DOCUMENT:Q236318 06-AUG-2002 [sms] TITLE :Server Connection Account Created in Same Domain as Site Server PRODUCT :Microsoft Systems Management Server PROD/VER:winnt:2.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbServer kbsms200 ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= In Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 1, the Server Connection account is created in the same domain where the Site Server resides. This account has the name SMSServer_ and is used to connect from Remote Site Systems to the Site Server. In Systems Management Server 2.0 (the final released version), this account was created in the same domain where the Service Account was created for the Site. If a Systems Management Server 2.0 (the final released version) Site is upgraded to Service Pack 1, the Server Connection account location is unchanged and will remain in the same domain where the Service Account was created for the Site. MORE INFORMATION ================ In a Master Domain Model where the Systems Management Server 2.0 Site Server resides in a Resource Domain and the Service Account is created in the Master Accounts Domain, the following behavior is observed in the following scenarios: A New Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 1 Installation Is Performed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Server connection account will be created in the same domain as the Site Server. In this example, the account will be created in the Resource Domain. An Upgrade Is Performed on a Current Systems Management Server 2.0 (the final released version) Site ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Server connection account will remain in the same domain as the Service Account. In this example, the account will remain in the Master Accounts Domain. There will be no changes to the location of the Server connection account between versions of Systems Management Server 2.0 when in a single domain model. Additional query words: prodsms smsserver_xxx ====================================================================== Keywords : kbServer kbsms200 Technology : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200 Version : winnt:2.0 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 2002.