Microsoft KB Archive/186415

= SMS: Status MIF Creator, Ismif32.exe Is Available =

Article ID: 186415

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q186415



SUMMARY
ISMIF, a tool available in the BackOffice Resource Kit, writes a generic status MIF file from information provided when you run it from a command prompt. Ismif32.exe is a 32-bit application that does not have a dialog box. All information must be specified when you run it from a command prompt.



MORE INFORMATION
The command can be run on Alpha, MIPS, and x86.

ISMIF32 Syntax
ismif32 [-f Filename] [-c Manufacturer] [-p Product] [-v Version] [-l Locale] [-n Serial_Number] [-d Description] [-s Success] [-q] [-?]

-f Filename - Specifies the name of the MIF file that will be created. A  MIF extension is automatically appended. The default file name is  Setup.mif.

-c, -p, -v, -l, -n, -d - Each of these options can specify a text string. Strings containing spaces must be surrounded by quotation marks.

-s status - 0 or 1. The 1 means success.

-q - Quiet mode. No output is displayed on the screen.

-? - Provides a usage statement.

ISMIF32 Example
ismif32 -c Microsoft -p SMS -v 1.2 -d "The most effective multi-site  management system that provides integrated desktop management for   customers with medium to large Windows environments." The preceding command creates a file in your Windows directory called Setup.mif that contains the following: START COMPONENT NAME = "WORKSTATION" START GROUP   NAME = "ComponentID" ID = 1 CLASS = "DMTF|ComponentID|1.0" START ATTRIBUTE NAME = "Manufacturer" ID = 1 ACCESS = READ-ONLY STORAGE = SPECIFIC TYPE = STRING(64) VALUE = "Microsoft" END ATTRIBUTE START ATTRIBUTE NAME = "Product" ID = 2 ACCESS = READ-ONLY STORAGE = SPECIFIC TYPE = STRING(64) VALUE = "SMS" END ATTRIBUTE START ATTRIBUTE NAME = "Version" ID = 3 ACCESS = READ-ONLY STORAGE = SPECIFIC TYPE = STRING(64) VALUE = "1.2" END ATTRIBUTE START ATTRIBUTE NAME = "Locale" ID = 4 ACCESS = READ-ONLY STORAGE = SPECIFIC TYPE = STRING(16) VALUE = "" END ATTRIBUTE START ATTRIBUTE NAME = "Serial Number" ID = 5 ACCESS = READ-ONLY STORAGE = SPECIFIC TYPE = STRING(64) VALUE = "" END ATTRIBUTE START ATTRIBUTE NAME = "Installation" ID = 6 ACCESS = READ-ONLY STORAGE = SPECIFIC TYPE = STRING(64) VALUE = "DateTime" END ATTRIBUTE END GROUP START GROUP NAME = "InstallStatus" ID = 2 CLASS = "MICROSOFT|JOBSTATUS|1.0" START ATTRIBUTE NAME = "Status" ID = 1 ACCESS = READ-ONLY STORAGE = SPECIFIC TYPE = STRING(32) VALUE = "Failed" END ATTRIBUTE START ATTRIBUTE NAME = "Description" ID = 2 ACCESS = READ-ONLY STORAGE = SPECIFIC TYPE = STRING(148) VALUE = "The most effective multi-site management system that  provides integrated desktop management for customers with   medium to large Windows environments." END ATTRIBUTE END GROUP END COMPONENT

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