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Clients show as not assigned

A client shows up in the collection as "CLIENT=No", and/or "ASSIGNED=No"; Resource Explorer, on the other hand shows current inventory. Yet on the client, SMS shows the assigned Site Code, current "Updated" date/time, and the installed components show as "Installed".

To refresh the site database's "ASSIGNED" and "CLIENT" data, do we take the client's "..\ms\sms\core\data\SMSDISC.DDR" and copy this to "CAP_<sitecode>\DDR.BOX" to force the reset/update in the database?

This can happen if you use logon installation but NOT discovery ("SMSMAN" for instance). Essentially the system is a client but has technically not been 'discovered'.

If the workstation performs a Hardware or Software inventory while in this state, the MIF generated is stored in an 'orphan' directory on the site server. The server then tries to use the information contained in this file to generate a discovery record. If sufficient information is available, a discovery data record is generated and the client's status updated. The inventory MIF file is then processed as if the workstation had been discovered by other means.

Yes you could just copy up the local DDR to "DDR.BOX" as well - that's all Heartbeat discovery does.