Microsoft KB Archive/181761

= SMS: Cannot Specify an Inventory Scan Interval for SKIPINV =

Article ID: 181761

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q181761



SYMPTOMS
The inventory scan interval is defined for the entire site. SKIPINV, a small program that can be used to determine whether or not a Systems Management Server client needs to do an inventory scan, uses this inventory scan interval for every client. There is no way to force SKIPINV to use an alternate inventory scan interval.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, obtain the hotfix mentioned in the STATUS section of this article, or wait for the next version of the BackOffice Resource Kit. The hotfix should have the following timestamp:   2/19/98      3:22pm      16,940 Skipinv.exe With the hotfix, SKIPINV allows you to specify the inventory scan interval through the command line, as in the following example:

SKIPINV 30



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server versions 1.1 and 1.2. A supported fix is now available for version 1.2, but has not been fully regression-tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. Unless you are severely impacted by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Service Pack that contains this fix. Contact Microsoft Technical Support for more information.



MORE INFORMATION
To determine whether inventory should be taken, SKIPINV adds the inventory scan interval (specified in the Sms.ini file) to the client's last scan time and compares it to the client's current time.

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kbsmsutil KB181761

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