Re: Distribution Point directory structure question
- From: "Cathy Moya [MS]" <camoya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 02:24:35 -0700
Hi, Ed,
When you create a package, SMS lets you choose on a package-by-package basis
if you want to get source files at all, and if so, where to get them from.
The source files do not need to live on the site server - you can create a
share anywhere on the network and point SMS there. The online Help has a
good description of what the compressed option does:
"Use a compressed copy of the source directory
SMS will create a compressed version of the source files on the site server.
When you specify additional or refresh distribution points for the package,
the compressed version will be decompressed and copied to the distribution
points, instead of being copied directly from the original source folder.
Use this option if the source files might be removed from the specified path
(for example, if the source files are on a CD). If you select this option
and then specify Update All Distribution Points in the Manage Distribution
Points Wizard, a new version of the compressed copy is created from the
specified source folder.
A compressed version of the source folder is always created and used when
the package is sent to distribution points in child sites."
Assuming you have another computer on your network with lots of disk space
(I think it can even be a desktop OS like XP), dump your source there and
let SMS pull from there. More network traffic for package creation and
update, but less disk space on the site server. If bandwidth is a concern,
pull the files from CD adn let SMS make a compessed copy. In the sitewide
settings, you can tell SMS where on the site server to keep the compressed
copies.
Hope that helps.
--
Cathy Moya, CISSP, MCSE: Security
Technical Writer, Windows Enterprise Management Division User Assistance
Check out the SMS Technical FAQ:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sms/sms2003/techfaq/default.mspx
This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties and confers no rights.
"Ed Murphy" <EdMurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3D62FB09-4726-47CF-8A0C-3A9A4D9A8DA8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I am a little confused about how to configure a DP. I have a SMS Site
>Server
> that performs all SMS roles. I knew that the DP would require a lot of
> disk
> space so during initial configuration, I created a new server share named
> Packages$ on my site server which pointed to a drive with plenty of space.
> Within that share, I created a directory, PKGSources and another SMSPKG,
> was
> either created for me or created for me, I can't recall. Now the
> PKGSources
> directory, as you can imagine, holds all managed source files, each
> application in it's own folder. When I create a package, I list
> PKGSources
> as the source directory. When the packages are created, they are created
> in
> the SMSPKG directory. Now, when I look at the folder contents of these
> two
> directories, they appear to be identical. So, I am using double the space
> that I would normally need. This seems like an aweful waste of resources.
> Additionally, I am not clear on the use of compressed source. When I did
> choose that for one package, another share was created on the root drive
> that
> holds the server share named SMSPKG. This new share held another copy of
> the
> package.
>
> What it comes down to is that I need to know if how I have my system
> configured is the most efficient, given that one machine, with multiple
> disks
> is supporting all SMS roles. What I would like to know is what should
> this
> configuration look like, what are the correct sharing and security
> settings?
>
> To recap, here is my current structure:
>
> Server
> C:\SMS
> D:\Packages$ (shared) Share perm: Everyone - Full, Security perm:
> Admin -
> Full, Users - Read
> D:\SMSPKG (generated share) Share name: SMS_CPSD$ Share perm: Everyone -
> Full, Security perm: Admin - Full,
> SMS_SiteSystemToSiteServerConnection_IEG -
> Read
> D:\Packages$\PKGSources Security perm: Admin - Full, Users - Read
> D:\Packages$\SMSPKG Security perm: Admin - Full, Users - Read
> D:\Packages$\PKGSources\Package01
> D:\Packages$\SMSPKG\Package01
> etc.
>
> Is this the most efficient use of resources? Are these the required
> shares
> and sec settings? I would appreciate hearing from others regarding how
> they
> are doing it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed
>
.
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