You enable or disable a software metering rule, in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, by loading the instance of the software metering rule that is identified by the software metering rule ID and then setting the Enabled value.

To enable or disable a software metering rule

  1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider.

  2. Load the software metering rule object by using the SMS_MeteredProductRule class and a known software metering rule ID.

  3. Set the Enabled property to true or false.

Example

The following example method shows how to enable or disable a software metering rule by loading the instance of the software metering rule that is identified by the software metering rule ID and setting the Enabled property.

Important
The rule ID corresponds to the value that is stored in the property RuleID. The Configuration Manager console displays a Rule ID column, which actually corresponds to the value that is stored in the property SecurityID.

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

Visual Basic Script  Copy Code 
' Enable or disable a software metering rule.
 Sub EnableDisableSoftwareMeteringRule(connection, 	_
									existingSWMRuleID, _
									enableDisableSWMRule)						 

	' Get an existing software metering rule to enable or disable. 
	Set existingSWMRule = connection.Get("SMS_MeteredProductRule.RuleID='" & existingSWMRuleID & "'")  

	' Get file name for output.
	fileName = existingSWMRule.FileName
	 
	' Enable or disable the rule.
	existingSWMRule.Enabled = enableDisableSWMRule

	' Save the new rule and properties.
	existingSWMRule.Put_ 
	
	' Output a success message.
	Wscript.Echo "SWM rule ID:	" & existingSWMRuleID
	Wscript.Echo "Rule name:	" & fileName
	Wscript.Echo "Set enabled to: " & enableDisableSWMRule
								 
 End Sub
C#  Copy Code 
public void EnableDisableSoftwareMeteringRule(WqlConnectionManager connection,
											string existingSWMRuleID,
											bool enableDisableSWMRule)
{
	try
	{
		// Get the specific software metering rule to enable or disable.
		IResultObject existingSWMRule = connection.GetInstance(@"SMS_MeteredProductRule.RuleID='" + existingSWMRuleID + "'");

		// Get rule name for output message.
		string productName = existingSWMRule["ProductName"].StringValue;

		// Set the software metering rule.
		existingSWMRule["Enabled"].BooleanValue = enableDisableSWMRule;

		// Save changes.
		existingSWMRule.Put();

		// Output a success message.
		Console.WriteLine("SWM rule ID: " + existingSWMRuleID);
		Console.WriteLine("Rule name: " + productName);
		Console.WriteLine("Set enabled to: " + enableDisableSWMRule);
}

	catch (SmsException ex)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Failed to modify software metering rule. Error: " + ex.Message);
		throw;
}
}

The example method has the following parameters:

Parameter

Type

Description

connection

  • Managed: WqlConnectionManager

  • VBScript: SWbemServices

A valid connection to the SMS Provider.

existingSWMRuleID

  • Managed: String

  • VBScript: String

Identifies a specific software metering rule. In this case, identifies the specific software metering rule that will be enabled or disabled.

enableDisableSWMRule

  • Managed: Boolean

  • VBScript: Boolean

Enables or disables the software metering rule.

true - Enabled

false - Disabled

Compiling the Code

This C# example requires:

Namespaces

System

System.Collections.Generic

System.Text

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