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SMS: "Machine Merge Failed" when Attempting to Merge History

Article ID: 199329

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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This article was previously published under Q199329

SYMPTOMS

When attempting to Merge Machine History for selected computers using Systems Management Server Database Manager, you may receive the following error after executing Display Duplicate Personal Computers from the machine's menu:
Machine Merge Failed

CAUSE

This may occur when the Systems Management Server database is very low or out of space.

WORKAROUND

Expand the size of the database to increase the amount of space available.

MORE INFORMATION

Information on how to expand a database can be found in the SQL Server Books Online in the section titled "Expanding or Shrinking Databases". This can be found in Chapter 6: Managing Databases, under Part 3: Devices, Databases and Drives.

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Keywords: kbdatabase kbprb kbsmsutil KB199329


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