Article ID: 245723
Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack 2
This article was previously published under Q245723
SYMPTOMS
After you configure a hardware or software inventory to run on a simple schedule, the Systems Management Server (SMS) clients all report inventory at midnight. If a computer is turned off when the inventory interval is reached, the inventory is taken after the computer is restarted.
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 3.
MORE INFORMATION
When you specify a simple schedule, it normally permits the inventory to be taken at a single, specific interval. While this permits less flexibility in scheduling, this method usually causes less network traffic because the time each client's MIF file is sent is initially based on that client's installation time. For subsequent inventories, it is based on the interval and the last time that inventory was taken on that computer.
When this problem occurs, all clients can generate their inventory information close to the same time and the servers specified as Client Access Points (CAP) can be flooded with a large number of inventory files. This problem can cause the network redirector on the servers to generate the following Windows NT event error messages:
This behavior can also occur when an inventory is configured to use a full schedule. This by-design behavior occurs because this type of schedule is intended to have all of your clients run inventory at exactly the same time. Ideally, a full schedule should not be used if the network environment and the number of client access points are not scaled high enough to support the additional load that is associated with this configuration.
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