Microsoft KB Archive/256013

= SMS: Problems Deleting Package While Package Share Changes Are Processing =

Article ID: 256013

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 Q256013



SYMPTOMS
You can use Systems Management Server (SMS) version 2.0 to specify a distribution point share name other than the default name, SMSPKGx$. Normally, using a non-default share name on a distribution point is not a problem. After the non-default share name has been specified and the share has been created, it is possible to change the name of the share by entering a different share name. When the share name is changed, the process to implement the change starts immediately. If the package for which the change is being made is deleted while the system is processing the share name change, you may experience the following symptoms:
 * The package is deleted from the Packages panes in the SMS Administrator Console, but the share name for the package on the hard disk may not be deleted. Instead, it may remain as the original share name or be re-created as the new share name, and this is dependant on what point during the process the deletion is triggered in the SMS Administrator Console.
 * When you view the "Under System Status\Package Status" object, the package name is not deleted.
 * Distribution Manager may begin to generate error messages about an inability to delete this package.



CAUSE
This problem can occur when the package is deleted while a change is being made to the package share name. When this occurs, SMS may not delete all of the references to the package because modifications continue to be written even after the package has been deleted in the SMS Administrator Console.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem:

WARNING: When you edit the SQL database directly, you must use caution because improper editing may result in a site that is not usable. As with all procedures of this type, Microsoft recommends that you create a backup of the databases before proceeding.

Open the SMSPACKAGES table through ISQL/w (SQL 6.5) or Query Analyzer (SQL 7.0), and then manually remove the row that contains the old package ID by using the following SQL command:

NOTE: Verify that the focus is on the SMS database before you run this command.

Delete from SMSPackages where PkgID =



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

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords: kbbug kberrmsg kbsoftwaredist KB256013

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