

Article ID: 215114

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q215114



SYMPTOMS
If you upgrade a Systems Management Server 1.2 site server to Systems Management Server 2.0, the existing 1.2 clients are unable to report inventory and are unavailable for remote tools or software distribution until they (the 1.2 clients) are upgraded to Systems Management Server 2.0 clients. The processes that install a client are not enabled on the upgraded site.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 2.0.



WORKAROUND
The Systems Management Server 2.0 site server must be configured to install clients through the Systems Management Server Administrator console. This includes enabling discovery methods, client installation methods, and client agents to be installed. After clients are installed as Systems Management Server 2.0 clients, they are no longer orphaned.



MORE INFORMATION
A future version of Systems Management Server will include a Site Configuration Wizard utility that allows you to create site templates. This will facilitate the configuring of multiple upgraded sites in a large hierarchy.

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords: kbprb KB215114

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