DOCUMENT:Q164756 25-JUL-2001 [sms] TITLE :SMS: Unable to Determine the Current Client Version PRODUCT :Microsoft Systems Management Server PROD/VER:winnt:1.0,1.1,1.2 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbnetwork kbInventory smsinvkbfixlist ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== Currently, it is not easy to determine the current version of a Systems Management Server client. The Systems Management Server database does not show whether a client has been updated when you apply a service pack or a new version of Systems Management Server. With Systems Management Server 1.2 Service Pack 2, each client, logon server, or site will have a Csdver.sms file in the Ms\Sms\Bin directory. The supplied Sms12sp2.pdf file will contain an inventory rule to look for the existence of the Csdver.sms file with a certain time/date stamp. Administrator-only stations (without the Ms\Sms\Bin directory) can be identified by the presence of the Smsres.dll file. A separate inventory package would need to be created manually for this purpose. The Systems Management Server Administrator tool installed on Windows NT client computers is not automatically updated when a service pack is applied. Therefore, when you click About on the Help menu in the Systems Management Server Administrator program on these computers, the current service pack level may be incorrect. To update the Systems Management Server Administrator program on Windows NT client computers, you must install the service pack on the client computer. Setup will detect that the client is an Administration tools only computer, and allow only the option to upgrade the tool. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. service pack for Systems Management Server version 1.2. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces): S E R V P A C K Additional query words: prodsms ====================================================================== Keywords : kbnetwork kbInventory smsinv kbfixlist Technology : kbSMSSearch kbSMS100 kbSMS110 kbSMS120 Version : winnt:1.0,1.1,1.2 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbfix ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.