Article ID: 303649
Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006
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
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 3
This article was previously published under Q303649
SYMPTOMS
After you restart the Systems Management Server (SMS) Site Component Manager, User (Usrvariable characters.ddr) and User Group (Ugvariable characters.ddr) discovery data records build up in the SMS\Inboxes\DDM.box file on the site server.
CAUSE
This problem can occur for the following two reasons:
- Site Component Manager starts any component that is not currently started.
- User Discovery (NTUSRDIS) and User Group Discovery (NTUG_DIS) run through a discovery interval when started, regardless of schedule.
WORKAROUND
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:
288239 SMS: How to Obtain the Latest Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack
To avoid this problem, disable user group and user discovery unless they are needed.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 4.
Additional query words: prodsms ddr
Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbsms200presp4fix KB303649
