SMS: SMS Component Status Times Are Listed Ahead Of Local Time in GMT Locale

• Microsoft Systems Management Server version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

When viewing the status summary of components in Systems Management Server 2.0, the Last Started and Last Message columns for each component may display future dates.

Navigate to Site Database\System Status\Site Status\SiteName\Component Status to see the status summary of your components.

This future date can cause a problem when the Status Message Viewer is launched against a component. The Status Message Viewer will return an empty result set for every display interval except Since Site Installation.

The display interval for the Status Message Viewer can be set by right- clicking Component Status and selecting a display interval.

WORKAROUND

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Systems Management Server 2.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q236325 SMS: How to Obtain the Latest Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Systems Management Server 2.0. This problem was first corrected in Systems Management Server 2.0 Service Pack Service Pack 1.

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords          : kbSMS200 kbSMS200bug kbSMS120 kbSMS120bug 
Version           : winnt:2.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: July 26, 1999