Microsoft KB Archive/265358

= SMS: Client Remains Orphaned If &quot;Site Config Last Checked&quot; Registry Value Is Missing =

Article ID: 265358

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 Q265358



IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry



SYMPTOMS
A Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) version 2.0 client may seem to belong to SMS sites that are no longer in existence. By default, an SMS client should remove itself from a site if it is unable to contact the client access point (CAP) in 60 days.

The Ccim32 log file on the client may display the following error message:

Warning: Unable to check assignment for site &quot;BB2&quot; - #2147942453

Warning - couldn't read site config timestamp

The site BB2 does not exist any longer.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur because the &quot;Site Config Last Checked&quot; value is missing from the following registry key on the client:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Sms\Client\Sites\Shared\ \



WORKAROUND
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

To work around this behavior, you must create a string value with the name &quot;Site Config Last Checked&quot; under the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Sms\Client\Sites\Shared\ \

Double-click the new Reg_SZ (string) registry key value and add a date with the format &quot;2000/06/13 06:28.53&quot;. If the date is set to a time that is 60 days older than the current date, Client Configuration Installation Manager (CCIM) can remove the client from the previous site on its next polling cycle.



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

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords: kbbug kbcap kbclient kbconfig kbnofix KB265358

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