SMS: ViewNAD and the Network Applications Database (NAD)

ID: Q124083

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0, 1.1

SUMMARY

ViewNAD provides a text based graphical display of the current Systems Management Server Network Applications Database (NAD) for review. This article describes how to use the ViewNAD utility.

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VIEWNAD.EXE    Dumps the NAD database for review
Environment:   32 bit Windows NT
Usage:         VIEWNAD
Execute VIEWNAD.EXE from the directory:

   \\<logon server>\SMS\LOGON.SRV\APPCTRL.BOX\DATABASE

ViewNAD provides a text based graphical display of the current Network Applications Database for review. This database consists of *.HGF (groups) and *.HAF (applications) files. These files are parsed by ViewNAD and are then displayed.

The NAD database resides on each SMS logon server in the ..\LOGON.SRV\APPCTRL.BOX\DATABASE directory. The *.HAF files contain the applications available and the *.HGF files contain information on what global user groups have access to these applications.

An SMS client uses the Program Group Control (PGC) utility to read these databases and update the users desktop based on the information in the files.

This is accomplished by using a LAN Manager API to enumerate all global user groups that the current user belongs to in the currently logged on domain. PGC will then compare the list generated with the user groups listed in the NAD files and update the clients desktop to match the NAD list of applications that are associated with these user groups.

There are three sections to the ViewNAD output.

The first section lists what groups the currently logged on user of ViewNAD belongs to.

The second section contains a list of the NAD objects. The first line contains the return code 1 or 0 for success/failure and the size of the buffer holding the objects. It then lists all the NAD objects in the database. The first three characters are the site code of the originally created package.

The third section contains the NAD program item information. Each program group is listed with its associated program items. Below is the record format.


Program Group:   <Internal Database Unique ID>
  Group:         Name of program group
  Users:         A list of global user groups that have been granted access
                 to this program group
  <SMS Program Item Unique ID>
  Registry:      Name of the clients registry key for this program item
  Description:   Name of the program item
  Command:       Command line executable file name
  Servers:       UNC names of the SMS distribution servers available.
  Drive:         Type of redirection required (drive mode)
                    If not listed then runs with UNC name
                    <"?">: Requires a drive letter
                    <letter>: Requires this specific drive letter
  Platform:      Bit mask of supported platforms. Currently this data is
                 invalid. ViewNAD parses this data incorrectly.

Below is an example of a ViewNAD output of an SMS site's NAD database:


   INTERACTIVE
   LOCAL
   Department 8954
   psscnsred-se
   Administrators
   Everyone
   Domain Users

   Get Objects Return Code 1 Size 45
   BPC00001
   BPC00002
   BPC00003
   BPC00004
   GBL00003

   Program Group ======= BPC00001 ==========
     Group          MS Office
     Users          psscnsred-mgr;psscnsred-se
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC00007
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    msoffpro+autoconv:msapps
     [ASCII 179]  Description Graph AutoConvert
     [ASCII 179]  Command     msgraph5\autoconv.exe
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\ofc43_sh\;\\CNSSUP2\ofc43_sh\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Drive       ?
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    51EA851EA951EAA51EAB
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC0000C
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    msoffpro+graflink
     [ASCII 179]  Description GraphicsLink
     [ASCII 179]  Command     graflink.exe
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\ofc43_sh\;\\CNSSUP2\ofc43_sh\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Drive       ?
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    51EA851EA951EAA51EAB
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC0000A
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    msoffpro+wrkgadm
     [ASCII 179]  Description MS Access Workgroup Administrator
     [ASCII 179]  Command     wrkgadm.exe
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\ofc43_sh\;\\CNSSUP2\ofc43_sh\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Drive       ?
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    51EA851EA951EAA51EAB
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC0000D
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    msoffpro+mplayer
     [ASCII 179]  Description Media Player
     [ASCII 179]  Command     mplayer.exe
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\ofc43_sh\;\\CNSSUP2\ofc43_sh\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Drive       ?
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    51EA851EA951EAA51EAB
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC00009
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    msoffpro+msaccess
     [ASCII 179]  Description Microsoft Access
     [ASCII 179]  Command     msaccess.exe
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\ofc43_sh\;\\CNSSUP2\ofc43_sh\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Drive       ?
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    51EA851EA951EAA51EAB
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC00004
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    msoffpro+excel
     [ASCII 179]  Description Microsoft Excel
     [ASCII 179]  Command     excel.exe
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\ofc43_sh\;\\CNSSUP2\ofc43_sh\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Drive       ?
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    51EA851EA951EAA51EAB
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC00001
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    msoffpro+msoffice
     [ASCII 179]  Description Microsoft Office
     [ASCII 179]  Command     msoffice.exe
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\ofc43_sh\;\\CNSSUP2\ofc43_sh\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Drive       ?
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    51EA851EA951EAA51EAB
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC00006
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    msoffpro+powerpnt
     [ASCII 179]  Description Microsoft PowerPoint
     [ASCII 179]  Command     powerpnt.exe
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\ofc43_sh\;\\CNSSUP2\ofc43_sh\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Drive       ?
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    51EA851EA951EAA51EAB
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC00005
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    msoffpro+msquery:msapps
     [ASCII 179]  Description Microsoft Query
     [ASCII 179]  Command     msquery\msquery.exe
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\ofc43_sh\;\\CNSSUP2\ofc43_sh\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Drive       ?
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    51EA851EA951EAA51EAB
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC00002
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    msoffpro+winword
     [ASCII 179]  Description Microsoft Word
     [ASCII 179]  Command     winword.exe
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\ofc43_sh\;\\CNSSUP2\ofc43_sh\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Drive       ?
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    51EA851EA951EAA51EAB
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC0000B
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    msoffpro+ofreadme
     [ASCII 179]  Description Office Readme Help
     [ASCII 179]  Command     ofreadme.hlp
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\ofc43_sh\;\\CNSSUP2\ofc43_sh\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Drive       ?
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    51EA851EA951EAA51EAB
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC0000E
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    msoffpro+preview
     [ASCII 179]  Description PowerPoint
     [ASCII 179]  Command     preview.exe
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\ofc43_sh\;\\CNSSUP2\ofc43_sh\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Drive       ?
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    51EA851EA951EAA51EAB
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC00008
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    msoffpro+pptview
     [ASCII 179]  Description PowerPoint Viewer
     [ASCII 179]  Command     pptview.exe
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\ofc43_sh\;\\CNSSUP2\ofc43_sh\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Drive       ?
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    51EA851EA951EAA51EAB
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC00003
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    msoffpro+macrode
     [ASCII 179]  Description Word Dialog Editor
     [ASCII 179]  Command     macrode.exe
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\ofc43_sh\;\\CNSSUP2\ofc43_sh\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Drive       ?
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    51EA851EA951EAA51EAB
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC0000F
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    MSAPPS
     [ASCII 179]  Description MSAPPS Shared Components
     [ASCII 179]  Command     &lt;no command for applets&gt;
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\msappssh\;\\CNSSUP2\msappssh\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Drive       ?
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    51EA851EA951EAA51EAB

   Program Group ======= BPC00002 ==========
     Group          CNS Documents
     Users          psscnsred-mgr;psscnsred-se
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC0001D
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    oct94hcl.hlp
     [ASCII 179]  Description NT 3.5 October HCL
     [ASCII 179]  Command     miscinfo\oct94hcl.hlp
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\cns-docs\;\\CNSAPPS1\cns-docs\;\\CNSSUP2\cns-
                    docs\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Drive       ?
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    556A8556A9556AA556AB
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC00014
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    SP2help
     [ASCII 179]  Description NT Service Pack 2
     [ASCII 179]  Command     SP2-3.1\fixlist.hlp
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\cns-docs\;\\CNSAPPS1\cns-docs\;\\CNSSUP2\cns-
                    docs\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Drive       ?
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    51EA851EA951EAA51EAB
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC00015
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    NTSP2a
     [ASCII 179]  Description NT Service Pack 2a
     [ASCII 179]  Command     SP2a-3.1\fixlist.hlp
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\cns-docs\;\\CNSAPPS1\cns-docs\;\\CNSSUP2\cns-
                    docs\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Drive       ?
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    556A8556A9556AA556AB
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC00016
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    NTSP2b
     [ASCII 179]  Description NT Service Pack 2b
     [ASCII 179]  Command     SP2b-3.1\FIXLIST.HLP
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\cns-docs\;\\CNSAPPS1\cns-docs\;\\CNSSUP2\cns-
                    docs\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Drive       ?
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    51EA851EA951EAA51EAB
     [ASCII 195][ASCII 196] BPC0002D
     [ASCII 179]  Registry    BPC0002D
     [ASCII 179]  Description NT Service Pack 3
     [ASCII 179]  Command     SP3-3.1\FIXLIST.HLP
     [ASCII 179]  Servers     \\CNS-SMS\cns-docs\;\\CNSAPPS1\cns-docs\;\\CNSSUP2\cns-
                    docs\ 
     [ASCII 179]  Platform    555C0555C1555C2555C3

Additional query words: sms prodsms

Keywords : kbnetwork kbusage nthowto smsdatabase smspgc
Version : winnt:1.0,1.1
Platform : winnt
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