Microsoft KB Archive/186396

= SMS: MIF File Renamer - Mifname.exe =

Article ID: 186396

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 Q186396



SUMMARY
Mifname.exe, which is available in the Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit, gives Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.0 and 1.1 MIF files new file name extensions based on their content. The Systems Management Server version 1.2 Dataloader is multithreaded for different types of MIF files. The different types are determined by the extensions on the MIF files. However, Systems Management Server versions 1.0 and 1.1 make no distinction among different types of MIF files (all have a .mif extension). Therefore, MIF files being passed up a hierarchy from a 1.0 or 1.1 site to a 1.2 site cannot take advantage of the 1.2 Dataloader's multithreaded attributes.

MIFNAME solves this by scanning the current directory (which should be \Sms\Site.srv\Dataload.box\Deltamif.col) and changing MIF file name extensions according to their content. MIFNAME performs this task at intervals that are specified on the command line.



MORE INFORMATION
MIFNAME runs on Alpha, MIPS, and x86 hardware.

MIFNAME Syntax
cd \sms\site.srv\dataload.box\deltamif.col mifname [sleep_time]

sleep_time
The amount of time to wait between checks of the Dataload.box directory. If this parameter is omitted, only a single check is made. If the sleep_time value is -1, MIFNAME displays a list of all MIF file types and their quantity, but does not rename any. To bring MIFNAME out of sleep mode, press CTRL+C.

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