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Q238762: Software Inventory Creation Date Is Incorrect in SMS Database

Article: Q238762
Product(s): Microsoft Systems Management Server
Version(s): 2.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbInventory kbsms200sp2fix
Last Modified: 05-SEP-2001

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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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Systems Management Server (SMS) Resource Explorer may display a created date for
an inventoried file that is different from the created date listed in the file's
properties in Windows Explorer. This problem occurs for two reasons:

- The software inventory agent (sinv) did not use the file Creation Date as a
  key property. Therefore on a single client, files with the same name but with
  different created time stamps, were treated as the same and were not reported
  separately.

- The stored procedure (sp_SoftwareInventory) that inserts software inventory
  information into the SMS database also did not use Creation Date as a key
  property. As a result, the time stamp that became associated with the file
  was simply the time stamp of the last reported instance across all clients.

MORE INFORMATION
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server
version 2.0. This problem was first corrected in Systems Management Server
version 2.0 Service Pack 2.

Additional query words: prodsms sinv sinvproc

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Keywords          : kbsms200 kbsms200bug kbInventory kbsms200sp2fix 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200
Version           : :2.0
Issue type        : kbinfo
Solution Type     : kbfix

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