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Article ID: 886121 - Last Review: October 27, 2006 - Revision: 1.2
The PatchInstall.exe command behaves unexpectedly when it uses a parameter that contains a character that is not valid in Systems Management Server 2003
When you use the Distribute Software Updates
Wizard to create a software update in Microsoft Systems Management Server
(SMS) 2003, if the PatchInstall.exe command uses any parameter with a character that is not valid, that parameter is run by using its default setting. However, every parameter that appears after that parameter is also run by using its default setting.
When you view the contents of the Patchinstall.log file, you see an entry that is similar to the following entry:
INVALID PARAMETER: Invalid Grace Period (/g option) supplied,
the default grace period (336) hours will be used.
Illegal Commandline
parameters, cannot continue processing of rest of parameters. Default values
will be used for remaining commandline options.
Usage: PatchInstall /g:xxx
/z:s|w|sw /f /c:xx /t:xx /d /p /q /I /l:xxx /n[:xxx] /x /m:"<filename>"
The Patchinstall.log file for the Advanced Client is located in the %windir%\System32\CCM\Logs folder. The Patchinstall.log file for the Legacy Client is located in the %windir%\Ms\Sms\Logs folder.
To work around this problem, modify parameters of the
PatchInstall.exe command in
the package that you want to distribute. You can access the parameters in the program's properties dialog box.
Microsoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
in the "Applies to" section.
For more information about PatchInstall.exe command-line options, see "Software Updates Installation
Agent Syntax" in the SMS Online Library. To view the SMS Online Library, use one of the following methods:
- Click Start, click Programs, click Systems Management Server, and then click SMS Online Library.
- In the SMS Administrator console tree, right-click SMS Online Library, and then click Run Online Library.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003
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