Re: DP update hangs sms_exec after SMS upgrade

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From: Luke Packard [MSFT] (lukep_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:46:25 -0800

Cross posting to swdist newsgroup to see if anyone there has an idea 

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Luke Packard [MSFT]
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"Al Corsi" <alcoit@optonline.net> wrote in message 
news:ORD62AnJFHA.3300@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi everyone, was wondering if anyone has experienced problems with DP 
> updates after upgrading a site from SMS from 2.0 to 2003.
>
> A little bit of background info: our SMS 2.0 SP5 site had a lot of 
> packages and as such we opted to upgrade the site to SMS 2003 SP1.
>
> No problem with the upgrade or any of the server roles running *except* 
> now when we attempt to update a BITS-enabled DP with a package created 
> under SMS 2.0, the smsexec service crashes.
>
> MSKB 872779 details the symptoms, cause, resolution and work around.
>
> Resolution doesn't seem to apply since it's for SMS 2003 RTM, SP1 includes 
> this 872779 fix, and the DLLs and EXEs on the site server are the same or 
> newer as what's listed in MSKB 872779.
>
> The work around is to delete the SMS 2.0 packages and recreate under SMS 
> 2003.
>
> I'd like to avoid this if at all possible, as that was the reason we 
> decided to upgrade the site!
>
> Anyone have any other suggestions before we start recreating the packages 
> and programs?
>
> Thanks, Al
>
>

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