SMS: PGC Randomly Picks a Logon Server

 Last reviewed: March 25, 1997
Article ID: Q165507

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Systems Management Server, version 1.1

SYMPTOMS

In some WAN environments, Systems Management Server's Program Group Control (PGC) may go across the WAN to attempt a connection to a Systems Management Server logon server (domain controller) to obtain the groups a logged on user belongs to.

This may cause unwanted delays, due to the slow connection speed, and also may use important WAN connection bandwidth.

CAUSE

The PGC randomly chooses a Systems Management Server logon server in the domain (primary domain controller and backup domain controllers) to retrieve the information.

RESOLUTION

This problem has been fixed in Systems Management Server 1.2. The PGC first attempts to locate the server listed in the ValidatingServer entry in the [SMSLSIni] section of the Sms.ini file, as in the following example: 

   [SMSLSIni]
   ValidatingServer=\\xxxxx

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.1. This problem has been fixed in Systems Management Server version 1.2.

Additional query words: prodsms pdc bdc bdcs
Keywords : smspgc kbnetwork kbbug1.10 kbfix1.20
Version : 1.1
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbfix

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Last reviewed: March 25, 1997
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