DOCUMENT:Q207722 01-MAY-1999 [sms] TITLE :SMS: Retaining Status Summaries After Advertisement Done PRODUCT :Microsoft Systems Management Server PROD/VER:winnt:2.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbsms200 kbStatSum ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= When you delete an advertisement, the status summary for the advertisement is also deleted. This prevents a build-up of obsolete status summaries. However, you may want to maintain the status summaries after you are done using the advertisement for a variety of reasons, such as: - You expect status information to continue to arrive from child sites. - You want to collect status information on advertisements over time. - The advertisement was a pilot project, and you want to analyze the summary data as you plan the full rollout. MORE INFORMATION ================ To stop an advertisement but maintain the status summary for the advertisement, do either of the following: - Set the expiration time for the advertisement to a time in the past, as follows: 1. Open the SMS Administrator console and expand Site Database. Then expand Advertisements. 2. Right-click the advertisement you want to modify, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu. 3. Click the Schedule tab. 4. Set the Advertisement Will Expire to a time in the past. As little as a minute before the present is sufficient. The advertisement and its status summary continue to exist but the advertisement no longer runs on clients. - Disable the program, as follows: 1. Open the SMS Administrator console and expand Site Database. Then expand Packages, expand the package you want to modify, and expand Programs. 2. Right-click the program you want to modify, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu. 3. Click the Advanced tab. 4. Select the Disable this program on computers where it is advertised checkbox. This prevents any advertisement from running the program. The advertisement and its status summary continue to exist in the Administrator Console, but the advertisement for the program no longer runs on clients. Additional query words: prodsms smsstat ====================================================================== Keywords : kbsms200 kbStatSum Technology : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200 Version : winnt:2.0 Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.