Microsoft KB Archive/202078

= SMS: Controlling IDMIF/NOIDMIF Processing =

Article ID: 202078

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 Q202078



SUMMARY
Systems Management Server 2.0 has the capability of restricting what is written to the database through IDMIFs and NOIDMIFs; for example, to prevent large MIF's from processing and quickly filling the database.

The following changes have been made to the hardware inventory agent in Systems Management Server 2.0 to provide greater control on what is written to the database:

 Each NOIDMIF is checked and rejected if it exceeds the "Maximum 3rd Party MIF Size". This defaults to 100 KB, and the absolute maximum is 5 MB.  Each IDMIF is checked prior to parsing, and will be rejected if:  The size exceeds the "Maximum 3rd Party MIF Size". This defaults to 100 KB, and the absolute maximum is 5 MB. The IDMIF targets the System Architecture; that is, for example:

//Architecture  //Architecture    After these preliminary checks, the IDMIF is parsed and will be rejected if a reference is made to an 'Architecture' MIF Group, which contains an 'ArchitectureName' Attribute with a value of 'Personal Computer'; that is, for example:

<pre class="fixed_text">Start Group Name = 'Architecture' ... Start Attribute Name = 'ArchitectureName' Value = 'Personal Computer' ... End Attribute End Group <BR/><BR/> Start Group Name = 'Architecture' ... Start Attribute Name = 'ArchitectureName' Value = 'System' ... End Attribute End Group The following examples of IDMIF architecture Groups are valid and will be processed:

<pre class="fixed_text">Start Group Name = 'Architecture' ... Start Attribute Name = 'ArchitectureName' Value = 'Fishing Tackle' ... End Attribute End Group or <pre class="fixed_text">Start Group Name = 'SMSTeam' ... Start Attribute Name = 'ArchitectureName' Value = 'Personal Computer' ... End Attribute End Group </li></ol>

NOTE: Rejected MIFs will be moved into a BADMIFs subdirectory on the client.

Additional query words: prodsms hwinv32

Keywords: kbconfig kbdatabase kbinfo kbinventory KB202078

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