SMS: Specifying Preferred Servers in Systems Management Server 2.0ID: Q235873
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Previously, when you created preferred server entries in the registry on a Systems Management Server 2.0 client, you had to specify a fully qualified Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) path similar to the following text:
MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=zzz"]\\ServerName\CAP_zzz\ (for a CAP)
NWBIND:["SMS_SITE=zzz"]\\ServerName\VolumeName\CAP_zzz\ (for a CAP)
MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=zzz"]\\ServerName\SMSPKGx$\<package directory name>\ (for a Distribution Point)
Microsoft has provided an update where NAL has the ability to resolve a preferred NAL path to a substring so you do not need to know the full NAL path in advance. You can add preferred server entries in the registry using the following form:
MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=zzz"]\\ServerName\ (for a CAP)
MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=zzz"]\\ServerName\ (for a Distribution Point)
Q236325 How to Obtain the Latest Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server 2.0. This problem was first corrected in Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack Service Pack 1.
The client files will be replicated to the CAPs and Logon Points. When this occurs the clients may be updated.
NOTE: The default Client Configuration Installation Manager (CCIM) polling interval is 23 hours. Therefore, it may take up to
23 hours for the hotfixed files to be propagated to the clients. To speed up
this process, you can stop and restart the SMS Client Service on each client.
You can also create a software distribution for one of the Resource Kit tools
Setevnt.exe or Cliutils.exe along with the appropriate parameter(s) to start a
CCIM work cycle. For information on the proper syntax to use with these tools,
see the Resource Kit documentation.
To specify a preferred server on a client computer, follow these steps:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\NAL\Client\and add the value Use Preferred Servers = 1. (default is 0 disabled)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\NAL\Client\Preferred AbExprtDB\CAP List for site zzz
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\NAL\Client\Preferred AbExprtDB\DP List for site zzzwhere zzz = site code
MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=zzz"]\\ServerName\You can use the Reskit utility PREFSERV to add these paths to the registry. For information on the proper syntax to use with this tool, see the Resource Kit documentation.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\NAL\Client\AbExprtDB\CAP List for site zzzFor example, if you use the following form
MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=zzz", "PREFERRED"]\\ServerName\CAP_zzz\you can disable the other selection methods by adding the Use Existing Connections = 0 (default is 1 enabled) and Use Random Path Selection = 0 (default is 1 enabled) values in the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\NAL\Client\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\NAL\Client\AbExprtDB\zzz0000x APMThis happens when it receives the offer for each distribution point that the package was sent to. If any of those distribution points match the specified perferred distribution points then NAL adds the "PREFERRED" qualifier to that server's NAL path in the above key and selects a preferred server to use. When the package has been executed APM removes these registry keys.
Additional query words: prodsms prefserv
Keywords : kbSMS200 kbSMS200bug kbSoftwareDist
Version : winnt:2.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug
Last Reviewed: July 23, 1999