Microsoft KB Archive/271885

= SMS: Scripted SMS Site Server Installation Allows Lowercase Site Code =

Article ID: 271885

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q271885



SYMPTOMS
When you use a Setup script to install Systems Management Server (SMS), you are able to specify the site code in lowercase within the script file. This information is then inserted into the site control file.

Another symptom of this issue is a large quantity of status message &quot;ID=4613&quot; warnings for the SMS Component Summarizer component.



CAUSE
Not all of the SMS components are case-insensitive.



WORKAROUND
Make sure to use only uppercase when specifying a site code in a scripted site server installation.



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



MORE INFORMATION
The Site Component Manager (SMS_COMPONENT_STATUS_SUMMARIZER) expects all incoming status messages to be in uppercase. When it receives an incoming status message with the site code in lowercase, all incoming status messages from that site are deemed invalid, and are placed into the retry queue. Each time it places a message into the retry queue, it creates another invalid status message, which restarts the cycle. This causes the disk to start filling up very quickly, and causes the processor to continue churning indefinitely. This could impact your newly installed site within minutes or hours depending on how much available disk space is available.

This problem does not occur in a non-scripted installation of a site server because the wizard does not accept a lowercase site code.

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