Machview Err Msgs: "Couldn't View..." and "Couldn't Execute..."
Article ID: 134609
Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q134609
SYMPTOMS
One of the following error messages appears after you run the Systems
Management Server Machview command:
- Couldn't View Selected Object
-or-
- Couldn't Execute the Given Query
CAUSE
You used the incorrect command line syntax for the Machview command.
The Machview command line help incorrectly documents the syntax as follows:
MACHVIEW machineid
MACHVIEW /Q architechure:group:attribute=value
RESOLUTION
Use the proper Machview command line syntax as follows:
machview /q "Personal Computer:MICROSOFT|IDENTIFICATION|1.0:SMSID=<smsid>"
where <smsid> is the SMSID of the client you want to query. This option
is case sensitive and the quotation marks are required.
For example, if Systems Management Server Administrator shows your computer
SMSID as SMS0002, type the Machview command as follows:
machview /q "Personal Computer:MICROSOFT|IDENTIFICATION|1.0:SMSID=SMS0002"
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server
versions 1.0 and 1.1. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
Additional query words: prodsms sms
Keywords: kbdocerr kbnetwork kbusage KB134609