Microsoft KB Archive/886113

= A forwarding message is not logged in the Ddm.log file when a DDR is forwarded to a parent site in Systems Management Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 =

PSS ID Number: 886113

Article Last Modified on 12/10/2004

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 SP1

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SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1), the following message is not logged in the Ddm.log file when a discovery data record (DDR) is forwarded to a parent site: Sending file drive:\SMS\inboxes\ddm.box\outbox\file_name.DDR to site parent site code. SMS 2003 without service packs installed logs this message when a DDR is forwarded to a parent site.



CAUSE
This issue occurs because the Discovery Data Manager component has changed in SMS 2003 with SP1.



MORE INFORMATION
SMS 2003 without service packs installed does not always forward DDRs to a parent site. Additionally, SMS 2003 without service packs installed can combine DDRs before it forwards them to a parent site. However, SMS 2003 with SP1 always forwards the DDR to a parent site if a parent site exists. Because of this change, the code that logs the forwarding message to the Ddm.log file was removed in SMS 2003 with SP1. If SMS 2003 with SP1 cannot send a DDR to a parent site, SMS logs an error message that identifies the cause of the problem.

In SMS 2003 with SP1, all DDRs are sent to a parent site, except when the following conditions are true:
 * The DDR is a delete DDR.

Note Delete DDRs are not common. The Discovery Data Manager component logs specific entries when it processes a delete DDR.
 * The site does not have a parent site.
 * No error condition occurs.

Additional query words: DDM ddr's

Keywords: kbSMSInventory kbSMSDiscovery kbSMS2003bug kbtshoot kbusage kbPerformance kbInventory KB886113

Technology: kbSMS2003 kbSMS2003Search kbSMS2003SP1 kbSMSSearch

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