Microsoft KB Archive/137989

= Error Opening File on SMS Client During Inventory =

Article ID: 137989

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.1 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q137989





SYMPTOMS
When you run RUNSMS.BAT on the Systems Management Server from a client computer to execute the inventory agent, the following error message appears in the MS-DOS Command Prompt window and returns a DOS prompt:

Error Opening File

On the site server, a .TMP extension file is created in the following directory:

SMS\LOGON.SRV\INVENTRY.BOX



CAUSE
This is caused by collecting more than two files.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem:


 * Continue the inventory process, rename the .TMP extension file on the Systems Management Server with the .RAW extension.

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 * Disable the collected files portion of the inventory.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.0 and 1.1. This problem has been corrected in Systems Management Server version 1.2.

Additional query words: prodsms sms writing

Keywords: kbinventory kbother KB137989

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