How to Add a State Migration Point Folder

Article
05/03/2011

Applies To: System Center Configuration Manager 2007, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2

In Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007, 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 About the SMS Provider in Configuration Manager.
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.

Security

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

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