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Q234912: SMS: Y2K Queries Use Large Amounts of Tempdb & Fail to Complete

Article: Q234912
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): winnt:2.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbQuery
Last Modified: 08-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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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
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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
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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
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Additional query words: prodsms

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Keywords          : kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbQuery 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200
Version           : winnt:2.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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