SMS: RAS Sender Over SNA Link: Error 53 During WNetAddDConnection2 () (221951)

SYMPTOMS

The RAS Sender is randomly unable to establish a connection to a remote Systems Management Server site using the RAS Sender over a Systems Network Architecture (SNA) link. The connection to the remote RAS server is properly established but the connection to the Systems Management Server site fails. The following error is reported in Sender.log:

Error during WNetAddConnection2 (53)

To work around this problem, use RASDIAL to manually establish a connection to the RAS server.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 2.0. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. service pack for Systems Management Server version 2.0. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

MORE INFORMATION

The new version of Connras.dll has been improved. A retry mechanism has been added to the connection component. Adding this mechanism to the Systems Management Server RAS Sender code allows Systems Management Server to cope with some "timing" problems.

To install the hotfix, perform the following step on the Systems Management Server site server:

Replace the CONNRAS.DLL file in the SMS_root\BIN\Platform directory with the hotfixed version on each Systems Management Server Sender.