From an upcoming book by Rod Trent: While the Windows Remote Client Installation method
is useful for distributing the SMS client to Windows 2000/NT computers, there are
some computers you should exclude from this installation type (e.g. a computer that
doesn’t meet the requirements outlined in Microsoft’s HCL, or a computer that does
not have an adequate amount of RAM or hard disk space).You can prevent certain servers
and workstations from participating by modifying the registry on the SMS site server:
- Open a Registry editor and navigate to ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\SMS\Components’
- Create a new subkey named ‘SMS_Discovery_Data_Manager’
-
Add a new data item to this subkey with the following characteristics:’Data Type:
REG_MULTI_SZ=20Value Name: ExcludeServersValue:
‘ (enter each computer name on a separate line). -
It’s not necessary to reboot the server to put these changes into effect.Knowledge
Base Article 207729 ‘SMS: Excluding Computers from Windows NT Remote Client Installation’
also includes information on this procedure.
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