Microsoft KB Archive/138347

= SMS: Procedure for Backing Up and Restoring a Secondary Site =

Article ID: 138347

Article Last Modified on 10/8/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.1 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q138347



SUMMARY
The procedure for restoring a Secondary site that is documented on page 686 of Appendix K of the Systems Management Server Administrators Guide is insufficient and does not successfully restore a secondary site to a fully functional site. Below are steps outlined that have been proven to be successful in completely backing up and restoring a secondary site. The method outlined in this article assumes your Primary Parent site is up and running and the SMS database is active and can be accessed successfully.



Backup
 Using Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE) save the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS key. Stop all Systems Management Server services from Control Panel Services. Stop all the services on the parent site. Backup.  Backup the entire \SMS directory and all subdirectories (including the SITECTRL.CT0 file which is required for this procedure). Please see CAUTION below. Backup the entire \MS directory. Backup the entire \SMS_PKGx directory (x is the drive where the package is installed).</li> Backup the SMS.INI file.</li></ol> </li></ol>

Restore
<ol> On target computer, install Windows NT Server as it existed on the previous SMS Secondary Site.

NOTE: The rules under step 1 on page 686 of the SMS Administrators Guide must be followed, specifically the computer and domain name must be the same as before.</li> Create and restore the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS key in the Registry using Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE). You are restoring the SMS key saved in step 1 above (Backup).</li> Restore everything from step 3 above: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> The \SMS directory and all files within. Please see CAUTION below.</li> The \MS directory.</li> The entire \SMS_PKGx directory.</li> The SMS.INI file.</li> Run SMS\Logon.srv\Runsms.bat.</li></ol> </li> From the \PSSTOOLS directory on the SMS Retail compact disc, locate and run the INSTSRV.EXE utility for your specific platform as follows: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> At the command prompt, change to a Windows NT directory containing INSTSRV.EXE, type INSTSRV and select option 1 (Install).</li>  Respond to prompts following this example: <pre class="fixed_text">     Enter service name: SMS_SITE_CONFIG_MANAGER Enter domain and user name: DOMAIN\SMS Service Account (This is the SMS service account used with the original SMS       installation, i.e. SMSADMIN) Enter password: <Enter your SMS Service Account password> (The password is case sensitive) Enter computername: \\ (This is the server name of the Secondary Site server) Enter path: C:\SMS\SITE.SRV\X86.BIN\SITEINS.EXE (This is a local path of the SMS tree on the secondary site       server) Autostart service during bootup? (Y/N): Y This step will install and start the SMS Site Configuration Manager (SCMAN) service onto the target computer. Afterwards, SCMAN will install and start the other SMS services bringing the site up to full operational status. </li></ol> </li> Restart all the services on the parent site.</li></ol>

CAUTION: If you backup the entire \SMS directory and inventory new client computers, new UID files will be created in the \SMS\LOGON.SRV\SMSID directory. If you restore the entire \SMS directory, including the UID files, make sure that the new client computers inventoried do not have duplicate SMS ID numbers.

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