How to Prevent Configuration Manager From Installing Files on a Specific Drive
ConfigMgr/SMS will generally put files on the drive with the most free space. This isn’t always where you want items to be put.
These are the simple steps to avoid ConfigMgr/SMS from putting files on drives you don’t want. Further information from Microsoft is below as well.
Create an empty file named no_sms_on_drive.sms.
Place the no_sms_on_drive.sms file at the root folder of any drive that you want to prevent Configuration Manager 2007 from installing files on.
TechNet:
“By default, the Configuration Manager 2007 site server role component installation files are installed on the first available NTFS formatted disk drive with the most available free disk space. However, some files are not installed in the default installation folder. For example, files are installed in the following folders:
- The SMS_CCM folder (if the management point site system role is enabled on the computer)
- The Inetpub\wwwroot\SMSComponent and Inetpub\wwwroot\SMSReporting_sitecode folders (if the reporting point role is enabled on the computer)
- The %Windir%\System32 folder
Configuration Manager 2007 will not install site role component files on a drive that contains a file named no_sms_on_drive.sms. Instead, site role components will be installed on a different NTFS formatted disk drive that does not contain the no_sms_on_drive.sms file.
The no_sms_on_drive.sms file prevents site system role component installation, on a drive with this file present, for all site systems that are installed by site component manager. If site role installation files are already present on the drive before placing the no_sms_on_drive.sms file on the drive, the installation files are not moved.”
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb632890.aspx
KB871234:
“By default, when you install a Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 remote Site System, the SMS Site Component Manager service installs the binaries (SMS folder) for the Site System on the NTFS-formatted volume that contains the most free space. You may prefer to use an NTFS volume other than the default volume for your remote Site Systems by preventing SMS from enumerating certain NTFS volumes.”
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/871234