Q235803: SMS: Resource Explorer Doesn’t Work As MMC Console Snap-in

Article: Q235803
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): 2.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbConfig kbMMC kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbResX kbsmsAdmin kbsmsUtil
Last Modified: 09-DEC-2000

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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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Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) Resource Explorer doesn't function as
expected when it is added as a snap-in to a custom MMC Console. In the
Add/Remove Snap-In option box on the Console menu in a custom MMC console, you
can see two choices listed for SMS:

- SMS Administrator Console

- SMS Resource Explorer

If you select the SMS Resource Explorer and add it to the MMC, and then select
that SMS Resource Explorer node, you receive a "Connection Failed" message in
the console.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server
version 2.0.

MORE INFORMATION
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Do not add the SMS Resource Explorer as a snap-in on a custom console, because
it is dependent upon the SMS Administrator Console to function.

If the snap-in is thereafter removed from MMC 1.1, you receive a series of error
messages similar to the following:

  _com_error exception in MMC Admin UI!
  COM Error : Invalid pointer
  Source :
  Description :

  Entry Point : CComponentDataImp::tm_SetDefaultVerb
  Operation :
  Command Line: "D:\WINNT\System32\mmc.exe"
  Trace :

This error message is not displayed when you use MMC 1.2. The snap-in is
gracefully removed.


Additional query words: prodsms snapin problem res

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Keywords          : kbConfig kbMMC kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbResX kbsmsAdmin kbsmsUtil 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200
Version           : :2.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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