SIM Version Control Manager

[Wally Endres]

I am having issues with the VCRM in SIM version 5.1 SP1.

I keep losing connectivity to the Repository for some reason, and the only solution is to reboot the server. Once rebooted, the repository comes back and I am able to update drivers from the repository with no issues. The server sits for a day or so, then loses connection to the repository again.

I am also getting piles of DCOM errors on the server itself. DCOM 10009. I can only speculate that there is some correlation between the loss of the repository and the DCOM errors.

As I understand it, the loss of the VCRM is a known issue in Version 5.2, but that does not help me with 5.1

Now I've tried to view the health staus of the SIM server itself, and I get an error message stating that "There is no System Management Home Page"

With no specific SIM errors in the event viewer & the inability to access the servers Sys. Management on itself, I'm having difficulty pinpointing the culprit.

[Dan Jeffus]

I am having the exact probelm. I have unistalled VCRM and reinstalled it. It will work fro 2 ro 3 days then you must reboot to get it working again.

[Wally Endres]

I've successfully reinstalled the VCRM, however I've disabled automatic updates to the repository. The SIM server has been up and running all week with no issues so far. Once I re-enable the automatic updates, then I will monitor again to see what happens.

As I can see it, the automatic updates was having problems downloading the file cp008623.exe which in fact is the VCRM installation file. Once a manual push/installation of THAT file occured, then my VCRM failures went away.

The DCOM errors have gone away as well, but I will give it another week to see what happens after I enable automatic updates.

[Rick Cromi]

Wally,

In working through this a couple of weeks ago, I don't think SIM 5.2 is the problem. I experienced the same things that you are going through, but have found that parts of PSP 8.00A were causing these failures.

I currently have SIM 5.2 loaded and on my managed servers I loaded PSP 7.91A, then added all individual packages in 8.00A except the following:
NCU 9.10.0.0
VCA 2.1.10.800
SMH 2.1.11.197

Leaving those three modules at their previous versions, I am running without problems.

Hope this helps.
Rick