Managing Duplicate Globally Unique Identifiers in Systems Management Server 2003
Brief Description
A duplicate GUID refers to when SMS clients have the same GUID. In this situation, client information such as inventory and discovery data is reported to the same single record in the SMS site database. The GUID is used to uniquely identify computers for a variety of SMS processes, and duplicate GUIDs can cause those processes to fail.
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| File Name: | Managing Duplicate GUIDs.exe |
| Version: | 1.0 |
| Date Published: | 7/21/2005 |
| Language: | English |
| Download Size: | 92 KB |
| Estimated Download Time: | 1 min 56K |
Overview
A duplicate GUID refers to when SMS clients have the same GUID. In this situation, client information such as inventory and discovery data is reported to the same single record in the SMS site database. The GUID is used to uniquely identify computers for a variety of SMS processes, and duplicate GUIDs can cause those processes to fail. The problems caused by duplicate GUIDs can include corrupted inventory, mis-targeted advertisements, and reduced site server performance. Clients with duplicate GUIDs are not supported by SMS. For SMS to function as designed, duplicate GUIDs must be removed from both the clients and the database. 
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System Requirements
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows Server 2003; Windows XP
- Microsoft Word 97 or greater
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Microsoft Word 97/2000 Viewer
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