The new package folder and the new network shared folder are not created after you change the "Share name" setting in Systems Management Server 2003 (886109)

SYMPTOMS

If you change the Share name setting for an existing package in Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003, the new package folder and the new network shared folder may not be created as expected on the distribution point computer. Additionally, entries that are similar to the following may appear in the Sms\Logs\Distmgr.log file when the SMS Distribution Manager component tries to stop sharing the old package folder.

Note In the following sample file, DP represents the name of the distribution point computer, and XXX represents your SMS site code.

Established connection to ["Display=\\DP\"]MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=xxx"]\\DP\
Getting the NAL path's NOS equivalent.
The NOS path is \\DP\
The number of free bytes at the specified location has not been requested.
Successfully made an accessible connection, got a NOS path, and, if requested, got the number of free bytes at this location.
Attempting to get access to the package share.
Attempting to make an accessible connection to MSWNET:\\DP\TESTFOLDER\, get its NOS path, and get its number of free bytes.
Established connection to MSWNET:\\DP\TESTFOLDER\
Getting the NAL path's NOS equivalent.
The NOS path is \\DP\TESTFOLDER\
The number of free bytes at the specified location has not been requested.
Successfully made an accessible connection, got a NOS path, and, if requested, got the number of free bytes at this location.
Deleting drive:\TESTFOLDER, FAILED, Win32 Error = 32
Failed to delete package XXXnnnnn from MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=xxx"]\\DP\TESTFOLDER\, Win32 Error = 32
Failed to remove package XXXnnnnn from MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=xxx"]\\DP\TESTFOLDER\	
STATMSG: ID=2313 SEV=E LEV=M SOURCE="SMS Server" COMP="SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER" SYS=DP SITE=XXX PID=1456 TID=2116 GMTDATE=Tue Jul 27 02:40:46.993 2004 ISTR0="XXXnnnnn" ISTR1="MSWNET:["SMS_SITE=XXX"]\\DP\TESTFOLDER\" ISTR2="" ISTR3="" ISTR4="" ISTR5="" ISTR6="" ISTR7="" ISTR8="" ISTR9="" NUMATTRS=1 AID0=400 AVAL0="XXXnnnnn"
STATMSG: ID=2302 SEV=E LEV=M SOURCE="SMS Server" COMP="SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER" SYS=DP SITE=XXX PID=1456 TID=2116 GMTDATE=Tue Jul 27 02:40:47.213 2004 ISTR0="Package1" ISTR1="XXXnnnnn" ISTR2="" ISTR3="" ISTR4="" ISTR5="" ISTR6="" ISTR7="" ISTR8="" ISTR9="" NUMATTRS=1 AID0=400 AVAL0="XXXnnnnn"
Failed to process package XXXnnnnn after 4 retries, will retry 1 more times
Exiting package processing thread.
Used 0 out of 3 allowed processing threads.
Sleep 83 seconds...

CAUSE

This problem occurs if you change the path of the package folder. For example, you make one of the following changes:

You change the Share name setting from "TestFolder" to "TestPath\TestFolder."
You change the Share name setting from "TestPath\TestFolder" to "TestFolder."

Note The Share name setting on the Data Access tab in the Package Properties dialog box actually contains the full path of the shared folder, not just the folder name.

If you change only the name of the package folder instead of its full path, the SMS Distribution Manager component stops sharing the package folder before it deletes the package folder. This is the expected behavior. However, if you change the path of the shared folder, the SMS Distribution Manager component does not stop sharing the package folder before it tries to delete the package folder.

Therefore, this problem does not occur if you make one of the following changes:

You change the Share name setting from "TestFolder" to "TestFolder123."
You change the Share name setting from "TestPath\TestFolder" to "TestPath\TestFolder123."

Additionally, this problem does not occur if you change the setting on the Data Access tab in the Package Properties dialog box from Share distribution folder to Access distribution folder through common SMS package share.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, manually stop sharing the old package folder, and then delete the old package folder. After you delete the old package folder, SMS Distribution Manager creates a new package folder and a new shared folder during the next processing cycle.

To force an immediate processing cycle, follow these steps:

Start the SMS Administrator console.
Expand the Site Database (site code - site name)\Packages container.
Right-click the package name, and then click Properties.
Without making any changes to the package properties, click OK.