Microsoft KB Archive/257223

= SMS: SMS Clients Do Not Release Netware Licenses =

Article ID: 257223

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 Q257223



SYMPTOMS
Systems Management Server (SMS) clients may use NetWare licenses and not release them. In this situation, the advanced power management (APM) component establishes this connection and the Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) cannot release the connection properly. You can use the SMSCCMBootAcct account for this connection.



CAUSE
If an NAL process opens a connection to the computer with a network resource, APM may use the existing connection. When NAL is finished with the connection, it drops the arbiter counters in the registry:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\NAL\Client\COnnections\SMSCCMBootAcct\Deviceless

This subkey may be named "Resource1." This key should contain three values:
 * The NAL path to the resource
 * The persistence count
 * The reference count

When this happens, the connection is supposed to be released and the resource key deleted, however, because APM is using this connection, NAL cannot release it. The connection is left behind and may be sitting in an idle state for several hours or longer.



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

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords: kbbug kbclient kbnetwork kbnofix kbosnovell kbsecurity KB257223

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