How to Add a State Migration Point Folder

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2022-10-04

In Configuration Manager, you add an operating system deployment state migration point folder by adding the folder description to the Directories embedded property list.

The folder description is a string that defines the following information.

Value	Description
`Directory`	The name of the folder.
`MaxClients`	The maximum number of clients supported.
`MinDiskSpace`	The minimum disk space required.
`MinDiskSpaceUnit`	The minimum disk space units. 1 - MB 2 - GB 3 - Percentage

To add a state migration point folder

Set up a connection to the SMS Provider. For more information, see SMS Provider fundamentals.
Make a connection to the state migration point resources section of the site control file.
Get the Directories embedded properties list.
Update the Directories embedded property with new folder.
Commit the changes to the site control file.

Example

The following example method adds a new folder to the state migration point.

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

Sub AddSmpFolder( connection, _  
    context,              _  
    directory,            _  
     maxClients,          _  
     minDiskSpace,        _  
     minDiskSpaceUnit,    _  
    siteCode)  

    Dim InParams  
    Dim smpSettings  
    Dim found  

     ' Format the directories string.  
     smpSettings = "Directory=" + directory + ";MaxClients=" + _  
     CStr(maxClients) + ";MinDiskSpace=" + CStr(minDiskSpace) + _  
     ";MinDiskSpaceUnit=" + CStr(minDiskSpaceUnit) + ";"  

     Set InParams = connection.Get("SMS_SiteControlFile").Methods_("RefreshSCF").InParameters.SpawnInstance_  
InParams.SiteCode = siteCode  
connection.ExecMethod "SMS_SiteControlFile", "RefreshSCF", InParams, , context  

    Query = "SELECT * FROM SMS_SCI_SysResUse " & _  
            "WHERE RoleName = 'SMS State Migration Point' " & _  
            "AND SiteCode = '" & siteCode & "'"  

    found = false  

    Set SCIComponentSet = connection.ExecQuery(Query, , , context)  

    For Each SCIComponent In SCIComponentSet  
        For Each vProperty in SCIComponent.PropLists  

            WScript.Echo vProperty.PropertyListName  

            if   vProperty.PropertyListName = "Directories" Then  

                Dim  directories  
                Dim i  

                found = true  

                ' Resize the array to accommodate the new directory.  
                ReDim  directories(UBound (vProperty.Values)+1)  

                for i  = 0 to UBound(vProperty.Values)   
                    directories(i) = vProperty.Values(i)  
                Next  

                directories(ubound (directories))= smpSettings  
                vProperty.Values = directories                  

            End If    

        Next    

              ' Update the component in your copy of the site control file. Get the path  
             ' to the updated object, which could be used later to retrieve the instance.  
             Set SCICompPath = SCIComponent.Put_( , context)  
    Next  

    ' Commit the change to the actual site control file.  
    Set InParams = connection.Get("SMS_SiteControlFile").Methods_("CommitSCF").InParameters.SpawnInstance_  
    InParams.SiteCode = siteCode  
   connection.ExecMethod "SMS_SiteControlFile", "CommitSCF", InParams, , context  

 End Sub

public void AddSmpFolder(  
    WqlConnectionManager connection,  
    string directory,  
    int maxClients,  
    int minDiskSpace,  
    int minDiskSpaceUnit,  
    string serverName,  
    string siteCode)  
{  
    try  
    {  
        // Set up folder string.  
        string smpSettings = "Directory=" +   
            directory +   
            ";MaxClients=" +   
            maxClients.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) +  
            ";MinDiskSpace=" +   
            minDiskSpace.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) +   
            ";MinDiskSpaceUnit=" +   
            minDiskSpaceUnit.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) +  
            ";";  

        // Get state migration point properties from site control file.  
        IResultObject ro = connection.GetInstance(  
            "SMS_SCI_SysResUse.FileType=2,ItemName='[\"Display=\\\\" +  
            serverName +   
            "\\\"]MSWNET:[\"SMS_SITE=" +   
            siteCode + "\"]\\\\" +   
            serverName +  
            "\\,SMS State Migration Point',ItemType='System Resource Usage',SiteCode='" +  
            siteCode +   
            "'"  
            );  

        // Get directories.  
        Dictionary<string, IResultObject> embeddedPropertyLists = ro.EmbeddedPropertyLists;  

        string[] directories = embeddedPropertyLists["Directories"]["Values"].StringArrayValue; // Current directories.  

        List<string> directoriesList = new List<string>(); // convert to list.  
        foreach (string directoryName in directories)  
        {  
            directoriesList.Add(directoryName);  
        }  

        directoriesList.Add(smpSettings);  

        // Update the embedded property list.  
        embeddedPropertyLists["Directories"]["Values"].StringArrayValue = directoriesList.ToArray();  

        ro.EmbeddedPropertyLists = embeddedPropertyLists;  

        // Commit changes.  
        ro.Put();  
    }  
    catch (SmsException e)  
    {  
        Console.WriteLine("failed to update SMP settings" + 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.
`context (VBScript)`	- VBScript: `SWbemContext`	A valid context object. For more information, see How to Add a Configuration Manager Context Qualifier by Using WMI.
`directory`	- Managed: `String` - VBScript: `String`	The folder to be added.
`maxClients`	- Managed: `Integer` - VBScript: `Integer`	The maximum number of supported clients.
`minDiskSpace`	- Managed: `Integer` - VBScript: `Integer`	The minimum disk space.
`minDiskSpaceUnit`	- Managed: `Integer` - VBScript: `Integer`	The minimum disk space unit.
`serverName`	- Managed: `String` - VBScript: `String`	The Configuration Manager server that the state migration point is running on.
`siteCode`	- Managed: `String` - VBScript: `String`	The site code for the site that is running the state migration point site role.

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

System.Globalization

Assembly

microsoft.configurationmanagement.managementprovider

adminui.wqlqueryengine

Robust Programming

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

.NET Framework Security

For more information about securing Configuration Manager applications, see Configuration Manager role-based administration.

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