noidmif processing

[AlexTimm]

I am having a problem with noidmif's. Everything I have read says that after they are processed and are in the sql database that you should be able to query on them. But when I go to make a query the new attribute is not there.
Looking at the mif file I should have a new attribute called "Asset Numbers", yet it doesn't show up. I have looked at the SQL database and the "Asset Numbers" tables are there, It shows up in the "AttributeMap" and "GroupMap" tables. Is there something wrong in the database or is my understanding of what should be there wrong?

Here is a test mif that I copied out of technet:

Start Component
Name = "System Information"
Start Group
Name = "Asset Numbers"
ID = 1
Class = "AssetNumbers"
Start Attribute
Name = "Computer Asset Number"
ID = 1
Storage = COMMON
Type = String(10)
Value = "doa56600"
End Attribute
End Group
End Component

Thanks, Alex Timm

 

[RodTrent]

Your MIF looks fine. Where are you looking for the SQL information in the SMS Admin console? NOIDMIFs will show up in the Hardware section of Resource Explorer. You can double-check that it exists there.

Also...is this for SMS 1.2 or 2.0? SMS 2.0, with WMI 1.5 applied to the clients (AND DCOM 1.3 on Win9x computers), will allow you to automatically retrieve Asset and Serial Numbers by editing the SMS_DEF.MOF file. This makes the process sitewide without having to deploy NOIDMIF files to the clients. Rod Trent

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