WMI general failure (while creating subcollection)

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Hi All,

 

im have been doing some vb-scripting of sccm for a while and came across an interesting issue.

According to MS http://msdn.microsof...y/cc143262.aspx one must create both the collection as well as the corresponding SMS_CollectToSubcollect object:

 

	' Create the collection.
Set newCollection = connection.Get("SMS_Collection").SpawnInstance_
newCollection.Comment = newCollectionComment
newCollection.Name = newCollectionName
newCollection.OwnedByThisSite = ownedByThisSite

' Save the new collection and the collection path for later.
Set collectionPath = newCollection.Put_  

  ' Define to what collection the new collection is subordinate.
  ' IMPORTANT: If you do not specify the relationship, the new collection will not be visible in the console.
Set newSubCollectToSubCollect = connection.Get("SMS_CollectToSubCollect").SpawnInstance_
newSubCollectToSubCollect.parentCollectionID = existingParentCollectionID
newSubCollectToSubCollect.subCollectionID = CStr(collectionPath.Keys("CollectionID"))

' Save the subcollection information.
newSubCollectToSubCollect.Put_

 

Accidentally it comes to an error (general failure) in the line "newSubCollectToSubCollect.Put_"

 

Because of that collection is not shown in the console and I had to adjust the DB directly in order to get it shown.

 

I have a feeling, that it happens because the creation process has not been completed yet when the second Put_ call comes.

 

 

 

And the questions

1. Have your ever seen such a behaviour?

2. Would the change to AsyncPut_ resolve the problem?

 

Thanks in advance.