SMS: SMS Database Schema Is Not Published

• Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.0

SUMMARY

A common question for Systems Management Server support is "How do I run queries against the Systems Management Server database?" Another common question is "Where can I find the Systems Management Server database schema?"

MORE INFORMATION

The database schema is not published. Microsoft reserves the right to alter the database schema to improve performance or add functionality. A published schema would lend itself to static assumptions for access to Systems Management Server data. If the schema is changed, those assumptions are no longer valid.

Because the schema is not available, Microsoft strongly recommends that you not query directly against the Systems Management Server database. Instead, you should perform queries for information from the database in one of two ways. You can query internally through the Systems Management Server Administrator program, or externally by using Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, Crystal Reports, or similar programs, and then only through the Systems Management Server Views generated by Systems Management Server SQL View Generator.

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q133253 Generating SQL Scripts for SMS Views

Q134717 Query Results Display Only First Data Record

Q150814 Creating Audited Software Report with Crystal Reports

Q153534 Retrieving SMSVIEW Data Using MS Access

Q181556 Cannot Query on Historical Inventory with SmsView.exe

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords : kbSMS200 kbSMS100 kbSMS110 kbSMS120 smsdatabase
Version : winnt:1.0,1.1,1.2,2.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo