Creating a SMSSAFE.TMP To Bypass Specific Hardware Detection (139908)

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When the Inventory Agent runs, it creates a SMSSAFE.TMP file to keep track of any hardware failures. This file is stored in the \MS\SMS\DATA directory for SMS 1.1 and 1.2 clients and in the <SMS> root directory for SMS 1.0 clients.

Any failed hardware tests are written into this file while the Inventory Agent scans the hardware. Then next time the Inventory Agent performs hardware inventory, it will write any failures recorded in the SMSSAFE.TMP file to the SMS.INI file in the [WorkstationStatus] section, using the FailedHardwareChecks keyword.

After moving the failed tests to the SMS.INI file, the SMSSAFE.TMP file is deleted. When the inventory continues to run it will detect the failed tests in the SMS.INI file and skip failed hardware tests.

To create a SMSSAFE.TMP file, use a text editor, such as Notepad, and add valid entries of hardware devices or parameters you want the hardware detection to bypass (listed below). For example, if you want to bypass the mouse detection, enter the following in the SMSSAFE.TMP file:

   MouseInfo=CRASHED
				

The following are valid entries for SMSSAFE.TMP (or FailedHardwareChecks):

Note: The items below are not listed in the same order that the inventory agent performs them. When a failed hardware component is fixed or replaced, remove the appropriate FailedHardwareChecks entry from the [WorkstationStatus] section in SMS.INI and remove the SMSSAFE.TMP file (if it only referenced one component). Start the client computer again and run the Inventory Agent to have the component reinventoried.

NOTE: This functionality does not work with Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000. In these environments we do not inventory the HW itself, but instead look in the registry for the hardware information. This new way of inventorying clients does not result in machine hangs. Therefore, this functionality is unnecessary.