SMS: Y2K Queries Use Large Amounts of Tempdb and Fail to Complete

ID: Q234912

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

The Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance queries provided with Systems Management Server 2.0 may fail to complete when executed. These queries create very large temporary tables in the tempdb database, causing it to become very large and ultimately run out of space. The queries will then fail to complete.

WORKAROUND

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Systems Management Server 2.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q236325 SMS: How to Obtain the Latest Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server 2.0. This problem was first corrected in Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack Service Pack 1.

MORE INFORMATION

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords : kbSMS200 kbSMS200bug kbQuery
Version : winnt:2.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug