Microsoft KB Archive/821962

= You cannot perform an unattended reset of the site server connection account in Systems Management Server 2.0 =

Article ID: 821962

Article Last Modified on 5/21/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 5

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SYMPTOMS
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0, including versions through Service Pack 5 (SP5), does not offer an unattended procedure to restart or change the server connection account. You must manually run the SMS Setup program at each site server computer in your hierarchy. This requirement can cause high labor costs if you have many sites in your SMS environment.



Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites
You must have SMS 2.0 Service Pack 5 to apply this hotfix.

Restart requirement
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.   Date         Time   Version            Size    File name --  14-Jul-2003  16:20  2.0.1493.5011     855,312  Preinst.exe 14-Jul-2003 16:20  2.0.1493.5143   3,118,240  Setup.exe The Setup.exe program now supports two additional command-line parameters:
 * The /resetsite switch.
 * The /nouserinput switch.

You can use these switches to reset the site and the site server connection account in attended mode. To use these switches, use a command syntax that is similar to the following, where  is your domain, and   and   are the new site server connection account and password that you want to use:

Setup.exe /resetsite /nouserinput /ServerAccount \  /ServerPassword

Note You must use the /nouserinput switch with the /resetsite switch. If you use the /resetsite switch by itself, the Setup.exe program will exit silently and will not reset the server connection account. To confirm that the account is reset, review the Setup.log file on the destination computer for any errors or warnings. The Setup.log file is located in the root folder of the destination computer.

For additional information about command-line parameters for Setup.exe, see the Microsoft SMS Security Essentials white paper. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sms/20/secessentials.mspx



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about standard terminology used to describe software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Keywords: kbqfe kbhotfixserver kbserver kbsms200presp6fix kbsetup kbsecurity kbfix kbbug KB821962

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