SMS Doc Err: Help Indicates Use of Colons in Machine Path

• Microsoft Systems Management Server, version 1.2

SYMPTOMS

The online Help for the Job Details of a "Run Command on Workstation" job indicates that you should use colons to separate the site code, domain, and computer name of the Machine Path. However, using this syntax results in errors from the Systems Management Server Scheduler, and the job is not processed.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use the pipe character (|) instead of the colon. For example, instead of this syntax

   site:domain:computername

   site|domain|computername

MORE INFORMATION

Using the incorrect syntax causes the following event in the application log of the site server:

   Event ID: 319  Source: SMS

   The job encountered an error trying to process the specified machine
   path (REV:REVDOM:NTWKS) and therefore cannot generate the list of target
   workstations for the job.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.