Hardware Inventory Server WMI Classes

 

Applies To: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager

The System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager hardware inventory server Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) classes are generated dynamically.

During the System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager hardware inventory process, the name for a class is transformed from "Win32_hardware" to "SMS_G_System_hardware". For example, "Win32_DiskDrive" translates to "SMS_G_System_DISK".

In addition to the class name change, the following differences are found between the Win32 classes and the System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager hardware inventory server classes:

• Each System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager class inherits four properties from SMS_G_System_Current Server WMI Class.

• The System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager hardware inventory classes do not support the Win32 class methods.

• Many of the System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager hardware inventory classes contain a subset of the Win32 class properties.

In This Section

• SMS_G_System_SYSTEM Server WMI Class
  Contains information about the operating system that is running on a client computer.

• SMS_G_System_WORKSTATION_STATUS Server WMI Class
  Contains information about the last time inventory was collected on a client computer.

• SMS_InventoryClass Server WMI Class
  Represents inventory classes that exist in the system.

• SMS_InventoryClassProperty Server WMI Class
  Represents the properties associated with an inventory class.

• SMS_InventoryReport Server WMI Class
  Represents the classes and properties that are enabled to collect.

• SMS_InventoryReportClass Server WMI Class
  Represents the classes that are enabled to collect in this inventory report.

See Also

Configuration Manager Resource Management Server WMI Classes