SMS_G_System_CollectedFile Server WMI Class

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

The SMS_G_System_CollectedFile Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class is an SMS Provider server class, in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, that contains information about a file copied from the client computer to the site server.

The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and includes all inherited properties.

Syntax

Class SMS_G_System_CollectedFile : SMS_G_System
{
     DateTime CollectionDate;
     UInt8 FileData[];
     String FileName;
     String FilePath;
     UInt32 FileSize;
     DateTime FileModifyDate;
     String LocalFilePath;
     DateTime ModifiedDate;
     UInt32 ResourceID;
     UInt32 RevisionID;
};

Methods

The SMS_G_System_CollectedFile class does not define any methods.

Properties

  • CollectionDate
    Data type: DateTime

    Access type: Read/Write

    Qualifiers: None

    Date and time the file was collected from the client computer.

  • FileData
    Data type: UInt8 Array

    Access type: Read/Write

    Qualifiers: [lazy]

    Contents of the file.

  • FileName
    Data type: String 

    Access type: Read/Write

    Qualifiers: [DefaultOrder("ASC")]

    Name and file name extension of the file.

  • FilePath
    Data type: String 

    Access type: Read/Write

    Qualifiers: [key]

    Path to the file on the client computer.

  • FileSize
    Data type: UInt32 

    Access type: Read/Write

    Qualifiers: None

    Size of the file, in bytes.

  • LocalFilePath
    Data type: String

    Access type: Read/Write

    Qualifiers: None

    Path to the file on the site server.

  • ModifiedDate
    Data type: DateTime 

    Access type: Read/Write

    Qualifiers: None

    Date and time the file was last modified.

  • ResourceID
    Data type: UInt32 

    Access type: Read/Write

    Qualifiers: [key]

    See SMS_G_System Server WMI Class.

  • RevisionID
    Data type: UInt32

    Access type: Read/Write

    Qualifiers: [key]

    Revision ID that increments each time an inventory is taken to identify the number of times the file has been inventoried. The file is only inventoried when it has changed.

  • FileModifyDate
    Data type: DateTime 

    Access type: Read/Write

    Qualifiers: None

    Date and time the file was last modified….

Remarks

There are no special class qualifiers for this class. For more information about both the class qualifiers and the property qualifiers included in the Properties section, see Configuration Manager Class and Property Qualifiers.

The Software Inventory Agent collects files identified in the site control file. To identify the files to collect, the agent:

  1. Queries the site control SMS_SCI_ClientComp Server WMI Class objects for items having the value "Software Inventory Agent" for the ClientComponentName property.

  2. Loops through the embedded property list. When the value for PropertyName is "Collectable Files", the agent updates the comma-delimited list of file names (including extensions) in the Value2 property. When the value for PropertyName is "Max Collected File Size", the agent sets a maximum size, in megabytes, for the files that System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager collects from the client, for that query, during each software inventory cycle.

  3. For any new collectable file added, adds an entry to each of the embedded property lists Collectable File Path, Collectable File Subdirectories, Collectable File Exclude, and Collectable File Max Size.

  4. Updates the site control file. For information about updating the site control file, see Configuration Manager Site Control File.

Note

Collecting files from clients can generate a large volume of network traffic and require extensive storage space. For this reason, you should test any changes you make in a test environment before implementing them in a production environment.

Collected files are deleted on a schedule if the Delete Aged Collected Files database maintenance task is set to true in the System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager console. You can also enable this task and set the schedule by updating the site control file. The site control item is an instance of SMS_SCI_SQLTask Server WMI Class and the TaskName value is "Delete Aged Collected Files".

Requirements

Runtime Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Runtime Requirements.

Development Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Development Requirements.

See Also

Configuration Manager Resource Management Server WMI Classes
SMS_G_System Server WMI Class
Configuration Manager Site Control File