Symptoms

This hotfix rollup package resolves compatibility issues of Asset Intelligence in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) with other Microsoft volume license products. This hotfix rollup resolves the following issues and is dated December 2012:

  • The query for the Asset Intelligence "License 01A" report does not detect Microsoft SQL Server 2012 licenses.

  • There are two rows for SQL Server 2012 in the "inventoried software" list.

  • There is no Microsoft Product Code (MPC) for Visual Studio 2012 Edition in the LU_MSProd view.

  • Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 are reported as incorrect products in the asset management license reports.

  • When Office 2010 is installed in certain system locales, Office is not updated to a correct MPC.

  • A Hardware Inventory action does not inventory Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) applications when you have hotfix 2659258 applied. For more information about hotfix 2659258, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    2659258 Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 does not report SQL Server 2008 R2 in the "License 01D" report after you install SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1

  • The query for the Asset Intelligence "License 01D" License Ledger report does not report that SQL Server 2008 R2 is installed on the server.

  • The query for the Asset Intelligence "License 01A" report does not detect Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 licenses.

Resolution

To resolve these issues, install the following hotfix rollup package on the affected System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 primary site server. The installation wizard for the package creates another package for clients. To deploy the package to all clients after you run the package on the primary site server, you have to create an advertisement.Note The hotfix package can be installed on a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 site server that is running an x86-based or x64-based version of an operating system. For more information about installation guide, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2477182 System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Hotfix Installation Guidance

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix Download Available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, submit a request to Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix. Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft website:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=supportNote The "Hotfix Download Available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix, you must have System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed.

Registry information

To apply this hotfix, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.Note You have to close Configuration Manager administration console before you install this hotfix package.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix replaces the following hotfix:

2691428 Hotfix rollup for Asset Intelligence compatibility issues in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2: March 2012

File information

The English (United States) version of this hotfix installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables. The dates and the times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and the times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time together with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and the times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 file information notes

File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Platform

Aikbmgr.dll

4.0.6487.2204

124,776

01-Feb-2010

17:35

x86

Sccm2007ac-sp2-kb2796738-x86-enu.msp

Not applicable

579,072

01-Feb-2010

19:15

Not applicable

Update.sql

Not applicable

23,226

01-Feb-2010

17:35

Not applicable

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

More Information

This hotfix applies to the following roles in Configuration Manager 2007:

  • Primary Site

  • Secondary Site

  • Client

Note You cannot apply the hotfix on the SMS clients directly. You have to run the hotfix on the site server and then deploy the generated package to the clients.For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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