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Changing location of stored packages - 7/1/2008 4:32:07 PM

nwilliams587

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I want to change the location of stored packages from the D: drive to the E: drive.

Is it as simple as changing the configuration in >Site Settings>Component Configuration>Software Distribution> and changing the location there from d: to e: and then copying the d:\smspkg folder to e:?

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RE: Changing location of stored packages - 7/2/2008 3:25:38 AM

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Are you talking about SMSPKG folder or SMSPKGx$ filder?

In case of SMSPKGX$ I'm afraid not - if I remember well you have to redistribute all your packages, as the path is embedded into the database.

Changing the drive letter in your SMS console is indeed a requirement to make sure packages are always stored on the E drive.

To avoid that SMS will store SMSPKGx$ folders on other drives you need to create NO_SMS_ON_DRIVE.SMS
on the drive where you don't want to get SMSPKGx$ folders.

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RE: Changing location of stored packages - 7/2/2008 1:51:16 PM

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I do mean the SMSPKG folder and not the SMSPKGDX$ folder. After changing the drive configuration to go to e:\ do I copy the d:\smspkg folder to e:\?

Thanks for the reply

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RE: Changing location of stored packages - 7/2/2008 4:54:34 PM

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I suggest making a share, then creating a new share on whatever server you want, then create a new server share through the sccm console and make it just a distribution point. The publish all your packages to that distribution point, that way you know exactly where it's all being stored. I asked a similar question a while ago, and that has worked pretty well for me.

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RE: Changing location of stored packages - 7/2/2008 11:06:50 PM

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I am not referring to the distribution point. I am referring to the smspkg folder that holds the compressed package files that get sent to child sites. The folder that holds the *.pkg files. Just need to know if I can just copy them over to e:\smspkg from d:\smspkg once I have configured it in the console for e:\

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