SMS: Unable to Determine the Current Client Version

• Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2

SYMPTOMS

Currently, it is not easy to determine the current version of a Systems Management Server client. The Systems Management Server database does not show whether a client has been updated when you apply a service pack or a new version of Systems Management Server.

With Systems Management Server 1.2 Service Pack 2, each client, logon server, or site will have a Csdver.sms file in the Ms\Sms\Bin directory. The supplied Sms12sp2.pdf file will contain an inventory rule to look for the existence of the Csdver.sms file with a certain time/date stamp.

Administrator-only stations (without the Ms\Sms\Bin directory) can be identified by the presence of the Smsres.dll file. A separate inventory package would need to be created manually for this purpose.

The Systems Management Server Administrator tool installed on Windows NT client computers is not automatically updated when a service pack is applied. Therefore, when you click About on the Help menu in the Systems Management Server Administrator program on these computers, the current service pack level may be incorrect. To update the Systems Management Server Administrator program on Windows NT client computers, you must install the service pack on the client computer. Setup will detect that the client is an Administration tools only computer, and allow only the option to upgrade the tool.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.2. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. service pack for Systems Management Server version 1.2. 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: prodsms

Keywords : kbnetwork kbbug1.00 smsinv kbbug1.10 kbbug1.20 kbfix1.20.sp2
Version : winnt:1.0,1.1,1.2
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug