Common Causes for Job Problems

SMS is designed so that a Run Command On Workstations job does not show a status of complete unless all possible target computers have run the package command. Because many Run Command On Workstations jobs are optional, and are distributed to a large number of computers, these jobs typically never complete. This does not indicate that an error has occurred. It just means that not all target computers have run the command.

The following sections describe some other common reasons why jobs might show a failed or incomplete status.