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Q151184: SMS: Disabling Inventory Collection over Slow Connections

Article: Q151184
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): 1.0,1.1,1.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbInventory kbMaintMan smsinv smshowto smsmaintmankbfaq
Last Modified: 31-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 
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SUMMARY
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After you install Systems Management Server in your network, you may find that
you don't want your remote clients to be inventoried when they log on remotely
over a slow speed dial-up connection because of the additional time it will
take.

Listed below is a checklist and discussion of the utilities involved in
customizing the Systems Management Server environment so that Smsls.bat/.cmd
will not be executed over a slow network link such as a dial-up line.

MORE INFORMATION
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Configuring the Site Server Properties
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To configure your SMS site server not to collect inventory over a slow link, do
the following:

1. In the Site Properties window in the SMS Administrator utility, click the
  Inventory button.

2. Select Proposed Properties, and select either "Prompt Workstation Users" or
  "Don't Take Inventory."

3. Keep choosing OK until you are back to the Sites window. Remember, site
  property changes take a few minutes to be processed, and longer in cases
  where a child site's properties are being changed.

  As a result of this change in the site properties, the SMS Maintenance Manager
  service will generate a new Netspeed.com. If SMS is configured so that your
  login scripts are automatically configured, the new Netspeed.com will
  eventually be copied or replicated to your logon servers.

  However, if SMS is not configured to modify your login scripts, you will need
  to copy the updated Netspeed.com to your logon server(s). The new version of
  Netspeed.com is located on your site server in the
  \Sms\Site.Srv\Maincfg.Box\Client.src directory.

  If you use the Directory Replicator service to copy your login scripts between
  your logon servers, copy the new Netspeed.com to the source directory of your
  export server, normally the primary domain controller of the logon domain. If
  this service is not used, copy the file to the Netlogon share of all your
  logon servers, the same directory where Smsls.bat/.cmd is being executed
  from.

For additional information, click the article number on configuring SMS to
automatically update your login scripts below to view the article on configuring
SMS to automatically update your login scripts in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q123318 Checklist for Enabling SMS in Logon Scripts

Adjusting the Threshold Speed
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Depending on the actual speed of the remote connection, you may find it necessary
to adjust the cutoff value where Netspeed.com determines that the connection is
slow.

For additional information, click the article number on adjusting this threshold
value or how Netspeed.com functions below to view the article on adjusting this
threshold value or how Netspeed.com functions in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q142267 NETSPEED Returns False Speed Over Compression Capable Link

  Q131011 SMS: Netspeed.com Internals

Additional query words: inventory slow network disable prodsms

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbInventory kbMaintMan smsinv smshowto smsmaintman kbfaq
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS100 kbSMS110 kbSMS120
Version           : :1.0,1.1,1.2

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