SMS: How to Remove Inactive SMS Site Servers

ID: Q188055

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2

SUMMARY

If Systems Management Server child site servers (primary or secondary) are removed from the network, before removing them from the parent's database through the Systems Management Server Administrator program, you may experience errors when you attempt to communicate with them. You will notice that System Jobs destined for the 'removed' site go into a retrying state.

MORE INFORMATION

To remove the servers from the database, run the "preinst /delsite:{<child site code>, <parent site code>}" command, as in the following example:

   preinst /delsite:{prf, scf}

For more information on this process, see the Back Office Resource Kit 1 SMS Guide, Page 2.

The child site's database entry should be deleted immediately. Either refresh the Systems Management Server Administrator program UI, or quit the Systems Management Server Administrator program and start it again.

When the refresh occurs, you may notice the following error:

   Some machines in your database are associated with sites or domains
   that do not appear in your Sites tree. The missing items are listed
   below.

It would then be followed by the site code and domain name that was removed using the steps above. This error occurs because there are still client records in the database that belonged to the deleted site. To remove the clients, perform the following steps:

1. Start the Systems Management Server Administrator program. On the

   File menu, click Execute Query.

2. Under Query, select All Personal Computers.

3. Under Query Result Format, select Identification and click OK.

4. Click the word "Site" in the Site column. This sorts the list by site

   code.

5. Delete the clients associated with the deleted site.

After the clients have been deleted, quit the Systems Management Server Administrator program and then start it again, to confirm that the error does not reoccur.

Keywords          : smsinv smsconfig smssiteconfigman 
Version           : WINNT:1.2
Platform          : winnt
Issue type        : kbhowto kbinfo

Last Reviewed: June 25, 1998