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Using Systems Management Server to Install Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 4
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A Package Definition Format (PDF) file is provided to help automate the 
installation of Service Pack 4 (SP4). The PDF file is NT351SP4.PDF. These 
instructions enable you to use SMS to update Windows NT Workstation and 
Windows NT Server computers running version 3.51 to Service Pack 4.

To use NT351SP4.PDF to distribute and install SP4:

1. Copy all directories and files from SP4 disk to a package source directory.

To create the package source directory for SP4, create the package source 
directory (for example, D:\SP4 if you wanted to put the directory on the 
D: drive) on a server and share it with the same name (SP4). You then copy 
the directories and files from the SP4 disk to the package source directory 
(you can use the xcopy command to copy the files).
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NOTE
If you want to distribute only part of the Service Pack CD, make sure that the 
directory structure and directory names remain the same. This means that if you 
needed to update only computers with x86 processors, you could copy only the 
I386 directory to the root of the package source directory, for example, 
D:\SP4\i386 (and not the ALPHA, MIPS, or PowerPC directories).

2. Using the SMS Administrator, create the package for SP4 by importing 

NT351SP4.PDF and specifying the SP4 package source directory as the source 
directory for the package. To create the package, open the Packages window 
by choosing Open from the File menu and selecting Packages. Create a new 
package by choosing New from the File menu. In the Package Properties dialog 
box, click Import. Navigate to the package source directory you created in 
step 1. Select NT351SP4.PDF and click OK. The Package Properties dialog box 
now displays "Service Pack 4 for Microsoft Windows NT 3.51" in the Name box. 
Click on Workstations. In the Source Directory box, specify the server and 
sharename of the package source directory you created in step 1 (for example, 
\\myserver\SP4). Click Close. Click OK to close the Package Properties dialog 
box. The SP4 package now appears in the Packages window. You can now use the 
SP4 package to create Run Command On Workstation jobs to install SP4.
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IMPORTANT
Do not select System (Background) Task option for the upgrade command for the 
SP4 package. This option is not supported for SP4.

3. Use a query to find the computers to upgrade (by processor type).

Because the update commands are based on processor type, it is recommended 
that you use a query to identify the computers that have the specified processor 
type.

For example, here is the criteria for a query to find all Windows NT Server 
computers that have Windows NT version 3.51 and an x86 processor:

MICROSOFT|OPERATING_SYSTEM|1.0:Operating System name is 'Microsoft Windows NT'
AND
MICROSOFT|OPERATING_SYSTEM|1.0:Version is '3.51'
AND
MICROSOFT|IDENTIFICATION|1.0:System Type is 'X86-based PC'

4. Using the SMS Administrator, create a Run Command On Workstation job to install 
SP4 on specified SMS computers.

To create the job, open the Jobs window by choosing Open from the File menu and 
selecting Jobs. Create a new job by choosing New from the File menu. In the Job 
Properties dialog box, click Details. Select the computers to update using Job 
Target. You must select the computers by processor type. It is recommended that 
you use the query you created in step 3. Select the Run Workstation Command check 
box. Select the command for the processor type of the computers to update (For 
example, select Update x86 Windows NT Version 3.51 for x86-processor computers). 
Do not select the Mandatory After option. Click OK. Click OK again to close the 
Job Properties dialog box.

At the target computers, the update command appears on the Package Command Manager  
(PCM) window. The command must be run by a user logged on with administrative 
privileges on that computer. The update command requires administrative privileges 
when it is updating system settings. The update command will reboot the system as 
soon as it is finished, unless an application is open with unsaved data. The user 
should be sure to save all data before running the Update job so the reboot will 
complete. When the job completes, SP4 will be installed on all target computers.
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IMPORTANT
Do not select the Mandatory After option for the job for the SP4 package. This option 
is not supported for SP4.
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NOTE
Although you cannot use SMS to update earlier versions of Windows NT 3.51 to SP4 
completely unattended or using the Package Command Manager service, SP4 contains 
changes that will allow update to later service packs using the Mandatory After 
and System (Background) Task options. This means that if you have SP4 installed, 
you will be able to install later service packs in unattended mode, with the PCM 
service, or as a forced (mandatory) job.