The System Center 2012 Configuration Manager hardware inventory server Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) classes are generated dynamically.
During the System Center 2012 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 Configuration Manager hardware inventory server classes:
- Each System Center 2012
Configuration Manager class inherits four properties from
SMS_G_System_Current
Server WMI Class.
- The System Center 2012
Configuration Manager hardware inventory classes do not
support the Win32 class methods.
- Many of the System Center 2012
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.