Package Status Overview

In the SMS Administrator console, Package Status contains a status summarizer for each package distributed by SMS.

The Package Status details pane displays the following information:

Name
The name of the package.
Source Version
The number of times an administrator has updated the package source files and requested an update to distribution points (specified on the Data Source tab of the Package Properties dialog box).
Version Date
The last time an administrator updated the package source files and requested an update to distribution points (specified on the Data Source tab of the Package Properties dialog box).
Targeted
The number of distribution points this package was sent to.
Installed
The number of distribution points that received this package.
Retrying
The number of distribution points that are having problems receiving the package, but that SMS is still attempting to deliver to.
Failed
The number of distribution points that failed to receive the package. Failure means SMS tried to deliver the package several times, but could not do so successfully.
Source Site
The site where the package originated.
Size
The size, in bytes, of the uncompressed package.
Compressed Size
The size, in bytes, of the compressed package.
Package ID
The ID number assigned to the package when it was created.

If you select an instance of a package (under Package Status) in the SMS Administrator console, the following information appears in the details pane:

Site
The site where the package originated.
Source Version
The number of times an administrator has updated the package source files and requested an update to distribution points (specified on the Data Source tab of the Package Properties dialog box).
Targeted
The number of distribution points this package was sent to.
Installed
The number of distribution points that received this package.
Retrying
The number of distribution points that are having problems receiving the package, but that SMS is still attempting to deliver to.
Failed
The number of distribution points that failed to receive the package. Failure means SMS tried to deliver the package several times, but could not do so successfully.
Summarizer Date
The time that the data in this table was last written.

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