DOCUMENT:Q161520 24-JUL-2001 [sms] TITLE :SMS Doc Err: Help Indicates Use of Colons in Machine Path PRODUCT :Microsoft Systems Management Server PROD/VER:winnt:1.2 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbdocerr kbsmsAdmin smsadmin smsdocerr ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== The online Help for the Job Details of a "Run Command on Workstation" job indicates that you should use colons to separate the site code, domain, and computer name of the Machine Path. However, using this syntax results in errors from the Systems Management Server Scheduler, and the job is not processed. WORKAROUND ========== To work around this problem, use the pipe character (|) instead of the colon. For example, instead of this syntax site:domain:computername Use: site|domain|computername MORE INFORMATION ================ Using the incorrect syntax causes the following event in the application log of the site server: Event ID: 319 Source: SMS The job encountered an error trying to process the specified machine path (REV:REVDOM:NTWKS) and therefore cannot generate the list of target workstations for the job. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available. Additional query words: prodsms ====================================================================== Keywords : kbdocerr kbsmsAdmin smsadmin smsdocerr Technology : kbSMSSearch kbSMS120 Version : winnt:1.2 ============================================================================= 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.