Resources are being set to inactive

[MD]

I'm running Project Server 2007 with the latest service pack 2.

Issue: Each time the Resource Pool synchronized resources with Active
Directory, some of the resources get set to inactive. When I run the groups
synchronization manually they are reactivated. If I leave it on
automatically scheduled it won't reactivate.

The questions:

Why are only certain resources being set to inactive, that shouldn’t be,
during the resource pool synchronization with active directory?

Why do the resources get re-activated when synchronizing groups with active
directory manually but not automatically?

How do I fix all this?

Thanks

 

[mossguy]

I have the same issue, when the sync runs automaticly, I see a lot of errors
in the event log like this:

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Office SharePoint Server
Event Category: Project Server Active Directory
Synchronization
Event ID: 7715
Date: 1/20/2010
Time: 12:00:08 AM
User: N/A
Computer: MOSPS02
Description:
Standard InformationSI Entry Point:
Project User: domain\svcbsg_sspadm
Correlation Id: ddbf7184-6c85-4672-9d96-82534f84b499
PWA Site URL: http://prd/myorg/it/pwa
SSP Name: MYJABILSSP (Primary)
PSError: Success (0)
A general exception occurred during communication with Active Directory.
Context: SyncGroup. Additional Information: An exception occurred while
syncing a project server group with active directory. GroupName: '%s'. PWA
Group Guid: '%s' Exception: '%s'.. Exception Info: Team Members

 

[Andrew Lavinsky]

The most logical solution would be that the resources are not in the AD Group
that is sync'd to the Resource Pool. That would deactivate them during that
sync. They may however be in a different AD Group which when sync'd to the
security groups reactivates them.

The other hypothesis would be to check the timing of the two sync activities.
See if the automatic timers are set to sync the Groups first and then the
Resource Pool. That would activate and then deactivate them. When you do
it manually, you're flipping the sequence, which deactivates and then reactivates
them.

Just a theory, but that would explain the issue.

- Andrew Lavinsky
Blog: http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/epm