SMS 2.0 Packages Are Not Distributed to Child Sites (266195)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0

This article was previously published under Q266195

SYMPTOMS

After you create a new package, you do not see the package sent to any child sites. Looking in Schedule.box\ToSend shows a backlog of files, and Sched.log shows an error that states:

Skipping minijob. Could not retrieve the request ID

CAUSE

This behavior can occur because the Sms\Inboxes\Schedule.box\Uid folder is empty or does not exist. The SMS\Inboxes\Schedule.box\Uid folder is expected to have only two files, the .req and .job files. If there are more than two files, the Scheduler component can also become confused about which job ID is to be used for the next job.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, you must open the Sms\Inboxes\Schedule.box\Uid folder and create two empty text files called nnnnnnnn.job and nnnnnnnn.req, where nnnnnnnn is the number in the filename, which is greater than any of the files' names that were already found in the directory SMS\Inboxes\Schedule.box.

MORE INFORMATION

The following is an example of a log error message recorded in the Sched.log file when the behavior occurs:

Error. Could not give send request to scheduler. Possibly could not reach the schedule box on the site server. Skipping minijob.

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	1/14/2006
Keywords:	kbprb KB266195