SMS: Sender Capacity May Cause Secondary Site Install Failure (163379)

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.

SYMPTOMS

When the sender capacity is set to 0, secondary sites may fail at Phase 4 because they are unable to communicate with the parent site.

The LAN sender log (Lansend.log) will show the following message:

Checking for sending capacity. Used 0 out of 0, no sending capacity so not checking for send requests.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use the following procedure to modify the site server's registry to restore the default values.

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it.

Start Registry Editor and locate the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Sms\Components\Sms_Lan_Sender

Change the Maximum Concurrent Sendings value from 0 to 5.
Change the Maximum Concurrent Site Sendings value from 0 to 3.
Exit Registry Editor.
Stop and restart the Systems Management Server Executive service.