KnowledgeBase Archive

An Archive of Early Microsoft KnowledgeBase Articles

View on GitHub

Q259062: Contents Are Lost Saving Management Agent Scripts or Templates

Article: Q259062
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 2.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kbtool
Last Modified: 20-MAY-2000

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Metadirectory Services 2.1 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SYMPTOMS
========

When you are saving management agent (MA) templates or scripts, or the advanced
attribute flow, the contents of the templates are lost when you click OK. When
you later view the templates, they are blank.

CAUSE
=====

All the MA templates and scripts are stored as directory attributes. By default,
these attributes have a storage type of Normal. The current size limit for
normal storage is 20 KB; if you exceed the 20-KB attribute limit, the contents
of the attribute are lost.

RESOLUTION
==========

To work around this behavior, change the storage type from Normal to Large
Object:

1. Determine the name of the attribute by pressing and holding down the CTRL key
  while you right-click the item.

2. Using Compass, search for the attribute in the directory.

3. Double-click the attribute to view its properties.

4. Click the Storage tab.

5. Click Large Object, and then click OK.

The storage type defines how the attribute's value is stored in the directory
database. There are several attribute storage types:

- Normal: A field up to 20 KB is stored "as is."

- Large Object: Attribute values larger than 20 KB in size (file-based
  attributes) that are stored in the directory database.

- Transient File: Attribute values contained in external files (log files, for
  example) that are therefore "transient." You must use this with a file
  control attribute.

- File Control: An attribute value containing the path to a transient file. If
  you use this storage type, you must also specify the associated transient
  file attribute.

- Translation: ASN.1 translation.

- Variable Size: An attribute value that can be under or over 20 KB in size;
  its storage method changes, depending on its size.

- Virtual: An attribute with no stored value; its value is created dynamically
  by a plug-in when the attribute is accessed.

STATUS
======

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that
are listed at the beginning of this article.


Additional query words: Zoomit Via MA zscript genlogs attributes

======================================================================
Keywords          : kbenv kbtool 
Technology        : kbMMSSearch kbMMS210
Version           : :2.1
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

=============================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.