Remove a Package from a Distribution Point

Note    You must have Distribute permission for the Package security object type to remove package data from distribution points.

You can also run the Manage Distribution Points Wizard to remove a package from one or more distribution points.

Note that you cannot delete a package from a distribution point if a user has locked a network file.

  1. Navigate to Distribution Points.

  2.  Systems Management Server
       Lower levelSite Database
         Lower levelPackages
           Lower levelpackage
             Lower levelDistribution Points

  3. Right-click the distribution point you want to remove the package data from, and then click Delete.
  4. Click Yes to confirm that you want to remove the package from the selected distribution point.

SMS removes the package data from the specified distribution point. If any program in the package has been advertised, SMS also sends the updated distribution point locations to the CAPs in the site. If an advertised program no longer has distribution points available, SMS removes the advertisement from clients.

Related Topics

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Distributing Software to Clients

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About Distribution Points

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Specifying Distribution Points Overview