Microsoft KB Archive/295058

= SMS: Provider Memory Leak During SMS_Advertisement Instance Enumeration =

Article ID: 295058

Article Last Modified on 10/25/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 3

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This article was previously published under Q295058



SYMPTOMS
When it is enumerating instances of the SMS_Advertisement Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class, the SMS provider can cause a leak in private bytes of the Winmgmt service.



CAUSE
This leak can occur when mandatory assignments are used in the advertisement's schedule. If advertisements contain one or more mandatory assignments, a leak in Winmgmt private bytes occurs when the Advertisements node is refreshed in the SMS Administration console.

Additionally, custom programs that use the Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) Software Development Kit (SDK) to enumerate or poll the SMS_Advertisement WMI class can cause this leak to occur.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Systems Management Server version 2.0. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

288239 SMS: How to Obtain the Latest Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 4.



MORE INFORMATION
Although the leak is small (about 36 bytes per advertisement that contains a single mandatory assignment schedule), the leak can be increased by the heavy use of mandatory assignments and many advertisements.

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kbsms200presp4fix KB295058

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