Compare signatures

Use the pidiag utility to compare a signature file to another signature file.

1. At a command prompt, go to the PI\adm directory.

2. Type the following command:

   pidiag -host -compare filename [, filename]

   This command compares signatures. When you provide only one signature file, the command compares the information stored in the file with the configuration of the local computer. When you provide a second signature file, the command compares the two signature files.

Examples

This example shows the result when two signatures match.

D:\PI\adm>pidiag -host -compare D:\vmtest-xp2.msf
Percent Match: 100

This example shows a result when two signatures do not match.

D:\PI\adm>pidiag -host -compare D:\vmtest-xp4.msf
OS String : Service Pack 3 - Service Pack 2
CPU Level : 6 - 15
CPU Rev : 3851 - 1032
CPU count : 4 - 0
Logical CPU count : 4 - 1
Memory : 2048 - 512
Fixed Disk Count : 1 - 0
Total Disk Space (MB) : 476817 - 10227
Multi-Thread : 0 - 7
MAC Address : 4-005056c00008 - 0-000c290b1612
MAC Address 2 : 3-005056c00001 -
ComputerName : VMTEST-XP2 - VMTEST-XP4
IPaddr : 192.168.5.182 - 192.168.4.132
OSProductID : 55274-640-7804556-23379 - 76487-640-7804556-23915
Percent Match: 0