All systems inadvertently targeted for an advertisement after modifying a collection in System Center Configuration Manager 2007

Just a heads up on a new ConfigMgr 2007 Knowledge Base article we published today.  If you do any work with query based collections, and who doesn't, then you'll want to check this one out:

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Symptoms

All systems show in a collection after removing the criteria from a query for a query based collection in System Center Configuration Manager 2007.

Cause

Removing the criteria in the query for a query based collection removes the from statement from the query and leaves only the select statement. This causes all systems to be added to a collection that may already have an OSD or other advertisement targeted to it.

Resolution

If you need to modify an existing query based collection, delete the existing query and create a new one instead.

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For the latest version of this article see the link below:

KB2471057 - All systems inadvertently targeted for an advertisement after modifying a collection in System Center Configuration Manager 2007

J.C. Hornbeck | System Center Knowledge Engineer

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