Microsoft KB Archive/202256

= SMS: Referencing Package, Collection, and Job IDs to Their Names =

Article ID: 202256

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q202256



SUMMARY
Status messages and log files refer to objects such as Collections, Packages, and Advertisements their IDs (for example, SMS00024). The Administrator Console only displays the names for these objects. This article describes the methods you can use to trace the object ID to the object name.



MORE INFORMATION
All of the object IDs are exposed in the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class, so you can query on them directly or create queries to generate a cross-reference listing.

To create these types of queries, create a new query and give it an appropriate name and comments:  Click   for the object type. Click Edit Query Statement. Type the query statement.   To query on a specific ID, type the following command: select * from where ="" For example: select * from sms_collection where collectionID = "sms00024"   To query for a cross-reference listing, type the following command: select, Name from  For example: select PackageID, Name from SMS_Package </ul> </li></ol>

It is also possible to find object IDs within the Administrator Console when you start the console using the following command line:

mmc.exe /sms:NodeInfo=1 \sms.msc

This adds an extra property page (tab) to every property sheet called Node Information. The Node Information property page displays the underlying WMI (WBEM) class with all its properties and instance information, which is useful for debugging. The object ID is found in the Store Name section on this page. For additional information about node information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

216242 SMS: Troubleshooting Information Exposed in the Administrator Console

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