Re: Weird

From: DAllston (DAllston_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 08:16:27 -0700

i haved checked the log file and it looks to be working fine... But i also checked the cache on the server and there was another instance created: ROS0001D.193.system @ 7/21/2004. The log from today is attached below...

Initialized log file - SyncXML started at 7/21/2004 11:00:09 PM
Sync task started with command-line = /s /unattend /site SMS /code ROS /target C:\Program Files\SecurityPatch\PkgSource /package ROS0001D
User Account: NONE
User Profile: C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService
Command line specified package to update on DPs as ROS0001D
Command line specified folder to update as C:\Program Files\SecurityPatch\PkgSource.
Command line specified site code: ROS.
Command line specified site server: SMS.
Command line enable UNATTEND
Download completed - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=23190
Download completed successfully.
Trying to calculate hash on C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\mssecure.cab. $$<Software Updates Scan Helper><Wed Jul 21 23:00:12.260 2004 Eastern Daylight Time><thread=708 (0x2C4)>
Trying to calculate hash on C:\PROGRAM FILES\SECURITYPATCH\PKGSOURCE\1033\mssecure.cab. $$<Software Updates Scan Helper><Wed Jul 21 23:00:12.276 2004 Eastern Daylight Time><thread=708 (0x2C4)>
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\mssecure.cab and C:\PROGRAM FILES\SECURITYPATCH\PKGSOURCE\1033\mssecure.cab were found to be same. $$<Software Updates Scan Helper><Wed Jul 21 23:00:12.307 2004 Eastern Daylight Time><thread=708 (0x2C4)>
Distribution points will not be updated.

"Adam Welker [MSFT]" wrote:

> Every time the package gets updated (the package version changes) the client
> will download the new package version. The new sync tool included with the
> MBSA 1.2 enabled scan tool is supposed to do a hash check (SMS 2003 only) on
> the old mssecure.xml file in the package source folder and the new one
> downloaded from the internet which is stored in temp while the hash check is
> done. If they match then the scan tool is not supposed to be triggering an
> update. You should be able to see the results of the hash check in the
> securitysyncxml.log file.
>
> If you are running in /unattend mode the package update by the sync tool is
> skipped. In this case we recommend that you have a scheduled update of the
> package built into the package properties. This scheduled update would
> occur whether or not any changes to the package have been made.
>
> As an aside if you are using /unattend, I believe a large number of the
> reasons for using the /unattend switch have been removed in SP1 which is due
> out later this year.
>
> --
> Adam Welker
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
>
>

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