KB186403 - SMS: How to Generate a PDF from an Existing SMS Package

Article ID: 186403

Article Last Modified on 6/14/2005

Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q186403

SUMMARY

This article summarizes the process that you can use to generate a Package Definition File (PDF) from a package that was created manually in Systems Management Server Administrator.

This is useful if you need to add the following line

   SynchronousSystemExitRequired = TRUE

to an existing package or if you would like to easily regenerate the package at a later time.

MORE INFORMATION

Obtain the Writepdf.exe file. This file is included in the Systems Management Server Resource Kit, which is available for download from the Microsoft Web site at

http://www.microsoft.com/smsmgmt/.

This utility will create a generic PDF from the information entered in the package setup.

Usage

writepdf.exe <sqlserver> <sqlaccount> <password> <database> <package_id>

Examples

writepdf.exe sqlsvr2 sa secret sms sms12345

or

writepdf.exe sqlsvr2 sa "" sms sms12345

NOTE: If the SQL account password is blank or contains one or more spaces, place it within quotation marks.

This will generate a PDF file with the package_id as the name in the current directory.

REFERENCES

Systems Management Server Resource Guide Supplement (BackOffice Resource Kit Part 2)

Additional query words: prodsms create SynchronousSystemExitRequired

Keywords: kbinfo kbpcm KB186403