A software update has been released for the SMS 2003 Service Pack 1 Advanced Client (901034)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 SP1

SUMMARY

A software update has been released for the Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Advanced Client. This software update adds support for the SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates.

Additionally, individual SMS 2003 SP1 Advanced Client Windows Installer update packages (.msp files) are available. You can use these packages to update existing SMS 2003 Advanced Client computers.

RESOLUTION

Update information

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
DownloadDownload the SMS2003-Shttp://download.microsoft.com/download/d/5/1/d510df18-7848-4344-ad5d-396567e8702e/SMS2003-SP1-KB901034-X86-ENU.exe-KB901034-X86-ENU.exe package now.
Release Date: August 8, 2005

For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

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Prerequisites

No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this software update.

Update replacement information

This update replaces the updates that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

884053 Advanced Clients on a VPN connection cannot locate the management point in Systems Management Server 2003

885266 A registry entry remains on a Systems Management Server 2003 Advanced Client computer after you remove a software update that was built by using the Windows Installer version 3.0 SDK

886658 Changes in the installed status of available updates that are reported by the SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Hardware Update are not reported in status messages

886687 "Failed source list update for product" error message is logged in the Srcupdatemgr.log file on a Systems Management Server 2003 client computer

888427 The Advanced Client is missing the localized message strings for certain device management status messages in the International Client Pack 1 version of SMS 2003 Service Pack 1

892228 Some date and time information for downloaded files is not correct when you distribute a package to a computer that is running Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) Advanced Client

892351 The "Windows Security" dialog box may intermittently lose the focus after you enable the SMS Remote Tools Client Agent service on SMS 2003 Advanced Client computers

892928 The SMS hardware inventory process stops during the inventory of the Win32_Product WMI class in Systems Management Server 2003

894604 SMS management point can return uncompressed data

895539 SMS 2003 Advanced Client takes lots of time to download many policies

896497 A program may not run successfully on a SMS 2003 Advanced Client computer

896611 Users may be able to postpone software update installations beyond the configured time on Systems Management Server 2003 client computers

899512 You may re-experience symptoms that were addressed by hotfix 888311 for Systems Management Server 2003

899800 The SMS 2003 Service Pack 1 Patch Installation Agent does not populate the TimeAuthorized value in the Win32_PatchState and Win32_PatchState_Extended classes

File information

The English version of this update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
   Date         Time   Version              Size  File name
   -------------------------------------------------------------
   25-Oct-2004  13:15  2.50.3174.1152    571,904  Ccmexec.exe
   25-Oct-2004  13:15                  7,094,784  Client.msi
   25-Oct-2004  13:15                  6,726,144  Mp.msi
   25-Dec-2003  13:30  2.50.2726.154      40,960  Smsse.dll
   17-Jun-2005  02:42                        515  Smsconfig.inf
   25-Dec-2003  13:30  2.50.2726.154      40,960  Smsse.dll

Installation information

The update that is described in this article contains a server-side update and a new Advanced Client. To deploy this update, follow these three steps.

Step one: Primary site servers

Install update 901034 on all primary site servers to update your management points. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Install update 901034 on each primary site server.

    Note When you install update 901034 on site server, the Client.msi file and the Mp.msi file are copied to the \\sms\client\i386 folder. Setup automatically runs the Mp.msi file to update the management point.
  2. When you are prompted on each site, stop the SMS services and reset the site.
Step two: Secondary site servers

If you have proxy management points on secondary sites, install update 901034 on each secondary site server. To do this, follow the steps in "Step one: Primary site servers."

Step three: Advanced Clients

Distribute the new Advanced Client (Client.msi). To do this, use either of the following methods:
  • Use SMS software distribution to update the exiting Advanced Clients with the Client.msi file.
  • Use Client Push Installation to update the exiting Advanced Clients with the Client.msi file. To do this, follow these steps:
    1. Start the Client Push Installation Wizard.
    2. On the Client Installation Options page, select the Always install (repair or upgrade existing client) option.
    3. Follow the steps to complete the wizard.

      Note When you use the Client Push Installation method, the Advanced Client automatically receives the latest version of the Client.msi file. You do not need to move or copy the Client.msi file.
Notes
  • You can use the Client.msi file to update SMS 2003 Advanced Clients that have not been upgraded to SMS 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1). However, you cannot use the updates that are required for Microsoft Inventory Tool for Updates to update SMS 2003 Advanced Clients that have not been upgraded to SMS 2003 SP1.
  • If you update a site with the new Advanced Client (Client.msi) before you have installed update 901034 and reset the site, duplicate updates will be listed in the SMS database. One of the duplicate updates will be missing the UpdateID and ProductID information.
  • Members of the SMS Reporting Users group may be denied access to reports after a site reset. If you have added any users or groups to DCOM permissions for SMS_REPORTING_POINT, such as the SMS Reporting Users, you may have to re-add the group to the permissions. A site reset reinstalls all SMS services. Therefore, default DCOM permissions are restored.
  • The SMS Bootstrap service may run for some time after the reset. The Bootstrap service is called on to reinstall each component and may have to wait to stop components, such as the SMS_EXECUTIVE service, in a busy environment.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

REFERENCES

To view the SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates Pre-Installation Guide, visit the following Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6eabbde3-a169-4b67-9964-69741ea76c74&DisplayLang=en

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/22/2006
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