SMS: Copylog.tcf File Contains Invalid Sites After Site Removal (313209)

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Making modifications to the Copylog.tcf file requires an understanding of how the copylog file works and the types of associations that are made in the copylog. The [FILE SOURCE] section of the Copylog.tcf file contains file-to-site associations of individual files by using the sitecode to specify the site. This association specifies which site was the last site to modify this file on the Logon Point. This provides for the identification of which site can be referenced to find the most up to date version of each client file. When the original source file is required, a lookup occurs in the Copylog.tcf file to identify the site that has this file, and the file can then be obtained from that site.

When a site is removed from an SMS hierarchy, the Copylog.tcf file may still contain references to the site that has been removed. These references can be for shared files or for files that are specific to the site that has been removed. You can use the following processes to identify and resolve each type of reference.

• Site specific references refer to files that are maintained in the \SITES folder on the Logon Point. These references contain a file name that begins with SITES and which has the following format:

  SITES\XXX\ZZZZZZZZ.ZZZ=XXX

  XXX is the site code, and ZZZZZZZZ.ZZZ is the file name. These lines are specific to the site that has been removed and are no longer needed after the site is removed. You can delete the lines that refer to files in the \SITES\sitecode folder of the removed site and the files they refer to in the folder structure.
• Shared references refer to files that are shared by all sites that use the logon point. All files that are not in the sites folder on the Logon Point are shared and must be modified and not deleted. These files must be maintained and the references to these files must be maintained in the Copylog.tcf file. To modify these files, identify a site that contains the most recent version of this file. If your hierarchy contains sites that are running different service packs of hotfixes, you must identify the source of the latest version of each file. When you have identified the site that has the latest version, you can edit the Copylog.tcf file so that the reference for that file specifies the sitecode of the site you identified and not that of the site that has been removed.

Example

If you have 3 sites, your Copylog.tcf file should contain lines that are similar to the following lines: NOTE: This file is not a complete Copylog.tcf file, and lines have been left out to make it more readable.

If you were to remove the site with the REM sitecode, you would be left with two sites with sitecodes AAA and BBB. You would need to remove the two references to files in the SITES folder for the site REM and re-associate Smsboot1.exe and Smsman.exe to other sites. Suppose that you knew that site AAA was your central site and that it contained the latest versions of all client files. However, you have just updated site BBB with a hotfix for Smsman.exe that is newer then the one on site AAA, but you have not yet installed this hotfix on any other sites. You would want to modify the Copylog.tcf as follows: NOTE: This file is not a complete Copylog.tcf file, and lines have been left out to make it more readable.

Note that Smsboot1.exe was pointed at site AAA and Smsman.exe was pointed at site BBB because site BBB has the newest (hotfix) version of Smsman.exe.