Re: SMS Package Hangs on client

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From: Shehzad Khoja [MSFT] (srkhoja_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/20/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 08:32:13 -0700

Can you check the program property "Allow user to interact with this
program" and see if it is showing you a dialog box or any other prompts?
What is the maximum allowed run time? Have you set it to days? If you don't
specify anything for maximum allowed runtime then SMS defaults it to 12
hours (not days). What does program do? Is it possible that program itself
is taking all that time to run? While SMS is reporting that program is
running can you check task manager to see if program is really running? 

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"Fender" <Fender@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5081BD6C-D226-4773-AE5F-F03A940AA98F@microsoft.com...
> I have created a package that hangs with the Message State Name of
"Running"
> and Message Name of "Program Started" in the Report Log. Nothing more
happens
> until it times out (days later).  The package can be run with no problem
from
> the run line connecting to the same point on the distribution server (no
user
> prompts or pauses etc).
>
> The execmgr.log shows the last message few messages below:
>
> Execution Manager timer has been fired. execmgr 8/19/2004 1:02:24 PM 712
> (0x02C8)
>
> I am running the from SMS 2003 to XP Clients Using admin rights for
install
> and as a mandatory package to be run as soon as possible.
>
> Any ideas what could be causing this package to hang?  Thanks
>

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