SMS: Advertisement .ofr Files Are Not Deleted on Secondary Site (257318)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0
  • Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 SP1

This article was previously published under Q257318

SYMPTOMS

When you manually delete a package on a primary site, the associated advertisement (.ofr) files are not deleted from the Drive:\SMS\Inboxes\Offerinf.box folder on the secondary site.

CAUSE

Distribution Manager and Offer Manager are responsible for deleting all the advertisements that are associated with a package. On the primary site, the deletion is triggered by SQL triggers or by Distribution Manager. On the secondary site, the deletion is triggered only by Distribution Manager, but the deletion is not triggered.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Systems Management Server version 2.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

236325 How to Obtain the Latest Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack

WORKAROUND

Manually delete the .ofr files on the secondary site server. These files are located in the Drive:\SMS\Inboxes\Clicfg.src folder.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Systems Management Server version 2.0 Service Pack 2.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/14/2005
Keywords:kbAdvertisement kbBug kbfix kbPackage kbsms200sp2fix kbSoftwareDist KB257318