RESOLUTION
Service pack information
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Systems Management Server 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
885643 How To obtain the latest Systems Management Server 2003 service pack
The hotfix that is described in this article prevents the pragma delete statements for the system architecture group from being processed for a specific client.
If a class that contains the old computer name is being updated, the delta hardware inventory may still be rejected. However, a subsequent full inventory is accepted. Inventory history for the previous computer name is retained. If inventory history for a renamed computer was removed before this hotfix was applied, the inventory history is not automatically recovered.
This hotfix should be applied to any primary SMS site, child or parent, that might process inventory data for computers that are renamed.
Download information
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Download the 903933 package now.
Release Date: October 3, 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
You must be running SMS 2003 Service Pack 1 to install this hotfix.
Restart requirement
You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.
Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfix. However, the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base also describes this hotfix:
872772
Other child sites are unexpectedly removed after you delete a child site from the parent site in Systems Management Server
File information
The English version of this hotfix 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
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25-Oct-2004 13:45 2.50.3174.1158 1,765,376 Basesvr.dll
25-Dec-2003 13:30 2.50.2726.154 40,960 Smsse.dll
28-Jul-2005 21:15 515 Smsconfig.inf