Microsoft KB Archive/319864

= SMS: Upgrade to SMS 2.0 SP4 Does Not Cause Inventory Resynchronizations =

Article ID: 319864

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 Q319864



SUMMARY
A Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0 Service Pack 4 (SP4) upgrade does not cause full inventory resynchronizations to be generated by clients.



MORE INFORMATION
For software inventory, clients are not instructed by the Software Inventory installation routine to generate a full inventory on the next cycle.

For hardware inventory, unlike previous service pack upgrades, upgrading from SMS 2.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) to SMS 2.0 SP4 does not force a resynchronization of the hardware or software inventory for all existing SMS clients. Because there were changes to the Sms_def.mof file between SMS 2.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and SMS 2.0 SP3, a hardware inventory resynchronization does occur if you upgrade from SMS 2.0 SP2 to SMS 2.0 SP4.

For information about preserving custom hardware inventory settings that are defined in the Sms_def.mof file, see the &quot;Restore Custom Data Before Completing Site Upgrade&quot; section of the &quot;Microsoft Systems Management Server Version 2.0 Service Pack 4 Installation Release Notes&quot; document.

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