Re: Advanced Clients at remote sites

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From: Carl Hilton (someone_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:23:52 -0400

Thanks, I have a majority vote that says you are DA' MAN.

Carl

"Kim Oppalfens" <kim@computacenter.nospam> wrote in message
news:MPG.1bab6f2b12c982d79897e2@msnews.microsoft.com...
> Well, I obviously don't want going to go head to head with a Microsoft
> Tech Support guy, nor do I want to tell you just trust me on this one,
> but you might want to ask im whether he is talking about
> sms 2.0 or sms 2003.
>
> And you could both watch the roaming flash on the microsoft website, it
> does a pretty fair job of explaining what happens in the different
> roaming scenario's or, if you have the time you could read the roaming
> white paper which would even be better.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/42et3
>
> An Advanced Client in a secondary site may access distribution points in
> that site, as long as the package source files have been distributed to
> the distribution point. If the secondary site is connected on a slow
> link from the parent site, it is preferable to have distribution points
> at the secondary site.
>
> is an excerpt from page 31 of the roaming white paper.
> (Now if the thech guy want to go head to head with the sms product team
> that is fine by me, but I am fairly certain Cathy & the guys will wip
> his ass :-)
>
> Kim Oppalfens
>
>
> In article <e41MVfdlEHA.2892@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>,
> someone@microsoft.com says...
> > Thanks for your answers but your answers disagree with a MS Tech support
> > person... I am not saying you are wrong as I have known MS folks to be
wrong
> > but now I have to find out how to get a good answer...
> >
> > Carl
> >
> >
> > "Kim Oppalfens" <kim@computacenter.nospam> wrote in message
> > news:MPG.1ba59da0e81ddbd89897bc@msnews.microsoft.com...
> > > inline
> > >
> > > In article <OIPyaqNkEHA.2340@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>,
> > > someone@microsoft.com says...
> > > > If my secondary sites have the DP enabled.... Isn't that only for
those
> > > > clients assigned to the secondary site DP and since all my clients
will
> > be
> > > > Advanced, then NONE will access this DP?
> > >
> > > No, it is for all clients that reside (are physically located at this
> > > secondary site) Residing in a site is not the same as being assigned
to
> > > a site.
> > >
> > > > I thought I wold have to create a
> > > > new share on the Secindary Site server then reference this share as
a
> > new DP
> > > > on the Primary site?
> > > >
> > > Nope, this is not necessary, just install a dp in the secondary site,
it
> > > will report to the primary site parent that is installed and ready to
> > > go.
> > >
> > > > How do those advanced clients at the secondary site know to use
whatever
> > DP
> > > > is located at the secondary site? Or, how do those clients at the
> > secondary
> > > > site know what DP is local to them and what is remote?
> > > >
> > >
> > > They will ask the management point (either the one in the primary site
> > > or the proxy management point in the secondary site). It will send its
> > > subnet and active directory site when asking, the management point
will
> > > report a list of distibution points based on this data and the info he
> > > knows from roaming boundaries.
> > >
> > > HTH
> > > Kim Oppalfens
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
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> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sms/sms2003/techfaq/default
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