SMS: How to Control Software Inventory Forwarding to Parent Site

ID: Q199115

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0

SUMMARY

It is possible to control the flow of software inventory up to a parent site by modifying a value in the registry of the child primary site.

MORE INFORMATION

To control this behavior, you can set the Forwarding Bitmask value in the registry.

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it. If you are running Windows NT, you should also update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).

This value is located in the following key:

\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\Components\SMS_SOFTWARE_INVENTORY_PROCESSOR

Setting the Forwarding Bitmask value to 0 disables the forwarding of software inventory up to the parent site. A setting of 1 will enable forwarding to the parent site. The default setting is 0.

Hardware inventory will always be forwarded to the parent site.

Additional query words: prodsms smshier


Keywords          : kbSMS200 
Version           : winnt:2.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbhowto kbinfo