Some OUs are not discovered in Active Directory System Discovery or in Active Directory User Discovery on a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 site server

Consider the following scenario:

• You enable the Active Directory System Discovery method or the Active Directory User Discovery method on a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) site server.
• You add the paths of some organizational unit (OU) to the Active Directory containers list. The Recursive search option is enabled.
• Some OUs that are in the container list and some related child OUs share the same common name (CN).

In this scenario, some of these OUs that share the same CN are not discovered when the Active Directory System Discovery method or the Active Directory User Discovery method runs.

For example, the following OUs are added to the Active Directory containers list.

• OU1
• TestOU1
• OU2

The "OU1" OU has the following child OUs:

• TestOU1
• TestOU4
• TestOU5

The "OU2" OU has the following child OUs:

• TestOU1
• TestOU6

In this example, the "TestOU1" OU occurs three times. However, only one "TestOU1" OU is discovered when the Active Directory System Discovery method or the Active Directory User Discovery method runs.

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing the problem described in this article. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

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Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix, you must be running System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2).

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace a previously released hotfix.

File information

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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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