Re: File Collection

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From: Kim Oppalfens (kim_at_computacenter.nospam)
Date: 09/17/04

  • Next message: Joseph Calabig [MSFT]: "Re: File Collection" 
    Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:30:11 +0200

    Ok, point taken. But what you want to do, will have to happen partially
    outside of sms since the contents of the files you collect is not stored
    in the sms database.

    Kim Oppalfens
    In article <3F1CAF36-8A98-4938-B698-45F43498961F@microsoft.com>,
    William@discussions.microsoft.com says...
    > Do you really believe i would/could click thru 20,000 clients and be able to
    > really use the information.. I need to be able to extract the inforamtion in
    > the files and compare\sort\use the information in the files. It really needs
    > to have a utility to make use of the information. Or why collect
    > files.........
    >
    > "Kim Oppalfens" wrote:
    >
    > >
    > > You are supposed to view the files through resource explorer.
    > > Just right-click a system and select All tasks; start resource explorer.
    > >
    > > Kim Oppalfens
    > > In article <F1EE5033-8B7D-44E0-A78E-8FE3FAC3B0AE@microsoft.com>,
    > > William@discussions.microsoft.com says...
    > > > WE have never use File collection before in SMS 1.2 or 2.0 but now we have
    > > > started using it in 2003. works well but the directory structure it puts it
    > > > under has no meaning or association to the devices and files i have
    > > > collected. I created a query to associate the directory with a actual host
    > > > name so thatis okay. But looking thru a bunch of directories for data file is
    > > > not really all that fun, there must be a tool to extract the data out of the
    > > > files so you have some idea of what your seeing... Comments??
    > > >
    > > > William
    > > >
    > >
    > > --
    > > Check out the SMS Technical FAQ:
    > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sms/sms2003/techfaq/default
    > > ..mspx
    > >
    > 

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Check out the SMS Technical FAQ:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sms/sms2003/techfaq/default
.mspx
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