Article ID: 229973
Article Last Modified on 10/25/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q229973
SYMPTOMS
Software inventory in Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0, does not report the Last Accessed Date or Modified Date attributes of the files being inventoried. You can use the Swinv.exe command-line tool to inventory the files you specify for file attributes, including the Last Accessed Date, Creation Date, and Modified Date attributes, and to report its information as a .csv file or a .mif file.
This tool works in Systems Management Server versions 1.2 and 2.0.
RESOLUTION
The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name Platform
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11/4/99 2:54pm 2.00.1250.6 36,864 Swinv.exe i386
11/4/99 3:01pm 2.00.1250.6 44,032 Swinv.exe Alpha
The previous version of this fix had the following file attributes:
Date Time Version Size File name Platform
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2/19/99 6:16pm 2.00.1250.0000 36,864 Swinv.exe i386
2/19/99 6:16pm 2.00.1250.0000 33,280 Swinv.exe Alpha
NOTE: Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix or feature that contains the above files may also contain additional files.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
MORE INFORMATION
If you have previously used the old version of the Swinv.exe tool, then you must first delete the AuditedSoftware and InventoryFiles group classes using the DELGRP utility from the Windows Resource Kit. Then use SQL Enterprise Manager to drop the following stored procedures:
pInventory_Files_DATA
dInventory_Files_DATA
pAudited_Software_DATA
dAudited_Software_DATA
NOTE: After you delete the SQL stored procedures, stop and restart the SMS Executive service. These stored procedures are recreated when you load the first new Swinv noidmif into the database.
NOTE: If this is not done, the dataloader does not load into the database mifs produced by the new version of the Swinv.exe tool.
The syntax for Swinv.exe is
swinv [/format:{csv|idmif|noidmif}] [/detail:{both|software|file}] [/drive:{a-z}*]
[/path:[path] [/yield:<delay>] [/output:drive:\[path\] [file].ext | *
where:
- /format specifies the type of output created: csv, idmif, or noidmif. It defaults to csv if no option is specified.
NOTE: On Systems Management Server 2.0 clients, the IDMIF option is not currently supported in this tool. - /detail specifies the type of information retrieved by SWINV. "Software" returns the following information from the file headers:
- Company Name
- Product Name
- Product Version
"File" returns the following file attributes:
- File Name
- File Size
- File Version
- Company Name
- Product Name
- Product Version
- File Location
- Accessed
- Created
- Modified
"Both" combines the two. SWINV defaults to "both" if no option is specified.
NOTE: There is no method of specifying particular attributes.
- /drive specifies the disk that is searched. You can specify a single drive letter and SWINV scans only that drive. If a drive letter is not specified, SWINV defaults to scan all local hard disks.
- /path specifies a directory to start searching. SWINV searches the specified folder and all its subfolders. If /drive is not specified and multiple drives have directories with that name, SWINV scans them all. If /path is not specified, SWINV defaults to a root folder search path.
- /yield causes SWINV to pause for the specified number of milliseconds every time it changes a directory during its search. This allows it to yield processor time to another running application. If /yield is not specified, SWINV defaults to zero milliseconds, which gives the maximum scan rate.
- /output writes the output to the path specified. It defaults to the Systems Management Server idmif or noidmif path (specified in c:\Sms.ini or Smscfg.ini); otherwise c:\Swinv.
NOTES:
- When used, the output path must be a folder name only. When the format is ID or NOID MIF, /output must not be used.
The final parameter is required and is a filter that tells SWINV what files to look for. It takes the form:
.ext (not *.ext) -- all files with the specified extension Filename.ext -- specific file name
The following sample usage provides some examples for how to use SWINV:
swinv /format:idmif /detail:software .exe .com swinv /drive:m /output:c:\nwsys .exe .com .dll .ocx swinv /format:noidmif /path:"My Documents" .doc swinv /format:noidmif doom.exe
SWINV is completely silent unless the /? switch is used. It logs messages to the Swinv.log file, located in the root of drive C.
After running SWINV and creating a noidmif file, in order for the information to be reported to the Systems Management Server database, hardware inventory (not software inventory) must run to pick up the noidmif file.
After the noidmif has been processed, you can view the data by using Resource Explorer in SMS 2.0, or by opening Machine Properties in Systems Management Server 1.2. The file attribute information (/detail:file) is reported in the Inventory Files Group under Hardware Inventory. The file header information (/detail:software) is reported in the Audited Software Group also under Hardware Inventory.
SMS 2003 does not support Wwinv.exe.
The Modified Date attribute of the files that are being inventoried are reported correctly in SMS 2003.
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