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Q128456: PCM and PGC Fail to Execute Package from Servers with Long Name

Article: Q128456
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): winnt:1.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbPCM kbPGC smspcm smspgc
Last Modified: 30-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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There are two symptoms:

- When you use a Windows 3.1 client to execute a package which requires
  utilities from the MSTEST directory and the logon server has a server name
  greater than 11 characters, the client receives the following error:

  Unable to connect. <errcode> - \\server\share. 2 - <followed by the
  actual universal naming convention (UNC) path used.>

  If you execute a package that does not require UNC access to the server, the
  symptom does not occur.

- When you run the Program Group Control (PGC) that normally produces the
  shared application group, the following error appears:

  No server could be found for application

These symptoms usually on computers running Windows 3.1 in a NetWare environment
where logon servers can have names up to 47 characters in length.

These symptoms do not occur on clients running Windows for Workgroups 3.11.

CAUSE
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Windows 3.1 KRNL386.EXE does not allow UNC paths with large server names.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server
version 1.1. This problem has been corrected in Systems Management Server
version 1.2.

Additional query words: prodsms sms

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbPCM kbPGC smspcm smspgc 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS110
Version           : winnt:1.1

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