Client Management Suite

I noticed that all our test systems are installing The Software "Software Update Plug-in" and then installs the "Software Update Plug-in Upgrade".  This is redundant and upon inspection it appears to be a version check issue within the "All Windows Computers Requiring Software Update Plug-in Upgrade" filter.

The Filter's SQL is:

dbo.fnVersionToComparableVersion(i.[Product Version]) BETWEEN dbo.fnVersionToComparableVersion('6.2') AND dbo.fnVersionToComparableVersion('7.0.4071.0')

And it should be:

dbo.fnVersionToComparableVersion(i.[Product Version]) >= dbo.fnVersionToComparableVersion('6.2') and dbo.fnVersionToComparableVersion(i.[Product Version]) < dbo.fnVersionToComparableVersion('7.0.4071.0')

Grammatically speaking, the original syntax is mostly correct but Microsoft is using the "Pick a number between 1-10" mentality they learned in preschool and they can't let go. When I think 1-10 I think 1.00001 to 9.99999 and never 1 or 10 as 1 and 10 are boundary values and not implicitly included.

Updated:  opps my sql was not quite right..  Fixed

7.0 SP1 or 2?

Altiris Patch Managment Solution for Windows SP2

I already exported the "All Windows Computers Requiring Software Update Plug-in Upgrade" filter and modified the exported XML and re-imported the corrected version.  This solves the problem although it is pretty benign as an issue.  The only negative I've noticed is the package is executed twice and remains listed in the "All Windows Computers Requiring Software Update Plug-in Upgrade" filter even though it is current.  It may potentially be executing repeativly but I have not seen it.

however, I can't find it anywhere. Mark me as "failed" and return me to sender.

I'll keep you posted.

Jim, you're right - this is a known bug and it will be fixed in the next product update.

I was given the KB Article that correlates to this issue.
https://kb.altiris.com/display/1/articleDirect/index.asp?aid=51930&r=6.817263E-02

In my humble opinion my solution properly address the the core of the problem better than the KB's solution.