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Q193746: SMS: Resync File Cleaner - Dumpsync.exe

Article: Q193746
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): winnt:1.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbInventory kbsmsUtil smsinv smsutil
Last Modified: 31-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2 
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SUMMARY
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Dumpsync.exe, a utility available in the Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit,
cleans the Resync.cfg file on all Systems Management Server logon servers in a
domain.

MORE INFORMATION
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When the information in a MIF file is not synchronized with the database,
Systems Management Server sends a resync request to the client containing the
MIF file. Systems Management Server does so by having a Resync.cfg file on each
Systems Management Server logon server. This file contains (among other things)
an SMSID and the time of the resync request.

When a client connects to a Systems Management Server logon server, the client
checks the Resync.cfg file for the client's SMSID. If the ID is found, the
client sends a complete inventory and marks the inventory file as being a resync
file. (The client also keeps track of when it sent the inventory, so on future
reads of the Resync.cfg file, the client will not resend the information unless
the time of the request in the resync file changes.)

Systems Management Server never cleans the Resync.cfg file, which means that the
file keeps growing. The DUMPSYNC utility cleans the Resync.cfg file. DUMPSYNC
must be run from Sms\Site.srv\Invdom.box\domain.000 for each domain you want to
clean.

Maintenance Manager copies files from the Site.srv\Maincfg.box\Invdom.box
\Domain.000 and Site.srv\Maincfg.box\Invdom.box\Domain.000\Invencfg.box
directories to Logon.srv on the appropriate domains. However, Maintenance
Manager does not delete files from the logon servers if they are removed from
the Site.srv directory. A simple fix for this is to delete all the .cfg files
from Logon.srv\Invencfg.box directory on all logon servers. If files are still
necessary, Maintenance Manager will move them back.

DUMPSYNC Syntax
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  dumpsync  [days]  [/Dump]

Options                    Description
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days                       All clients with a resync request in Resync.cfg
                          more than [days] days old are removed from the
                          Resync.cfg file, and their Smsid.cfg files are
                          deleted from the Site.srv\Maincfg.box\Invdom.box
                          \Domain.000\Invencfg.box directory.

/Dump                      Displays the contents of the Resync.cfg file.

Additional query words: prodsms

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Keywords          : kbInventory kbsmsUtil smsinv smsutil 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS120
Version           : winnt:1.2
Hardware          : ALPHA MIPS x86
Issue type        : kbinfo

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