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On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Garth Jones <ga...@enhansoft.com> wrote: > J I like it. > > > > *From:* listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: > listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Ryan > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 7, 2015 2:42 PM > *To:* ms...@lists.myitforum.com > *Subject:* Re: [mssms] RE: software inventory issues > > > > [image: Inline image 1] > > A followup to my previous flowchart. > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Garth Jones <ga...@enhansoft.com> wrote: > > I will tell you to stop using SW inv. It is a huge pain. Here are a few > reason why. > > http://www.enhansoft.com/blog/slow-software-inventory-cycle-in-sccm-2012 > > > > Why not use CI for this? they are fast in comparison to SW inv. > > > > If you absolutely must use it then only select the one folder and the > exactly file name. You will have much better results, do that. > > > > > > *From:* listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: > listsadmin@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Kamerman, Sol > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 7, 2015 1:56 PM > *To:* ms...@lists.myitforum.com > *Subject:* [mssms] software inventory issues > > > > All: > > > > Within the last couple of weeks, most of my clients are having issues > sending their software inventory information to the server. This all came > about when I recently pushed an update to an application we use and I > wanted to monitor how many computers have received the updated version. > Since the install only 8 machines have returned their results out of > several hundred. I’ve done a lot of research online and haven’t been able > to pinpoint the exact cause of the problem. When I run a status query for > machines that have reported an error I see the errors below. I was able to > connect to the WMI of system and it did not show any errors. > > > > I am also seeing .xml files being placed in the …\sinv.box\bad folder. I > cleaned up all the folders thinking a file was corrupt that was causing the > process to stop, but that is not the case. > > > > My setup is SCCM 2012 w/ SP1 (no CU’s) and the client is 5.00.7804.1000 > > > > > > I am at a loss and want to reach out to the group before I contact > Microsoft. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. > > > > p.s. Was also thinking I should upgrade to SP2, I’ve already tested the > DB on a test box and it ran successfully. Should I go this route? > > > > > > > > Error: > > The agent encountered an error while querying WMI to collect data from > this computer. The first query to fail was "SELECT Name, Path, > LastWriteDate, Size, CompanyName, ProductName, ProductVersion, > ProductLanguage, FileVersion, FileDescription FROM FileSystemFile WHERE > Name = '*.exe' AND Path = '%ProgramFiles%\\*' AND SkipWindirFolders = TRUE > AND IsCompressed = FALSE ". > > > > Error: > > The agent encountered an error while collecting data from this computer. > > > > > > > > > >
