SMS: Service Pack Reporting in Inventory (157916)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.0
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.1
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2
This article was previously published under Q157916 SYMPTOMS
The Windows 95 client service pack revision is not reported in Systems
Management Server versions 1.0, 1.1, or 1.2.
The Windows NT client service pack revision is not reported in Systems
Management Server versions 1.0 or 1.1, but is reported correctly in
version 1.2.
CAUSE
Currently, Systems Management Server inventory does not check for
Windows 95 service packs. The reporting of Windows NT service packs in
Systems Management Server 1.2 is an enhancement.
WORKAROUND
If it is necessary to determine whether clients have a service pack
installed, and Systems Management Server inventory does not report it, the
following procedure may help to produce a machine group of clients who do
not have the service pack:
- Create an Inventory Package to look for any identifiable service pack
file (for example, Ntoskrnl.exe 808,256 3/6/96).
- After the inventory has been updated, run a query against the inventory
package.
You can then create a machine group from the query results.
For information on creating Inventory Packages, queries, and machine
groups, please refer to your Systems Management Server documentation.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server
versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2. We are researching this problem and will post
new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes
available.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 6/14/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbinterop kbInventory kbnetwork kbsmsAdmin KB157916 |
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