SMS: Description of Preinst.exe for Systems Management Server 2.0 (212978)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0
  • Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 SP1
  • Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 SP2
  • Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 SP3
This article was previously published under Q212978

SUMMARY

This article describes Preinst.exe for Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0. You can find this tool in the Support folder on the SMS CD-ROM, or in the System Management Server 2.0 Resource Guide included with Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit 4.5. This article supplements the information contained in the System Management Server 2.0 Resource Guide.

MORE INFORMATION

Preinst.exe is a supplemental tool that you can use to manage site hierarchy, primarily between parent and child SMS 2.0 sites.

You can run Preinst.exe with the following eight command-line switches:
  • /deinstall:sitecode
    Starts an uninstallation of a specified child site, and removes the child site from the parent's database.
  • /deljob:sitecode
    Deletes all jobs destined for the specified site. This switch deletes the .job files in the Sms\Inboxes\Schedule.box folder, the associated .p and .i files in the Sms\Inboxes\Schedule.box\ToSend folder, and the associated .srq or .srs files in the Sms\Inboxes\Schedule.box\Outboxes\sender and Sms\Inboxes\Schedule.box\Requests folders.
  • /delsite:{sitecode,parentsite}
    Deletes the specified child site from the database where it is run. This switch also deletes all jobs destined for the child site. This switch does not uninstall the secondary site.
  • /dump
    You can only run this switch on a primary site server. The switch writes out copies of the site control files for the site where it is run and its child sites.
  • /stopsite
    Stops all SMS Server services on the site where it is run. This switch also stops SMS services on remote Client Access Point (CAP) servers for the site. This switch does not affect the local Logon Point service (SMS_NT_Logon_Discovery_Agent) if the site server is running on a domain controller, nor does it affect remote logon point servers.
  • /syncchild:sitecode
    This switch is similar to attaching a child site to its parent. The parent site sends all configuration information (for example, advertisements and collections) to the specified child site.
  • /syncparent
    Causes the current site and all its child sites to send site control files to their parent sites.
  • /upgrade:sitecode
    Performs a push install to upgrade the designated secondary site. This switch uses the existing versions of the primary site server's files.

REFERENCES

For additional information, refer to the Systems Management Server 2.0 Resource Guide (page 362).
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/14/2005
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