DOCUMENT:Q193746 31-JUL-2001 [sms] TITLE :SMS: Resync File Cleaner - Dumpsync.exe PRODUCT :Microsoft Systems Management Server PROD/VER:winnt:1.2 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbInventory kbsmsUtil smsinv smsutil ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= Dumpsync.exe, a utility available in the Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit, cleans the Resync.cfg file on all Systems Management Server logon servers in a domain. MORE INFORMATION ================ When the information in a MIF file is not synchronized with the database, Systems Management Server sends a resync request to the client containing the MIF file. Systems Management Server does so by having a Resync.cfg file on each Systems Management Server logon server. This file contains (among other things) an SMSID and the time of the resync request. When a client connects to a Systems Management Server logon server, the client checks the Resync.cfg file for the client's SMSID. If the ID is found, the client sends a complete inventory and marks the inventory file as being a resync file. (The client also keeps track of when it sent the inventory, so on future reads of the Resync.cfg file, the client will not resend the information unless the time of the request in the resync file changes.) Systems Management Server never cleans the Resync.cfg file, which means that the file keeps growing. The DUMPSYNC utility cleans the Resync.cfg file. DUMPSYNC must be run from Sms\Site.srv\Invdom.box\domain.000 for each domain you want to clean. Maintenance Manager copies files from the Site.srv\Maincfg.box\Invdom.box \Domain.000 and Site.srv\Maincfg.box\Invdom.box\Domain.000\Invencfg.box directories to Logon.srv on the appropriate domains. However, Maintenance Manager does not delete files from the logon servers if they are removed from the Site.srv directory. A simple fix for this is to delete all the .cfg files from Logon.srv\Invencfg.box directory on all logon servers. If files are still necessary, Maintenance Manager will move them back. DUMPSYNC Syntax --------------- dumpsync [days] [/Dump] Options Description --------------------------------------------------------------------------- days All clients with a resync request in Resync.cfg more than [days] days old are removed from the Resync.cfg file, and their Smsid.cfg files are deleted from the Site.srv\Maincfg.box\Invdom.box \Domain.000\Invencfg.box directory. /Dump Displays the contents of the Resync.cfg file. Additional query words: prodsms ====================================================================== Keywords : kbInventory kbsmsUtil smsinv smsutil Technology : kbSMSSearch kbSMS120 Version : winnt:1.2 Hardware : ALPHA MIPS x86 Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.