PCMSVC32 Reports Incorrect Job Status for Completed Jobs
Article ID: 149672
Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.1 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q149672
SYMPTOMS
The Package Command Manager (PCMSVC32) for Windows NT may report an invalid
job status when a job has been completed. Instead of being designated
"complete," the job status is given as "retrying."
The following information is taken from the Pacman.log file:
>>> The process handle is #20
>>> Execution error #20 detected.
>>> Flagging this process as bad with handle #-1
Ending LaunchScript..................
Package executed.
Monitoring the job.
Job completed.
Reporting job status.
Beginning ReportOnProcess...........
>>> An error was detected while attempting to run the job.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when a process handle is less than 32.
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
Keywords: kbnetwork kbpcm KB149672