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Q235869: SMS: How to Use Cliutils.exe to Force Inventory to Occur

Article: Q235869
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): winnt:2.0,2.0 SP1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbtool kbsms200 kbInventory kbsmsUtil
Last Modified: 10-MAY-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 2.0, 2.0 SP1 
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SUMMARY
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When you want to use Systems Management Server (SMS) inventory capabilities, you
can start an inventory agent manually or by using the Cliutils.exe command-line
utility.

The Cliutils.exe utility is included in the Support\Reskit\Bin\I386\Diagnose
folder of the SMS CD-ROM. If you are using an SMS 2.0 Service Pack distribution,
this file is installed along with the other supportability files when
Support.exe is executed. The Cliutils.exe utility is also included with the
Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit version 4.5.

MORE INFORMATION
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To initiate an inventory cycle, run Cliutils.exe with the appropriate
command-line switches to force a cycle. For example, use one of the following
commands to start an inventory cycle:

cliutils /start "Software Inventory Agent"

"cliutils /start "Hardware Inventory Agent"" (without the quotation marks)

This forces a normal inventory for the selected inventory agent to begin
immediately.

This functionality can be used to troubleshoot inventory flow back to the site
server or to update inventory for a given computer after a software distribution
has taken place. This permits administrators to take advantage of dynamic
collections.

For more information about the Cliutils.exe utility, use the /? parameter or see
Chapter 13 in the Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Resource Guide.

Additional query words: prodsms hinv sinv force immediate

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Keywords          : kbtool kbsms200 kbInventory kbsmsUtil 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200 kbSMS200SP1
Version           : winnt:2.0,2.0 SP1
Issue type        : kbhowto

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