SMS: PCMWin32 Should Ignore Mandatory Background Jobs

 Last reviewed: May 21, 1997
Article ID: Q165147
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Systems Management Server, version 1.2

SYMPTOMS

When you send a Workstation package that has "System (Background) Task" enabled with a Run Command on Workstation job, the Package Command Manager (PCM) executable (Pcmwin32.exe) fails to ignore the background job and runs it. The PCMWin32 executable should not run this package, and should not display a window with an option to run the job.

The "System (Background) Task" option is used to identify a package command line that will be run only by the PCM service (Pcmsvc32.exe). If this option is enabled, and the Run Command on Workstation job has a mandatory time defined, only the PCM service should run the package.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces): 

   S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: sms prodsms pcm
Keywords : kbbug1.20 kbfix1.20.sp2 kbnetwork smspcm kbfixlist
Version : 1.2
Platform : WinNT
Issue type : kbbug
Resolution Type : kbservicepack

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Last reviewed: May 21, 1997
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