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Q217042: Dump Discovery Data Tool Views Discovery Data from the Client

Article: Q217042
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): winnt:2.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbDiscovery kbsmsUtil
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0 
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SUMMARY
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The Dump Discovery Data tool (Discdump.exe) is available in the Microsoft
Systems Management Server 2.0 BackOffice Resource Kit.

You can use this tool at a command prompt on a client to view network discovery
data from the local .ddr file in a readable format. The data is displayed in
tree view. You must install and run this tool on the client.

MORE INFORMATION
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The Dump Discovery Data tool runs in Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 98,
and Microsoft Windows 95.

To install the Dump Discovery Data tool, copy the required files to the
<Windows>\Ms\Sms\Core\Bin folder on the client. The required files are:

  Clibase.dll (default)
  Clilog.dll (default)
  Discdump.exe
  Discv_nd.dll (NetWare clients only)
  Smsdiscv.dll (default)

To run the tool, type "discdump" (without the quotation marks) at a command
prompt on the client. There are no command-line switches or options for this
tool.

Additional query words: prodsms

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Keywords          : kbDiscovery kbsmsUtil 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200
Version           : winnt:2.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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