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SMS: Access Violation When RAW Files Are Larger Than 48 KB

Article ID: 186407

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q186407

SYMPTOMS

RAWCHECK generates one of the following errors when it processes a .raw file with a NOIDMIF section whose length is greater than 48 KB.

In regular mode:

Error 998 - 'Invalid Access to Memory Location'

In verbose mode:

Error 998 - an 'Access Violation'

CAUSE

The tempbuf variable in RAWCHECK is statically allocated at 48 KB. If the NOIDMIF section in the RAW file is greater than 48 KB, it is too large for RAWCHECK to process.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. 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):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB186407