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Q326045: SMS: Distribution Mgr. Does Not Correctly Discover Package Size

Article: Q326045
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): 2.0,2.0 SP3,2.0 SP4
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbtool kbsms200 kbSoftwareDist
Last Modified: 07-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 2.0, 2.0 SP3, 2.0 SP4 
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SYMPTOMS
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After you change the standard "Location of stored packages" property to a
specific drive letter, Systems Management Server (SMS) Distribution Manager does
not correctly discover the package size. The package size has a value of 1
kilobyte (KB).

Excerpt from Distmgr.log File
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Start adding package SR30002F...  
Package SR30002F uses the compressed copy of the source directory.  
Package SR30002F doesn't have a compressed copy of the source directory, starting the compression.  
The size of package SR30002F is 1 KBytes  
...
The compressed size of package SR30002F is 19821 KBytes  

Run the following query, and then check the SourceSize and SourceCompSize values
for the package:

  select PkgID, SourceSize, SourceCompSize from SMSPackages

PkgID    SourceSize  SourceCompSize 
-------- ----------- -------------- 
SR30002F 1           19821          

The same values appear in the package status node of the SMS Administrator
Console.

MORE INFORMATION
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You can change the standard "Location of stored packages" property under the
System Management Server\Site Database\Site Code\Site Settings\Component
Configuration\Software Distribution branch.

Additional query words: prodsms

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Keywords          : kbtool kbsms200 kbSoftwareDist 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200 kbSMS200SP3 kbSMS200SP4
Version           : :2.0,2.0 SP3,2.0 SP4
Issue type        : kbprb

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