KB203004 - SMS: How to Create a Secondary Site from Source Files on the Local Hard Disk Drive

Article ID: 203004

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 3

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SUMMARY

In the Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) Administrator Console, the Secondary Site Creation Wizard gives you the option of transferring source files to the secondary site server from the primary site server, or of specifying that the installation source files are on a CD-ROM at the secondary site server. If the second option is selected, the Setup program searches for installation source files from a local CD-ROM or a shared network CD-ROM drive.

If source files from the installation CD-ROM are copied to a local hard disk on the secondary site server, Setup fails to find them because it looks for the source files on the CD-ROM drive. If the installation CD-ROM is not inserted in the CD-ROM drive, Setup fails.

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MORE INFORMATION

It is possible to use installation source files on the local hard disk by sharing out the folder where they reside, and then connecting to it as a network drive by using the net use command. This method allows you to copy the source files to the local hard disk of the secondary site server and have Setup find them there. This method can be useful for a customer whose clients are spread across a large geographic area with local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) connections. These clients can load the operating system and all necessary software on the servers, copy the SMS 2.0 CD-ROM files locally to various servers' hard disks, ship the servers to their destinations, and then initiate the Create Secondary Site process, directing Setup to search for the source files locally.

Creating a Secondary Site Using Local Source Files on a Secondary Site Server

Copy the source files from the SMS 2.0 CD-ROM to a folder on a local drive of the secondary site server.
Share out the folder and connect to it (from the same computer) using the net use command, in effect, creating a network connection.
Initiate secondary site creation by clicking the Installation source files are on a CD-ROM at secondary site server option.

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