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SMS_Driver 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_Driver Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class is an SMS Provider server class, in Configuration Manager, that represents device drivers, in the driver catalog, that can be installed as part of a task sequence in an operating system deployment.

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

Syntax

Class SMS_Driver : SMS_ConfigurationItemBaseClass
{
      String ApplicabilityCondition;
      String CategoryInstance_UniqueIDs[];
      UInt32 CI_ID;
      String CI_UniqueID;
      UInt32 CIType_ID;
      UInt32 CIVersion;
      String ContentSourcePath;
      String CreatedBy;
      DateTime DateCreated;
      DateTime DateLastModified;
      Boolean DriverBootCritical;
      String DriverClass;
      DateTime DriverDate;
      String DriverINFFile;
      String DriverProvider;
      Boolean DriverSigned;
      String DriverSigner;
      String DriverType;
      String DriverVersion;
      DateTime EffectiveDate;
      UInt32 EULAAccepted;
      Boolean EULAExists;
      DateTime EULASignoffDate;
      String EULASignoffUser;
      UInt32 ExecutionContext;
      Boolean IsBundle;
      Boolean IsDigest;
      Boolean IsEnabled;
      Boolean IsExpired;
      Boolean IsHidden;
      Boolean IsLatest;
      Boolean IsQuarantined;
      Boolean IsSuperseded;
      Boolean IsUserDefined;
      String LastModifiedBy;
      String LocalizedCategoryInstanceNames[];
      String LocalizedDescription;
      String LocalizedDisplayName;
      SMS_CI_LocalizedEulas LocalizedEulas[];
      SMS_CI_LocalizedProperties LocalizedInformation[];
      String LocalizedInformativeURL;
      UInt32 LocalizedPropertyLocaleID;
      UInt32 ModelID;
      String ModelName;
      UInt32 PermittedUses;
      String PlatformCategoryInstance_UniqueIDs[];
      UInt32 PlatformType;
      SMS_SDMPackageLocalizedData SDMPackageLocalizedData[];
      UInt32 SDMPackageVersion;
      String SDMPackageXML;
      String SecuredScopeNames[];
      String SedoObjectVersion;
      String SourceSite;
};

Methods

The following table shows the methods in SMS_Driver.

Method

Description

CreateFromINF Method in Class SMS_Driver

Creates an SMS_Driver object based on information from the specified source path and INF file.

CreateFromOEM Method in Class SMS_Driver

Creates a set of SMS_Driver objects referenced by the specified Txtsetup.oem file.

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 a driver catalog to manage the different computers, devices, and associated Windows device drivers that it supports. For more information, see About the Driver Catalog.

You can create an SMS_Driver object by using the CreateFromINF Method in Class SMS_Driver and CreateFromOEM Method in Class SMS_Driver methods. You use CreateFromINF Method in Class SMS_Driver to create an SMS_Driver Object from a Windows driver INF file. For more information see, How to Import a Windows Driver Described by an INF File into Configuration Manager. You use CreateFromOEM Method in Class SMS_Driver to create an SMS_Driver object from a Txtsetup.oem file.

Drivers share many of the abstract qualities of configuration items but you cannot use drivers like configuration items. For example, they cannot be assigned to baselines.

Drivers can be arranged into categories by adding the relevant category identifier to the SMS_Driver Server WMI Class CategoryInstance_UniqueIDs array property. For more information, see How to Add a Category to a Windows Driver.

When you use the Configuration Manager server WMI classes in your application or script, remember that each driver must be added to at least one driver package (SMS_DriverPackage Server WMI Class) before it can be installed on a client. For more information, see How to Create a Driver Package for a Windows Driver in Configuration Manager. Mass storage drivers may also be added to a boot image package, represented by SMS_BootImagePackage Server WMI Class. How to add a Windows Driver to a Configuration Manager Boot Image Package.

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

Operating System Deployment Server WMI Classes
SMS_DriverPackage Server WMI Class
SMS_Driver_Details Server WMI Class
SMS_TaskSequence Server WMI Class