SMS: TCP/IP Inventory Not Collected for WFW 3.11 Clients

Article ID: Q156372
Creation Date: 23-SEP-1996
Revision Date: 25-OCT-1996

The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2

SYMPTOMS

When you inventory a Windows for Workgroups 3.11 client computer by running either Runsms.bat or Smsls.bat, no TCP/IP information is collected. The absence of TCP/IP inventory causes Remote Control using IP sockets to fail. The following message appears during inventory (if it is run in verbose mode by setting SMSLS=1 prior to execution):

   Looking for TCP/IP stack
   Looking for Wolverine stack
   Performing TCP/IP detection
   <drive>:\MS\SMS\BIN\IPCONFIG.EXE > <drive>:\MS\SMS\TEMP\IPCONFIG.SMS
   "IP address information not found in output file"

CAUSE

Invdos.exe does not detect TCP/IP inventory while the SMS_P environment variable is present. SMS_P is a temporary variable set in Runsms.bat or Smsls.bat, and is used for storing path detail, during client setup. The variable is then reset during termination of the respective batch file.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do the following to Runsms.bat (which resides at \SMS\SITE.SRV\MAINCFG.BOX\CLIENT.SRC) or Smsls.bat (which resides at \SMS\SITE.SRV\MAINCFG.BOX):

Add an additional variable (for example: SMS_P2) to the :START section. For example:

      :START

      REM Check to see if we can save path and reserve the necessary
      environment
      REM space before continuing.
      set SMS_P=%PATH%
      set SMS_P2=%PATH%
      set SMS_TEMP=123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345
      if "%SMS_TEMP%"=="123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345" goto
      FIND_OS
      goto LOW_ENV

Reset the SMS_P variable prior to execution of Invdos.exe in the :RUN_DOS section. For example:

      :RUN_DOS
      if not exist %0\..\%SMS_BIN%\setls%SMS_OS%.exe goto NOPATHARG0

      setls%SMS_OS% -m:E -i -p:%SMS_BIN%\CLI_DOS.EXE -pa:/p:%%SMS_UNC%%\ -
         pa:%SMS_VERBOSE% %SMS_VERBOSE%
      set SMS_P=
      setls%SMS_OS% -m:E -i -p:%SMS_BIN%\INVDOS.EXE  -pa:/l:%%SMS_UNC%%\ -
         pa:/i -pa:%SMS_VERBOSE% %SMS_VERBOSE%
      goto RESTORE

Restore the path from the new variable (SMS_P2) by changing the path line in the :RESTORE section. For example:
```
      :RESTORE
      REM Restore the previous path setting.
      PATH=%SMS_P2%
      goto END
```

Reset the new variable, instead of SMS_P in the :END section. For example:

      :END
      set SMS_P2=
      set SMS_OS=

      set SMS_BIN=
      set SMS_VERBOSE=

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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