SMS: NULL Data Values Are Reported Differently by INVDOS and INVWIN32
Article ID: 191437
Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q191437
SYMPTOMS
The data reported for common properties by INVWIN32 does not match the data
reported by INVDOS.
INVDOS reports None if there is no data for certain fields and INVWIN32
reports a blank value if there is no data for certain fields.
There are certain properties that differ:
Files Not Installed
System Files Not Modified
Failed Hardware Checks
The differing methods of reporting null data may lead to difficulties
generating queries in the Systems Management Server Administration User
interface.
Queries to return all data must include both None and a space, for example:
'None'
' '
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):
Additional query words: prodsms SP SP4
Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB191437