SMS: PCM Does Not Remind Users of Pending Commands

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, obtain the hotfix mentioned in the STATUS section of this article, or wait for the next Systems Management Server service pack. The hotfix should have the following timestamp:

      3/24/98   3:49pm        463,264 Pcmwin32.exe (Intel)
      3/24/98   3:49pm      1,164,560 Pcmwin32.exe (Alpha)
				

Note that this fix only applies to the 32-bit desktop version of PCM.

In addition to applying the hotfixed file mentioned above, you must add the following entry to the [Local] section of the Sms.ini file:

PCMPackageReminderInterval=
				

This value should be set to a value (in minutes) greater than the PCM polling interval. PCM will remind the user of pending commands (by reappearing), if all of the conditions below are true:

• There is at least one pending package.
• The reminder interval is greater than zero.
• The internal timer is at or below zero by the time the next polling pass is done.

Setting the value above to zero or removing the value completely causes PCM to return to the default behavior of no reminders. Note that manually starting PCM does not reset the internal timer.