Manual Installation of INVWIN32 on Windows NT Workstation

• Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0, 1.1

SUMMARY

The administrator of an Systems Management Server managed network may want to install the inventory agent service for Windows NT on Windows NT Workstations. Systems Management Server does not provide a means to do this, and it is not a supported feature at this time. The following steps may be used to accomplish this. They are provided as is and are not supported by Microsoft.

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1. On Windows NT Workstation, create an SMS\HELPER.SRV\X86.BIN directory. This directory name is arbitrary, but it helps to be consistent with the currently supported methodology for domain controllers running the inventory agent service. The X86.BIN directory should be named appropriately for the proper architecture (X86.BIN, ALPHA.BIN, MIPS.BIN.)



2. From the appropriate directory on an existing Systems Management Server logon server, copy the INVWIN32.EXE program file into the directory created in step 1 above.



3. From the PSSTOOLS directory on the Systems Management Server distribution CD, run INSTSRV.EXE. Install the service using this tool, answering the following questions as presented by the tool:



• Service Name
• User account
• Password
• Machine name
• Path
• Start Mode



4. Each time the service is started, it must include an argument containing the path to the logon server it will report inventory to. This is in the format of "/L:\\<SMSLogonServer>\SMS_SHR\" and may need to be "escaped" in some cases. For example, using the SMS Service Manager, the argument must look like /L:\\\\<SMSLogonServer>\\SMS_SHR\\. Option 4 in INSTSRV can be used to start the service, Control Panel <Services>, in addition to the Systems Management Server Service Manager.

Additional query words: prodsms sms

Keywords : kbnetwork ntdomain nthowto ntconfig smsinv
Version : winnt:1.0,1.1
Platform : winnt
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