If a server is decommissioned before removing SMS, orphaned Distribution Points are left in the SMS 2003 database. This becomes apparent in the SMS Administrator Console when trying to add a package to a Distribution Point, showing blank DP entries.
Method 1 – Use the CleanDP.vbs VBScript
cscript CleanDP.vbs %server%
Method 2 – Use WMIC
Query for the distribution points for the server:
wmic /namespace:rootsmssite_%sitecode% /node:%server% path sms_distributionpoint WHERE "ServerNALPath like '%serverToDelete%'" get *
And then execute the delete method against the distribution point:
wmic /namespace:rootsmssite_%sitecode% server% path sms_distributionpoint WHERE "ServerNALPath like '%serverToDelete%'" delete
Note that the delete command can be quite powerful, use the /interactive:on global switch to prompt for each deletion.
Method 3 – Use the WMI CIM Studio
The Microsoft WMI CIM Studio application provides a GUI interface for WMI management, allowing connections to servers and paths, along with executing WQL queries and providing the possibility of deleting the result set.
' — CleanDP.vbs
'
' Update strSiteServer and strSiteCode, and uncomment the objDP.Delete_ line
'
strSiteServer = "SERVER"
strSiteCode = "AAA"
If WScript.Arguments.UnNamed.Count = 1 Then
strServer = WScript.Arguments.UnNamed(0)
Else
WScript.Echo "Provide a server to delete all the packages from"
WScript.Quit(2)
End If
wscript.echo strserver
Set objNameSpace = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "" & strSiteServer & "rootsmssite_" & strSiteCode)
strQuery = "SELECT * " & _
"FROM SMS_DistributionPoint " & _
"WHERE ServerNalPath Like '%" & strServer & "%'"
Set objDPSet = objNameSpace.ExecQuery(strQuery)
For each objDP in objDPSet
wscript.echo objDP.PackageID & ", " & objDP.SiteCode & ", " & objDP.ServerNALPath & ", " & objDP.Status
'objDP.Delete_
Next
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Thanks,
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