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Title:POLYCENTER AssetWORKS + Microsoft Systems Management Server
Notice:See note 937.1 for kit access information access
Moderator:RDVAX::LEVYD
Created:Wed Feb 23 1994
Last Modified:Fri May 30 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:977
Total number of notes:3989

964.0. "SMS - general failure reading drive" by LEMAN::FOUCHAULT (Vous ici ! Quelle bonne surprise...) Wed Mar 19 1997 13:32

    Hello,
    
    My name is Remi FOUCHAULT, I work in DEC Geveva.
    
    I have problem with SMS 1.2.
    
    When all clients PC start after 21% of scan they received :
    
    "general failure reading drive"
    
    
    What does that meens ??? In the Technet of Microsoft they are nothing
    and in the log file of PC's client they are no more info.
    
    Could someone help me !!
    
    thanks
    
    remi
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964.1Do a logged inventorySUBSYS::CARLETONA paradigm shift without a clutchWed Mar 19 1997 13:5817
    
    There is a way to run the PC inventory so that it puts out more
    diagnostic information as it inventories the system.
    
    This is from memory, so I could be off on the details.
    
    On the PC, open a DOS box and type:
    
    S:\> SET SMSLS=1
    S:\> RUNSMS.BAT
    
    Where S: is the drive letter you have mapped to the SMS_SHR share
    on your SMS server.
    
    This should produce a line of output for each inventory section as
    it is processed.  You will then be able to see what inventory section
    is causing the error.
964.2thank youLEMAN::FOUCHAULTVous ici ! Quelle bonne surprise...Thu Mar 20 1997 04:203
    thanks for your quick answer.
    
    Remi
964.3another wayTPLAB::SMEKENSPiet Smekens @BRO, 856-7964, SI-C BrusselsThu Mar 20 1997 04:3017
There is another way of doing it too:

Again on the PC client, open a DOS-window and make a connection
to your SMS server:

   net use X: \\yourSMSserver\SMS_SHR
   x:
   Cd X86.BIN
   InvDos.Exe /F /V > C:\InvDos.Log

The INVDOS.EXE with /F for force inventory and /V for verbose, combined
with the "> C:\InvDos.Log" will place the output of the INVDOS.EXE program
in the INVDOS.LOG file, on the C:\ drive of you PC client.

Hope this helps too.

-Piet.
964.4I have the solution ! thanksLEMAN::FOUCHAULTVous ici ! Quelle bonne surprise...Mon Mar 24 1997 00:598
    Thank's for this answer.
    
    In fact, after a try with the solution in .1, I tried invdos and found that
    two file in \\mySMSserver\sms_shr was BAD.
    
    So, thank you for your HELP :-)
    
    R�mi