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Friday, June 6, 2008

Troubleshooting SMS 2003 MP and SLP

This article provides methods to verify the operation of Management Points and Server Locator Points in Microsoft SMS 2003

Test a management point is functioning correctly:

Test a Server Locator Point is functioning correctly:

References

Troubleshooting Management Points for Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sms/sms2003/maintain/managepoint/management_point_2.mspx

Server locator points do not work correctly in Systems Management Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;886067



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