COM.CFG Does Not Shrink When Configuration Items are Removed

 Last reviewed: November 1, 1995
Article ID: Q135236
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft SNA Server for Windows NT, versions 2.0, 2.1, and 2.11

SYMPTOMS

The file size of the SNA Server configuration file (COM.CFG) does not decrease when configuration information is removed from the configuration.

The size of the COM.CFG file depends upon the number of SNA servers in the domain, as well as the number of SNA connections, LUs, LU Pools, and SNA Server user/groups that are defined in that domain. When the COM.CFG files gets large, it takes longer for the SNA Server Admin to open the file when trying to administer an SNA Server domain. This is more readily apparent if you are trying to administer an SNA Server domain that is on the other side of a slow WAN link from the system running SNA Server Admin. For this reason, the COM.CFG file should get smaller as information is removed from the configuration.

WORKAROUND

To shrink the COM.CFG file after removing information from the configuration:

  1. Use SNA Server Admin to open the COM.CFG file for the SNA Server domain to be modified.

  2. Make any configuration changes that are needed.

  3. Save the configuration by selecting Save Configuration from the File menu in SNA Server Admin.

  4. Backup the configuration file by selecting Backup from the File menu. For more information on how to backup and restore the COM.CFG file in SNA Server Admin, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    ARTICLE-ID: Q112636 

       TITLE     : Backup and Restore of COM.CFG

  5. Restore the newly backed up configuration file by selecting Restore from the File menu.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server versions 2.0, 2.1, and 2.11. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbnetwork kbbug2.00 kbbug2.10 kbbug2.11
KBSubcategory: ntnetserv
Additional reference words: prodsna 2.00 2.10 2.11 snaadmin administrator

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Last reviewed: November 1, 1995
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