What is the impact of changing the Data Source path of packages that are imported into SCCM. I need to move package source. Tnx!

Hi, Changing the package source is ok, it wont have any effect until you update the distribution points.Kent Agerlund | http://scug.dk/members/Agerlund/default.aspx | The Danish community for System Center products

The main impact is that if you have child sites with DPs that the package is assigned to, it will pack the entire package as a delta and send it to the child sites. It will increment the package version by 1, so clients that get new advertisements of the package won't be able to install until it gets fully replicated to their site and the source version for their DPs get updated. That said, since the package files themselves don't change, the contents of the replicated delta don't need to be recopied to the distribution points, so it should update the source version for the DP rather quickly once it gets fully copied to the site. If you have lots of sites over slow links and are moving large packages, such as OS Images or Adobe CS5, you might consider creating a new package on the new package source, rolling it out to the the distribution points, then switching the advertisements that use the old package to use the new one, then deleting the old package. A bit more painful, but it would have the least impact on active advertisements.

Changing the source will automatically update the DP(s)!