Microsoft KB Archive/165507

= SMS: PGC Randomly Picks a Logon Server =

Article ID: 165507

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.1 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q165507





SYMPTOMS
In some WAN environments, Systems Management Server's Program Group Control (PGC) may go across the WAN to attempt a connection to a Systems Management Server logon server (domain controller) to obtain the groups a logged on user belongs to.

This may cause unwanted delays, due to the slow connection speed, and also may use important WAN connection bandwidth.



CAUSE
The PGC randomly chooses a Systems Management Server logon server in the domain (primary domain controller and backup domain controllers) to retrieve the information.



RESOLUTION
This problem has been fixed in Systems Management Server 1.2. The PGC first attempts to locate the server listed in the ValidatingServer entry in the [SMSLSIni] section of the Sms.ini file, as in the following example: [SMSLSIni] ValidatingServer=\\xxxxx



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.1. This problem has been fixed in Systems Management Server version 1.2.

Additional query words: prodsms pdc bdc bdcs

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbnetwork kbpgc KB165507

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