Article ID: 889033
Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003
SYMPTOMS
When you install Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 in Advanced Security mode and then you use Network Discovery to discover computers, the operating system version information for some discovered computers may not be included in the results.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs when a discovered computer uses the RestrictAnonymous=1 setting. SMS 2003 Advanced Security mode does not use the network abstraction layer (NAL) for authentication. Therefore, Network Discovery only makes anonymous connections.
WORKAROUND
To work around this issue, use an alternative method in SMS 2003 to discover computers. To do this, follow these steps:
- Click Start, point to Programs, point to Systems Management Server, and then click SMS Administrator Console.
- In the SMS Administrator Console, expand Site Database(
SiteCode-SiteName), expand Site Hierarchy, expandSiteCode-SiteName, expand Site Settings, and then click Discovery Methods. - In the details pane, double-click an alternative method to discover computers. For example, double-click Active Directory System Discovery.
- In the
AlternativeMethodProperties dialog box, click the General tab, click to select the EnableAlternativeMethodcheck box, and then click OK.
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
REFERENCES
For additional information about the RestrictAnonymous setting, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
246261 How to use the RestrictAnonymous registry value in Windows 2000
328358 SMS Network Discovery does not detect the operating system if the "RestrictAnonymous=1" setting is being used
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