SMS: Drive Letter Selection for SMS Client Files Is Inconsistent
Article ID: 186406
Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q186406
SYMPTOMS
When the client files are installed by using the Systems Management Server
client setup executable (for example, CLI_DOS, CLI_NT), the drive with the
most free space is used.
However, if client setup is invoked by using Invwin32 to install the
Systems Management Server client on a logon server, for example, the same
logic does not apply.
If the administrator adds servers through the Systems Management Server
Administrator's Site Properties, Site Configuration Manager installs the
logon server directory tree to the drive specified in the user interface
(UI), but the client setup process may place the client files on another
drive.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server
version 1.2. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. service
pack for Systems Management Server version 1.2. For information on
obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base (without the spaces):
Additional query words: prodsms
Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbsetup KB186406