INVDOS Fails When Inventorying an Unformatted Partition

Last reviewed: April 23, 1997
Article ID: Q134690

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0 and 1.1

SYMPTOMS

InvDOS fails and an "Abort, Retry, Fail" error message appears when the agent attempts to inventory a partitioned but unformatted drive.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, format the partition.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server version 1.1. This problem has been corrected in Systems Management Server version 1.2.

Additional query words: prodsms client smsls.bat smsls login hang sms
Keywords : kbbug1.00 kbbug1.10 kbnetwork smsgeneral
Version : 1.0 1.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 23, 1997
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