DOCUMENT:Q131010  31-JUL-2001  [sms]
TITLE   :How To Speed Site Property Changes
PRODUCT :Microsoft Systems Management Server
PROD/VER:winnt:1.0,1.1,1.2
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbnetwork kbDatabase kbHMan kbSCMan smsdatabase smshierman smssiteconfigman

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 
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SUMMARY
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Depending on the Site Server's service response settings, the services involved
in changing a site's properties may sit idle for an extended period of time
waiting for their polling interval to expire. If proposed site property changes
exist, their implementation can be expedited, rather than waiting up to 30
minutes for them to be imposed.

MORE INFORMATION
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Proposed site properties are written to the SQL database for the site, and there
they wait for the Hierarchy Manager service to extract them to a .CT1 file for
hand-off to the Site Configuration Manager. Because the Hierarchy Manager bases
its interaction for reads from the database on a polling interval, the service
can be stopped and restarted in order to force it to check the database for
changes.

Once it has pulled the changes from the database, it writes them to a *.CT1 file
and the Site Configuration Manager immediately wakes up (upon detecting the new
*.CT1 file) and implement the changes.

Finally, Site Configuration Manager writes a new *.CT2 file containing
confirmation of the proposed changes and this file is handed off to the
Hierarchy Manager. Hierarchy Manager then updates the database, making the
proposed site properties, actual site properties.

NOTE: Use of the unsupported SENDCODE.EXE utility to wake up the Site Config
Manager will do nothing until there is a valid *.CT1 file containing the
proposed changes. Stopping and starting the Hierarchy Manager is the proper way
to jump-start the process.

Additional query words: config prodsms sms

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbDatabase kbHMan kbSCMan smsdatabase smshierman smssiteconfigman 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS100 kbSMS110 kbSMS120
Version           : winnt:1.0,1.1,1.2

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