How to force a hardware and software inventory in SMS 2.0 (206800)

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SUMMARY

In Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0, you can force inventory to be taken on Microsoft Windows 95/98 and Microsoft Windows NT systems running the Systems Management Server client using the following steps:

In Control Panel, double-click Systems Management.
Click the Components tab.
Select Hardware Inventory Agent.
Click Start Component.

The following message will appear: Hardware Inventory Agent will be started. This may take several minutes to complete. The Hardware Inventory Agent will start and take inventory on this client.

Note Taking hardware and software inventory is processor-intensive, so the client may operate more slowly while inventory is taken.

MORE INFORMATION

In Systems Management Server 1.x you could force inventory to be taken by running the inventory agent with a /f switch (such as invdos /f or invwin32 /e /f). In Systems Management Server 2.0, Microsoft introduced the Systems Management (Smscfg.cpl) control panel tool to enable you to perform a number of tasks, including forcing both hardware and software inventory.

Another method to force inventory is to use the Inventory Synchronizer tool, InvSync.exe. This tool can be used to send a hardware or software inventory resynchronization request to a Systems Management Server 2.0 client. It is located on the Systems Management Server 2.0 CD-ROM in the \Support\Reskit\Bin subdirectory. More information about the tool can be found in the Tools.htm file located in the \Support\Reskit subdirectory.

The syntax for the tool is as follows:

C:\>invsync [hw | sw] client_NetBiosName

For example:

C:\>invsync hw SMSClient1

Note This tool cannot send a resynchronization request to a client that belongs to a child site. The Inventory Synchronizer tool can only be run from a Systems Management Server site server to force inventory for a client that reports directly to the site the tool is executed on.