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SMS_Package Server WMI Class

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Applies To: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager

The SMS_Package Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class is an SMS Provider server class, in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, that contains information about Configuration Manager packages.

The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and includes all inherited properties.

Syntax

Class SMS_Package : SMS_PackageBaseclass
{
      UInt32 ActionInProgress;
      String AlternateContentProviders;
      SInt32 DefaultImageFlags;
      String Description;
      UInt8 ExtendedData[];
      UInt32 ExtendedDataSize;
      UInt32 ForcedDisconnectDelay;
      Boolean ForcedDisconnectEnabled;
      UInt32 ForcedDisconnectNumRetries;
      UInt8 Icon[];
      UInt32 IconSize;
      Boolean IgnoreAddressSchedule;
      Boolean IsPredefinedPackage;
      UInt8 ISVData[];
      UInt32 ISVDataSize;
      String Language;
      DateTime LastRefreshTime;
      String LocalizedCategoryInstanceNames[];
      String Manufacturer;
      String MIFFilename;
      String MIFName;
      String MIFPublisher;
      String MIFVersion;
      String Name;
      UInt32 NumOfPrograms;
      String PackageID;
      UInt32 PackageSize;
      UInt32 PackageType;
      UInt32 PkgFlags;
      UInt32 PkgSourceFlag;
      String PkgSourcePath;
      String PreferredAddressType;
      UInt32 Priority;
      Boolean RefreshPkgSourceFlag;
      SMS_ScheduleToken RefreshSchedule[];
      String SecuredScopeNames[];
      String SedoObjectVersion;
      String ShareName;
      UInt32 ShareType;
      DateTime SourceDate;
      String SourceSite;
      UInt32 SourceVersion;
      String StoredPkgPath;
      UInt32 StoredPkgVersion;
      DateTime TransformAnalysisDate;
      UInt32 TransformReadiness;
      String Version;
};

Methods

The following table lists the methods in the SMS_Package class.

Method

Description

AddChangeNotification Method in Class SMS_Package

Adds a package change notification.

AddDistributionPoints Method in Class SMS_Package

Adds the distribution points for the package.

CheckDuplicateShareName Method in Class SMS_Package

Determines if any other package is using the same custom share name.

CheckDuplicateSourceName Method in Class SMS_Package

Determines whether the specified source name is used by another package.

CheckPackageShareForTaskSequenceDeployment Method in Class SMS_Package

Checks whether the package share type meets the requirements of a task sequence deployment.

RefreshPkgSource Method in Class SMS_Package

Refreshes the package source at all distribution points, when the package properties have not changed.

SetSourceSite Method in Class SMS_Package

Sets the code of the source site for the package.

Unlock Method in Class SMS_Package

Sets the source site to the current site, unlocking the package.

Properties

Remarks

Class qualifiers for this class include:

  • Secured

For more information about both the class qualifiers and the property qualifiers included in the Properties section, see Configuration Manager Class and Property Qualifiers.

Configuration Manager uses packages to distribute software to clients. Every package must contain at least one program (SMS_Program Server WMI Class), identifying what actions should occur on the client when the package is received. You can also identify whether the program provides an install status Management Information Format (MIF) file to report status or just uses an exit code.

When your application deletes an SMS_Package object, it is not fully deleted until deletion of its related items, for example, programs, source files, distribution points, and advertisements. Instead, Configuration Manager sets the ActionInProgress property to DELETE to mark the package for deletion. In SMS 2.0, to ensure that a query does not retrieve packages that have been marked for deletion, add this case to the WHERE clause. In SMS 2003, the WHERE clause is not required, because packages that are marked for deletion are not retrieved by a query. Use a status MIF file to generate detailed status reporting. To generate a status MIF file, your application must call the InstallStatusMIF function. For more information, see Status MIF Functions.

The values that your application provides when creating a package are entirely dependent on the programs that the package contains. For example, if the package contains a simple program that does not use source files and does not generate a status MIF file, the application can create a package that merely contains a value for the Name property.

Changing the ShareName or the PkgSourcePath property causes the Distribution Manager to delete and recreate the package on all distribution points of the current site. Because this can be an expensive process, your application should be efficient when updating these fields.

Note

Your application can also use the GetPDFData Method in Class SMS_PDF_Package to generate an SMS_Package object.

Requirements

Runtime Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Runtime Requirements.

Development Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Development Requirements.

See Also

Configuration Manager Software Distribution Server WMI Classes
SMS_PackageBaseclass Server WMI Class
GetPDFData Method in Class SMS_PDF_Package
How to Create a Package
PowerShell Cmdlet: New-CMPackage