RE: Scavenged clients, rediscovered but not showing properly

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From: Jon Ellis (MSFT) (JonEllisMSFT_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/21/04


Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 09:38:01 -0700

Heartbeat discovery is a good indicator of employee attendance...glad they showed back up :<).

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"Department of Medicine" wrote:
> It was just a matter of time.  Apparently far less people were working 
> at that time than I thought.  The machines have started coming back.  Of 
> course they were never going to update if they were off!
> 
> Thanks for the tips.
> 
> 
> In article <CF1E0F29-67B9-4511-9845-A5BF8ACD8D8E@microsoft.com>, 
> JonEllisMSFT@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> > Randy,
> > What is the schedule for heartbeat discovery?  You can set it down to once a day or so until the info comes back up.
> > Remember, if clients are currently configured to not report heartbeat discovery, then you turn it on, there will be a lag across:
> > the time they check for new config/policy
> > the time they receive and apply their new config/policy telling them to report discovery
> > the next time they actually perform it and report up.
> > 
> > If the discovery schedule is set to a day and it's been more than a few days, check your SMS infrastructure, verify all your sms services are running (SMS_EXECUTIVE, SMS_SITE_COMPONENT_MANAGER, SMS_SQL_MONITOR, ccmexec for the Management Point) and that SQL server is up.  Check the SMS server logs for latest activity.
> > 
> > Finally, manually force an update of the collection membership (e.g. All Systems)and refresh.
> > 
> > 
> 


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