Article ID: 242490
Article Last Modified on 10/25/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q242490
SYMPTOMS
If you distribute multiple packages using a common share and then attempt to issue a removal for any of the packages, Distribution Manager (DistMgr) removes the package successfully but does not succeed when it attempts to delete the common share. This behavior occurs because the share is not empty. The following error is logged in the Distmgr.log file:
DistMgr attempts the share removal process a number of times.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Systems Management Server version 2.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
236325 How to Obtain the Latest Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use the common Systems Management Server (SMS) package share, or specify unique share names for each package.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 2.0 This problem was first corrected in Systems Management Server version 2.0 Service Pack 2..
MORE INFORMATION
To install the hotfix, follow these steps on the SMS site server:
- Stop the SMS Executive and SMS Site Component Manager services.
- Replace the Distmgr.dll file in the
Sms_root\Bin\Platformfolder with the version obtained from the hotfix. - Restart the SMS Executive and SMS Site Component Manager services.
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