Client's Management point

[GCFII]

Is there a command I can run from a client to update the management point? In the Systems Management Properties box there is no manangement point listed. I would like to force it to update.


thx

 

[tbrennans]

Is there a way I can force my Advanced Client to see a management point? (added December 12, 2003)


A. No. The management point is not stored on the client in a registry setting that can be manipulated to cause it to be assigned to a management point. Clients use a dynamic process to locate their management point. This is an important feature of the Advanced Client that allows computers to roam to other sites.

Management point lookup occurs periodically, such as when the SMS Agent Host service starts. If you need to force the client to relocate the management point. you can:

• Stop and restart the SMS Agent Host service on the client. Restarting the computer will also cause this service to stop and restart.

• Disconnect the computer from the network and reconnect it. You can physically disconnect and reconnect the cable, disable and re-enable the network adaptor, or release and renew a DHCP-assigned IP address.

• Use Control Panel to force discovery of the local SMS site. Double-click the Systems Management icon in Control Panel. On the Advanced tab in the Properties dialog box, click Discover to automatically find the local SMS site and management points.


If you have extended the Active Directory schema, then the client will use an LDAP query to determine the management point. If the schema has not been extended, the client will perform a WINS record lookup.

 

[GCFII]

Thank you tbrennans, but this raises another question that I have. I extended the AD Schema when I upgraded from 2.0 to 2003, or so I thought I did. I am not 100% sure if the AD Schema exention was successfull. Is there a way for me to verify if my Schema is exented or not?

I have a feeling this may be the root of my problem.

thx

 

[tbrennans]

If you used the EXTADSCH tool it will have a EXTADSCH.LOG in the directory it was located in when you extended the schema

 

[DanMIS]

That file exists (in my domain) on the C drive of the DC I used to extend the schema. It ends with the lines:

<12-10-2004 10:42:21> Successfully extended the Active Directory schema.

<12-10-2004 10:42:21> Please refer to the SMS documentation for instructions on the manual
<12-10-2004 10:42:21> configuration of access rights in active directory which may still
<12-10-2004 10:42:21> need to be performed. (Although the AD schema has now be extended,
<12-10-2004 10:42:21> AD must be configured to allow each SMS Site security rights to
<12-10-2004 10:42:21> publish in each of their domains.)