Snabase Displays Garbage String for Backupsponsor Server Name

ID: Q196245

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft SNA Server, versions 4.0, 4.0 SP1

SYMPTOMS

Snabase displays a string of unintelligible characters, which is supposed to be the name of the backupsponsor server name.

For example, the following pop-up message is displayed:

Sna Server - Message #1039
SnaBase could not open a sponsor connection to a primary server, using
backup server xdfjd.

The string 'xdfjd' is the incorrect information.

RESOLUTION

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server versions 4.0 and 4.0 Service Pack 1. This problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server version 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining this Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words:

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,4.0 SP1
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug