Microsoft KB Archive/235869

= SMS: How to Use Cliutils.exe to Force Inventory to Occur =

Article ID: 235869

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q235869



SUMMARY
When you want to use Systems Management Server (SMS) inventory capabilities, you can start an inventory agent manually or by using the Cliutils.exe command-line utility.

The Cliutils.exe utility is included in the Support\Reskit\Bin\I386\Diagnose folder of the SMS CD-ROM. If you are using an SMS 2.0 Service Pack distribution, this file is installed along with the other supportability files when Support.exe is executed. The Cliutils.exe utility is also included with the Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit version 4.5.



MORE INFORMATION
To initiate an inventory cycle, run Cliutils.exe with the appropriate command-line switches to force a cycle. For example, use one of the following commands to start an inventory cycle:

cliutils /start "Software Inventory Agent"

cliutils /start "Hardware Inventory Agent"

This forces a normal inventory for the selected inventory agent to begin immediately.

This functionality can be used to troubleshoot inventory flow back to the site server or to update inventory for a given computer after a software distribution has taken place. This permits administrators to take advantage of dynamic collections.

For more information about the Cliutils.exe utility, use the /? parameter or see Chapter 13 in the Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Resource Guide.

Additional query words: prodsms hinv sinv force immediate

Keywords: kbhowto kbinventory kbsmsutil KB235869

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