SMS: Inventory Processor Does Not Indicate When a MIF Is Not Created (187334)

SYMPTOMS

The Systems Management Server Inventory Processor (InvProc) service does not provide any additional log entries to help distinguish when a MIF is created and when one is not. If no changes are detected between the client's RAW file and its history file, the log entries lead one to believe that a MIF was actually created.

For example, the following are sample entries from the Invproc.log file:

   ~Reading the RAW file
   ~It's for machine GO11B000
   ~Processing Machine ISV MIF Files...
   ~Converting RAW data to MIF
   ~Appending no ID group COMPAQ CPU
   .
   .
   .
   ~Appending no ID group PC BIOS
   Writing ~~
   ~Waiting for MIF ........~

The "Writing ~~" entry seems to indicate that a MIF was created, when in fact it was not.

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

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, contact Microsoft Technical Support to obtain the following fix, or wait for the next Systems Management Server service pack.

The fix should have the following timestamp:

      3/30/98     3:49pm        111,072 Invproc.dll (Intel)
      3/30/98     3:49pm        228,624 Invproc.dll (Alpha)

With the above fix installed, the Inventory Processor will log the following message when no MIF file is created:

   No inventory changes for this machine, delta-mif not created