SMS 2.0 Client: clients show No after site server re-install

[chkidd]

We had a site server that had to be re-installed, hardware failure, and re-installed with same configurations for site server name database name etc. but now the clients are showing back up in the database as being assigned but no client installed, but I know they are installed, because remote tools work, but no software or hardware inventory is being collected and no packages are being distributed, is their any way I can force a client re-install or to change the database to show that these clients are installed?

 

[Jpoandl]

Never ran into this problem. I think if you take the SMS site server off line for a few days, the clients will automatically uninstall themselves.

After you verify that the clients have unintalled, put the site server back on-line. The have the clients run the smsls.bat file to re-install the client software.

(Why didn't you repair the hardware...Then all's you would have had to do it place the server back on-line?)

another resource you could use is

http://www.swynk.com

This site is pretty good for SMS type stuff) Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2000

 

[tpulley]

Not too sure that just turning it off will get you where you want to go. You should be able to log on 3 times and the client is "supposed" to auto update. However if... this doesn't happen, you can re-run the smsls.bat and it should get you back on target.