Changes to Supported Platforms Options in Package Properties

ID: Q150799

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2

SYMPTOMS

In Systems Management Server versions 1.0 and 1.1, the Package Definition File (PDF) parser detects only the following strings for Windows NT for the Supported Platforms entry:

Windows NT 3.1 (x86)
Windows NT 3.1 (MIPS)
Windows NT 3.1 (Alpha)

In Systems Management Server version 1.2, the following strings can be specified in the PDF file for Windows NT:

Windows NT 3.5 (x86)
Windows NT 3.5 (MIPS)
Windows NT 3.5 (Alpha)
Windows NT 3.51 (x86)
Windows NT 3.51 (MIPS)
Windows NT 3.51 (Alpha)
Windows NT 4.0 (x86)
Windows NT 4.0 (MIPS)
Windows NT 4.0 (Alpha)
Windows NT (x86)
Windows NT (MIPS)
Windows NT (Alpha)

The Systems Management Server Administrator UI displays only the following generic entries:

Windows NT (x86)
Windows NT (MIPS)
Windows NT (Alpha)

CAUSE

Systems Management Server does no version checking when jobs are sent. Although an operating system version can be specified in the PDF, when the PDF is imported into a package, the Supported Platform selection is mapped to the corresponding generic option.

STATUS

This is by product design.

Additional query words: package definition file shared applications pgc pcm sdk prodsms

Keywords : smsadmin smsgeneral smshowto smspcm
Version : winnt:1.2
Platform : winnt
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