SMS: Preferred Distribution Point Selection Requires Full Path to Package

ID: Q226115

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

The PrefServ.exe tool included in the Back Office Resource Kit 4.5, allows you to designate a Preferred Distribution Point. The functionality provided by the PrefServ tool fails unless the full Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) path to the distribution server is specified. Use the full NAL path to the Preferred Distribution Point package share. For example:


   MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=ABC"]\\SERVERNAME\SHARENAME\PKGID00001\

CAUSE

It is only possible to set a Preferred Distribution Point on a per-package basis. Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version .

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 2.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. service pack for Systems Management Server version 2.0. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodsms util specifed DP


Keywords          : kbSMS200 kbSMS200bug 
Version           : winnt:2.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 20, 1999