Re: Hardware Inventory Agent - Message ID 10703

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From: Kerwin Medina [MSFT] (kerwinm_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/11/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:22:52 -0800

Could it be that in your default MOF, you are querying for a class that does
not exist? Take a look at the inventory log of one of the clients to see
what query is failing.

"Ante" <ante@anon.postalias> wrote in message
news:0A105BFA-A7D4-4D6E-975E-2C870701BAB4@microsoft.com...
> I've noticed that many (all?) of my client agents are unable to perform a
> hardware inventory. They are creating the following status message:
>
> -----
> Message ID: 10703
> Source: SMS Client
> Component: Hardware Inventory Agent
>
> The agent encountered an error while collecting data from this computer.
> -----
>
> There seem to be four identical messages like the one above generated per
> host. I'm not seeing any other status messages that would give me a clue
> to
> what's wrong. I also can't find anything in the MS KB or on Google
> regarding
> the error.
>
> I did recently upgrade from SMS 2003 to SMS 2003 SP1. Both the older 2003
> clients and clients I've manually upgraded to 2003 SP1 via Client Push
> seem
> to be having the issue, however. We have a single SMS site. Our primary
> site server is a Component Server, SQL Server, Site Server, and Server
> Locator Point. Another SMS server runs Component Server, Client Access
> Point, Management Point, Distribution Point, and Reporting Point. Both
> these
> servers are Windows 2003 We have a number of other Distribution Points
> scattered around the network, too. The clients are Advanced Clients.
>
> I've tried reinstalling a few clients with Client Push set to reinstall
> the
> existing client, and I don't think that's fixed it. I also made sure to
> upgrade the Security Patch and Office Patch tools on the primary site
> server,
> too.
>
> I'm very new to SMS, so it's quite possible I've missed something. Thanks
> in advance for any help anyone can provide.
>
> Nate
>

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