In System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, to export a configuration baseline or configuration item using the Configuration Manager SDK, read the relevant SMS_ConfigurationItem instance and write the SDMPackageXML property (string) to a file.

Important
The encoding of the XML file must be set to UTF-16 encoded Unicode.

To export Configuration Baselines and Configuration Items

  1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider.

  2. Get the specific instance of SMS_ConfigurationItem class using the unique ID of the configuration item (CI_ID).

  3. Copy the configuration item XML (SDMPackageXML) into a variable.

  4. Write the configuration item XML content to a file.

Example

The following code example shows how to read an instance of a configuration baseline or configuration item and then export it to a file.

For information about calling the sample code, see Calling Configuration Manager Code Snippets.

Visual Basic Script  Copy Code 
Sub DCMExportBaselineOrCI(swbemServices, _
						pathToFile, _
						configurationItemId)

' Set required variables.
fileContents		=	""
configurationItemXML  =	null

' Get specified configuration item (configurationItemId variable).
Set getCIInfo = swbemServices.Get("SMS_ConfigurationItem.CI_ID=" & configurationItemId )
 
' Copy configuration item XML into variable. 
configurationItemXML = getCIInfo.SDMPackageXML

Wscript.Echo configurationItemXML

' Open file for write (Unicode option enabled by second true).
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set textFile = FSO.CreateTextFile(pathToFile, true, true)

' Write XML content to file specified by pathToFile.	 
textFile.Write configurationItemXML
textFile.Close 

Wscript.Echo " "
Wscript.Echo "Successfully wrote " & pathToFile

End Sub
C#  Copy Code 
public void DCMExportBaselineOrCI(WqlConnectionManager connection,
								string pathToOutputFile,
								string configurationItemId)
{

	// Set required variables.
	string configurationItemXML = null;

	try
	{
		// Get the specified configuration item (configurationItemId variable).
		IResultObject getCIInfo = connection.GetInstance(@"SMS_ConfigurationItem.CI_ID=" + configurationItemId);

		// Copy configuration item XML into variable. 
		configurationItemXML = getCIInfo["SDMPackageXML"].StringValue;
}
	catch (SmsException ex)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Failed to retrieve configuration item xml. " + "\n" + ex.Message);
		throw;
}

	StreamWriter sw = null;
	try
	{
		// Open file for output.
		sw = new StreamWriter(pathToOutputFile, false, System.Text.Encoding.Unicode);

		// Write XML to output file.
		sw.Write(configurationItemXML);
}
	catch (Exception ex)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Failed to write configuration item XML to: " + pathToOutputFile + "\n" + ex.Message);
		throw;
}
	finally
	{
		if (sw != null)
		{
			sw.Close();
	}
}

	Console.WriteLine("Wrote configuration item XML to: " + pathToOutputFile);
}

The example method has the following parameters:

Parameter

Type

Description

connection

  • Managed: WqlConnectionManager

  • VBScript: SWbemServices

A valid connection to the SMS Provider.
  • pathToOutputFile

  • pathToFile
  • Managed: String

  • VBScript: String

Path to the output file.

configurationItemId

  • Managed: String

  • VBScript: String

Identifier of a configuration item to export.

Compiling the Code

Namespaces

System

System.Collections.Generic

System.ComponentModel

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider.WqlQueryEngine

Assembly

adminui.wqlqueryengine

microsoft.configurationmanagement.managementprovider

Robust Programming

For more information about error handling, see About Configuration Manager Errors.

Security

For more information about securing Configuration Manager applications, see Securing Configuration Manager Applications.

See Also