Microsoft KB Archive/185353

= SMS: Client Inventory Record Only Shows Ident. and NetMon Data =

Article ID: 185353

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 Q185353



SYMPTOMS
A client inventory record may only display data for the Identification and Network Monitor groups in the Systems Management Server Administrator program.



CAUSE
This problem may occur if the original inventory record for a computer in the Systems Management Server Administrator program has been deleted. In this case, the new inventory record will only contain updates for the Identification and Network Monitor groups. You may also see these symptoms during a client resynchronization (resync).



WORKAROUND
In time, the full inventory data will reappear. When the Systems Management Server site server detects that only a partial inventory was reported on a client that does not exist in the SMS database, it will create a Resync system job to force the client to report a full inventory the next time inventory is taken. However, if you want to force a full inventory to be reported immediately, perform the following steps:

 Delete the history file for the computer, located in the following directory, where  is the Systems Management Server unique ID for the client:

Sms\Site.srv\Inventry.box\History\.hms

 From the system to be inventoried, connect to the SMS_SHR share of a Systems Management Server logon server. Open a command prompt and switch to the drive that is mapped to the SMS_SHR share. From there, move to the X86.bin directory (or the Alpha.bin directory for a DEC Alpha server). Run the appropriate inventory executable file, according to the operating system of the client computer:  For client computers running Windows NT, run:

INVWIN32.EXE /F /E

</li> For client computers running MS-DOS, Windows, or Windows 95, run:

INVDOS.EXE /F

</li> For client computers running OS/2, run:

INVOS2.EXE /F

</li></ul> </li></ol>

The client will report a full inventory record to the SMS database and all inventory groups will appear as expected.

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MORE INFORMATION
For more information on another problem with a similar symptom, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

164891 SMS: Invwin32.exe Does Not Respond to Resync Requests

Additional query words: prodsms resynch

Keywords: kbinventory kbnetworkmon kbpending kbprb KB185353

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