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Q199114: SMS: How to Configure Traveling Mode on Client Computers

Article: Q199114
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): 2.0,2.0 SP1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbsetup kbClient kbConfig _IK964 kbServer kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbsmsUtil kbRe
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 2.0, 2.0 SP1 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes how to configure Traveling mode on client computers.

MORE INFORMATION
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If you are using a client computer that is running Systems Management Server
(SMS) 2.0 that is connected to a new SMS 2.0 site, if the computer's assignment
has been changed, you may receive one of the following messages:

  SMS - Traveling Mode

  Systems Management Server has detected that this computer is a traveling
  machine. A request has been made to assign this machine to site site code.
  Would you like to continue with this operation?

  -and-

  SMS - Traveling Mode

  Systems Management Server has detected that this computer is a traveling
  machine. A request has been made to deassign this machine from site site
  code. Would you like to continue with this operation?

If you are an administrator, you may want to suppress these messages on the
client in some environments.

How to Set the Traveling Mode Flag on the Client
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You can use the client to enable or disable Traveling-mode behavior. To set
Traveling mode:

1. On the client, open Control Panel, and then double-click Systems Management.

2. Click the General tab, and then click to select the "This computer connects
  to the network from different locations".

SMS 2.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2) includes the Chktravl.bat and Clitravl.exe
utilities, which are located in the SMS SP2 Support folder. The Clitravl.exe
file calls Clitravl.exe to verify the Traveling mode configuration of a client.
Clitravl.exe can also be called separately without the use of the Chktravl.bat
file. Both of these files use the following command-line parameters; however you
must use capital letters in all of these parameters for the parameter to be
recognized by Clitravl.exe:

- /TRAVEL=ON: Enables Traveling mode on the client.

- /TRAVEL=OFF: Disables Traveling mode on the client.

- /PROMPT=ON: Enables Traveling mode prompting on the client.

- /PROMPT=OFF: Disables Traveling mode prompting on the client.

You can use either the Chktravl.bat or Clitravl.exe utilities to get a report on
the current Traveling mode configuration of the client. Note that you cannot run
these utilities silently.


Additional query words: prodsms travel Clitravl Chktravl bat exe

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbsetup kbClient kbConfig _IK964 kbServer kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbsmsUtil kbRemoteProg 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200 kbSMS200SP1
Version           : :2.0,2.0 SP1
Issue type        : kbhowto
Solution Type     : kbfix

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