SMS: OS/2 Inventory Agent Does Not Detect Pentium Processor
Article ID: 156206
Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q156206
SYMPTOMS
When the Systems Management Server Inventory Agent is run on a computer
running OS/2 that has a Pentium CPU, the inventory will report that it is a
80486 CPU.
CAUSE
The OS/2 Inventory Agent is not able to detect Pentium processors at this
time.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server
versions 1.1 and 1.2. A supported fix is now available for version 1.1, but
has not been fully regression-tested and should be applied only to systems
experiencing this specific problem. Unless you are severely impacted by
this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next
Service Pack that contains this fix. Contact Microsoft Technical Support
for more information.
This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for
Systems Management Server version 1.2. For information on obtaining the
Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base
(without the spaces):
Additional query words: prodsms
Keywords: kb3rdparty kbhardware kbinventory KB156206