SMS: SMSAPM32 Network Speed Detection on SMS2.0 NetWare Clients

• Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

SMSAPM32 on a NetWare client may determine the network speed to be 0 bps as shown in the smsapm32.log on the client.

This behavior is by design.

CAUSE

If Advertisement assignment properties under the Schedule tab are marked as "Assignments are not mandatory over slow links," the slow link detection code will run after checking for Microsoft RAS with Microsoft networking.

It will interpret a speed of 0 as a failure to determine speed. Because it failed to determine the speed, it will then check to see if there are any RAS connections active on this client. If there are RAS connections active, the slow link detection code will return that this is a slow link and APM will not run the program designated by this advertisement.

On NetWare systems it will find that the speed is 0. Because there are no RAS connections active on the client, the slow link detection code will return that this is a fast link and APM will run the program.

WORKAROUND

To stop the slow link detection code from running, open the ADMIN UI, and go into the properties of the ADVERTISEMENT. Go to the SCHEDULE tab and deselect the box for "Assignments are not mandatory over slow links."

Once you have made this change, the Offer Manager will update files (.ins,.lkp,.ofr) on the CAP. The Inbox Manager will then update these files on the NetWare CAP.

Once these files have been updated, the client should successfully execute the offer(s). Therefore, NetWare clients work exactly as do Windows networking clients except that on NetWare, the only test you do to determine whether the network is fast or slow is to check whether RAS connections are active.

Additional query words: prodsms slwnt32 swdist32

Keywords : kbSMS200 kbbug2.00
Version : winnt:2.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb