DOCUMENT:Q231220  21-MAR-2001  [sms]
TITLE   :SMS: Unable to Create a Secondary Site of a Child Primary Site
PRODUCT :Microsoft Systems Management Server
PROD/VER::2.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbnetwork kbDatabase kbMMC kbServer kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbsmsAdmin

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you are running a Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0 Administrator
console that is connected to a central site server, and you attempt to create a
secondary site attached to a primary child site, the secondary site menu item is
unavailable (dimmed).

CAUSE
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This behavior occurs because of a limitation of current server architecture.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this issue, follow these steps:

1. Right-click the Systems Management Server icon, point to All Tasks, and then
   click "Connect to Site Database".

2. Click Next, and then click "Connect to the site database for this site
   server".

3. Enter the child primary site server name, click Next, and then click Finish.

4. Create the secondary site while you are connected directly to the site
   database of the child primary site.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: prodsms

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbDatabase kbMMC kbServer kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbsmsAdmin 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200
Version           : :2.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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