SMS: SETLS Domain Enumeration Using the Smsls.ini and Win.ini Files (174793)

SYMPTOMS

If you specify domain:sitecode in the [SMS] section of the Win.ini file, SETLS always enumerates the domain. That is, SETLS does not select a Systems Management Server logon server from the [Servers] section of the client's Sms.ini file. This results in a longer delay during the initial logon.

CAUSE

SETLS enumerates the domain when there is a mismatch between the KeyMatch value set in the [SMSLSIni] section of the client's Sms.ini file and the current value.

For example, suppose the following is the [SMS] section from a client's Win.ini file:

   [SMS]
   domain=VIPER_X:Q45

The following is the [SMSLSIni] section of the client's Sms.ini file:

   [SMSLSIni]
   ValidatingServer=\\Servername
   FileName=Z:\smsls.ini
   FileTime=31fa4fc0
   SectionMatch=WIN.INI
   KeyMatch=VIPER_X
   Domain=VIPER_X

Note that the domain name under the [SMS] section is VIPER_X:Q45 and the KeyMatch value under the [SMSLSIni] section is VIPER_X. SETLS enumerates the VIPER_X domain as long as those two values are different.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, manually modify the [SMSLSIni] section and change the KeyMatch value to equal the same value set for the domain entry under the [SMS] section in the client's Win.ini file.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

MORE INFORMATION

As long as the values in the [SMSLSIni] section of the client's Sms.ini file match the current values, SETLS should select a Systems Management Server logon server from the [Servers] section of that file, and should not enumerate the domain.

NOTE: The behavior of Setls has changed in SMS SP4. For additional information about this, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

187369 SMS: SETLS Stores File Time of Win.ini File