SMSINST: If the Temp.tcf File Is Deleted, CCIM May Fail
Article ID: 200640
Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 5
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q200640
SYMPTOMS
In Systems Management Server 2.0, if Manual Discovery and Installation is the only installation method, and the Temp.tcf is deleted or renamed, Client Configuration Installation Manager (CCIM) will fail to run discovery until Systems Management Installation Wizard (SMSMAN) is run again.
You will see the following errors in the Ccim.log file:
ERROR: No discovery methods were found in the .tcf file.
ERROR: Unable to collect discovery data, CollectDiscoveryData returned 2147483656
CCIM16 - Retry in 10 minutes
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
The startup process reads the appropriate .tcf file at the logon point, and creates the local version on the client. Note that the file is modified with client specific information. As long as a user logs on and runs the Systems Management Server logon script (SMSLS), or manually runs SMSMAN or SMSMAN16, the .tcf file will be regenerated and CCIM will discover as normal.
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