Content Management Views in Configuration Manager
Updated: January 1, 2014
Applies To: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
Content management in Configuration Manager provides the tools for you to manage content files for applications, packages, software updates, and operating system deployment.
Content Management Views
The content management views are described in the following table.
Content view |
Description |
|---|---|
v_ContentDistributionReport |
Lists information about the content packages sent to each distribution point together with the status of the distribution and the current state of the distribution. This view can be joined to other views by using the PkgID column. |
v_ContentDistributionMessages |
Lists status returned by the content distribution process for Configuration Manager content packages, by ID. Returns the ID of the content package, recent status messages, and more. This view can be joined to other views by using the PkgID column. |
v_DistributionPointInfoBase |
Lists detailed information about each distribution point in the site, including the server name, the NAL path, any configured share name, whether it is Internet-facing and more. This view can be joined to other views by using the ServerName column. |
v_DistributionPointMessages |
List information about status messages sent by packages on each distribution point in the site. This includes the last time that status was sent and the ID of the status message that was sent. This view can be joined to other views by using the ID, DPID, or PkgID columns. |
v_DistributionPoints |
Lists information about each distribution point in the Configuration Manager hierarchy, including the ID, the server name that hosts the distribution point, the site code, whether it is a pull distribution point, and more. This view can be joined to other views by using the DPID column. |
v_DistributionStatus |
Lists each content package and the current distribution status of the package. This includes the package ID, the ID of the distribution point, the time that status was last reported and more. This view can be joined to other views by using the PkgID column. |
v_DistributionPointDriveInfo |
Lists information about the location and the status of content on distribution points. This includes the site code, NAL path, drive where the content is stored, total and free space on the drive, and more. It is unlikely that this view will be joined to other views. |
v_DPGroupContentDetails |
Lists information, by group ID about the content stored on distribution point groups. This includes the group ID, content package ID, number of packages pending install, number of packages successfully installed, and more. This view can be joined to other views by using the GroupID or PkgID columns. |
v_DPGroupContentInfo |
Lists, for each distribution point, the number of content packages installed, in progress, or failed. This view can be joined to other views by using the GroupID column. |
v_DPGroupMembers |
Lists, by group ID, the path to each distribution point in the group. It is unlikely that this view will be joined to other views. |
v_DPGroupPackages |
Lists, by group ID, the content packages that have been deployed to each distribution point group. It is unlikely that this view will be joined to other views. |
v_DPStatusSummary |
Lists, by NAL path, the summary status of each distribution point. This includes the number of packages distributed to the distribution point, the number of content distributions installed, in progress and failed. This view can be joined to other views by using the DPNalPath column. |
v_Content |
Lists, by package ID, each content package at the site, including the content ID, version, size of the source files, and more. This view can be joined to other views by using the PkgID column. |
v_ContDistStatSummary |
Lists, by package ID, each content package at the site, with details about which distribution points have been targeted with that content, together with the last status time, number if successful, pending and failed content distributions, and more. This view can be joined to other views by using the PkgID column. |
v_ContentDistribution |
Lists information about the content packages, by package ID, that have been sent to distribution points. This includes the ID of the distribution point, the current state and the date of the last status summary. This view can be joined to other views by using the PkgID column. |
v_ContentDistributionHighlights |
This view can be joined to other views by using the PkgID column. |
v_ContentDistributionReport_DP |
Lists, sorted by distribution point NA: path, the current status of each distribution point. This includes the last status time, number of packages on the distribution point, number of content distributions in progress and the number of errors. This view can be joined to other views by using the DPNalPath column. |
v_ContentDistributionVersions |
Lists, by package ID, the package versions on each distribution point. This includes the site code, the NAL path of the distribution point, the latest source version and state, and more. This view can be joined to other views by using the PkgID column. |
v_ContentInfo |
This view lists information about content associated with an application or deployment. This includes the source location of the content, information about related content and more. This view can be joined to other views by using the Content_ID column. |
v_SMS_DistributionPointGroup |
Lists all distribution point groups in the site hierarchy by GroupID. Contains the name of the distribution point group, who created it and when, the number of distribution points in the group and more. It is unlikely that this view will be joined to other views. |