In System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, you add an operating system image package by creating an instance of SMS_ImagePackage class. The path to the Windows Image (WIM) file is specified in the PkgSourcePath property as a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path.

To create an operating system image package

  1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider. For more information, see About the SMS Provider in Configuration Manager.

  2. Create an instance of SMS_ImagePackage.

  3. Specify the path to the WIM file in PkgSourcePath.

  4. Commit the SMS_ImagePackage class instance.

Example

The following example method creates an operating system package.

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

Visual Basic Script  Copy Code 
Sub AddOSImagePackage(connection, newImagePackageName, newImagePackageDescription, newImagePackageSourcePath)

	Dim newImagePackage

	Set newImagePackage = connection.Get("SMS_ImagePackage").SpawnInstance_()
	' Populate the new package properties.
	newImagePackage.Name = newImagePackageName
	newImagePackage.Description = newImagePackageDescription
	newImagePackage.PkgSourceFlag = 2
	newImagePackage.PkgSourcePath = newImagePackageSourcePath

	' Save the package.
	 newImagePackage.Put_
 
End Sub
C#  Copy Code 
public void AddOSImagePackage(
	WqlConnectionManager connection, 
	string newImagePackageName, 
	string newImagePackageDescription, 
	string newImagePackageSourcePath)
{
	try
	{
		// Create new package object.
		IResultObject newImagePackage = connection.CreateInstance("SMS_ImagePackage");

		// Populate new package properties.
		newImagePackage["Name"].StringValue = newImagePackageName;
		newImagePackage["Description"].StringValue = newImagePackageDescription;
		newImagePackage["PkgSourceFlag"].IntegerValue = (int)PackageSourceFlag.StorageDirect;
		newImagePackage["PkgSourcePath"].StringValue = newImagePackageSourcePath;

		// Save new package and new package properties.
		newImagePackage.Put();
}
	catch (SmsException e)
	{
		Console.WriteLine();
		Console.WriteLine("Failed to create package. Error: " + e.Message);
		throw;
}
}

The example method has the following parameters:

Parameter

Type

Description

connection

  • Managed: WqlConnectionManager

  • VBScript: SWbemServices

A valid connection to the SMS Provider.

newImagePackageName

  • Managed: String

  • VBScript: String

The new image package name.

newImagePackageDescription

  • Managed: String

  • VBScript: String

The new image package description

newImagePackageSourcePath

  • Managed: String

  • VBScript: String

The UNC path to the WIM file.

Compiling the Code

The C# example has the following compilation requirements:

Namespaces

System

System.Collections.Generic

System.Text

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider.WqlQueryEngine

Assembly

microsoft.configurationmanagement.managementprovider

adminui.wqlqueryengine

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