hey all, I have a primary site server running 2007 SP2 R2 on server 2008 with a secondary site running 2007 SP2 R2 and server 2008 as well. Recently I have noticed that while the secondary is able to communicate upstream the primary is not able to communicate downstream. :o( The primary is a member of SMS_SiteToSiteConnection_<SITECODE> group on the secondary and is also a member of the localadmin group on the secondary. Below is an excert from the sender.log on the primary I know we have rate limiting in place hence the messages about bandwidth control, however when I removed it the win32 error = 2 messages still existed. We did have an issue where the secondary site had lost trust with its domain but I have removed and readded it to the domain as well as updating the local groups on both servers with the new object. Any help/ideas would be great as I really don't want to have to rebuild the server :o( SMS_LAN_SENDER to CUL is currently under bandwidth control, therefore only one connection is allowed, returning send request to the pool. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 15:43:59 2292 (0x08F4) Abandoning send request because no site specific sending capacity. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 15:43:59 2292 (0x08F4) Reset the send request to a pending state. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 15:43:59 2292 (0x08F4) Site CUL added to list of busy sites because of bandwidth control. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 15:43:59 2292 (0x08F4) Retrieved the snapshot for priority 0, there are 0 files in the snapshot. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 15:43:59 2292 (0x08F4) Retrieved the snapshot for priority 1, there are 37 files in the snapshot. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 15:43:59 2292 (0x08F4) There is no existing connection, Win32 error = 2 SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 15:43:59 6240 (0x1860) There is no existing connection, Win32 error = 2 SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 15:43:59 7684 (0x1E04) Retrieved the snapshot for priority 2, there are 355 files in the snapshot. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 15:43:59 2292 (0x08F4) Retrieved the snapshot for priority 3, there are 0 files in the snapshot. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 15:44:00 2292 (0x08F4) Retrieved the snapshot for priority 4, there are 392 files in the snapshot. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 15:44:00 2292 (0x08F4) There is no existing connection, Win32 error = 2 SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 15:44:00 7684 (0x1E04) Error during connection to \\CUL-SCCM-W01V-P\SMS_SITE (2). SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 15:44:00 7684 (0x1E04) Operation is retryable. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 15:44:00 7684 (0x1E04) Cannot connect to server CUL-SCCM-W01V-P at remote site CUL, won't try send requests going to site CUL for an hour or until there are no active send requests. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 15:44:00 7684 (0x1E04)

Hi, Error 2 translates to The system cannot find the file specified. Renaming a site server is not supported, and might be the reason while you have the error. A few things you can try: 1) On the primary server, delete and recreate the address to the secondary site. After that restart the SMS_executive service 2) Check the local SMS_Sitetositeconnection_sitecode group on the secondary site. remove and add the site server computer account again. 3) Do the same for the SMS_SiteToSiteConnection_Sitecode on the primary server. Remove the secondary site server and add it again. Kent Agerlund | My blogs: http://blog.coretech.dk/author/kea/ and http://scug.dk/ | Twitter @Agerlund | Linkedin: /kentagerlund

Win32 error 2 = The system cannot find the file specified. ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND Can you check whether the SMS_SITE exists on \\CUL-SCCM-W01V-P ? Regards, Madan

Hi Kent, The site server has never been renamed, I have tried all of the above with little success although the error in sender.log now seems to vary between error code 2 and error code 5 (see below), upstream from secondary to primary is working correctly. Found send request. ID: 1BJKD201, Dest Site: CUL SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 16:34:38 4576 (0x11E0) We have 1 active connections SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 16:34:38 4576 (0x11E0) Checking for site-specific sending capacity. Used 1 out of 3. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 16:34:38 4576 (0x11E0) SMS_LAN_SENDER to CUL is currently under bandwidth control, therefore only one connection is allowed, returning send request to the pool. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 16:34:38 4576 (0x11E0) Abandoning send request because no site specific sending capacity. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 16:34:38 4576 (0x11E0) Reset the send request to a pending state. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 16:34:38 4576 (0x11E0) Site CUL added to list of busy sites because of bandwidth control. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 16:34:38 4576 (0x11E0) Retrieved the snapshot for priority 0, there are 0 files in the snapshot. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 16:34:38 4576 (0x11E0) FQDN for server CUL-SCCM-W01V-P is CUL-SCCM-W01V-P.anl.dmgt.net SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 16:34:38 4848 (0x12F0) Retrieved the snapshot for priority 1, there are 36 files in the snapshot. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 16:34:38 4576 (0x11E0) Retrieved the snapshot for priority 2, there are 356 files in the snapshot. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 16:34:39 4576 (0x11E0) There is no existing connection, Win32 error = 5 SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 16:34:40 4848 (0x12F0) There is no existing connection, Win32 error = 5 SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 16:34:41 4848 (0x12F0) Error during connection to \\CUL-SCCM-W01V-P.anl.dmgt.net\SMS_Site (5). SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 16:34:41 4848 (0x12F0) Error is considered fatal. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 16:34:41 4848 (0x12F0) Cannot connect to server CUL-SCCM-W01V-P.anl.dmgt.net at remote site CUL, won't try send requests going to site CUL for an hour or until there are no active send requests. SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 16:34:41 4848 (0x12F0) There is no existing connection, Win32 error = 2 SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 16:34:44 4848 (0x12F0) There is no existing connection, Win32 error = 2 SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 16:34:44 4848 (0x12F0) Error during connection to \\CUL-SCCM-W01V-P\SMS_Site (2). SMS_LAN_SENDER 26/11/2010 16:34:44 4848 (0x12F0)

have you tried to recreate the address and restart the sms_executive service.Kent Agerlund | My blogs: http://blog.coretech.dk/author/kea/ and http://scug.dk/ | Twitter @Agerlund | Linkedin: /kentagerlund

yes, no joy i'm afraid. I'm going to try and introduce a site address account just to see what happens. I'll post back the results. Many Thanks

right I have added an account to the address that has localadmin access on the secondary site and that has started working. This is very strange as the primary is in the same group. also I'm guessing its not the primary computer account as this is able to talk to a central primary above it with no issues.