Configuration Manager Integration Pack for System Center - Orchestrator

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Important

This version of Orchestrator has reached the end of support. We recommend you to upgrade to Orchestrator 2022.

The Integration Pack for Configuration Manager is an add-on for System Center - Orchestrator that enables you to automate common Configuration Manager management functions.

With this integration pack, you can also create workflows that interact with and transfer information to the integration packs for System Center Service Manager, System Center Data Protection Manager, System Center Operations Manager, and System Center Virtual Machine Manager.

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System Requirements

Before you can install the Integration Pack for Configuration Manager, you must first install and configure the following listed software. For more information about how to install and configure Orchestrator and Active Directory, see the respective product documentation.

  • System Center integration packs require System Center - Orchestrator and Configuration Manager.

Downloading the Integration Pack

Registering and deploying the Integration Pack

After you download the integration pack file, you must register it with the Orchestrator management server, and then deploy it to runbook servers and Runbook Designer. For specific procedures, see How To Install an Integration Pack.

Configuring the Configuration Manager Integration Pack connection settings

Connections provide a way for you to define the way that the Configuration Manager Activities will connect to the Configuration Manager server(s) in your infrastructure. You must define at least one connection in order to use the Configuration Manager activities, but you can define as many as you need in order to connect to different Configuration Manager servers or utilize different connection settings or credentials.

To set up a Configuration Manager connection

  1. In the Runbook Designer, select Options, and select Configuration Manager. The Configuration Manager dialog appears.

  2. On the Connections tab, select Add to begin the connection setup. The Add Connection dialog appears.

  3. In the Name box, enter a name for the connection. This could be the name of the Active Directory domain, or a descriptive name to distinguish the type of connection.

  4. In the Server box, enter the name or IP address of the Configuration Manager computer. If you're using the computer name, you can enter the NetBIOS name or the fully qualified domain name (FQDN). If you've installed Orchestrator on the Configuration Manager server, you can enter “Localhost” or the NetBIOS name of the server.

  5. In the Username and Password boxes, enter the credentials that Orchestrator will use to connect to the Configuration Manager Site Server.

Note

The Username includes the domain name, for example: “contoso\admin”.

  1. Select Test Connection. When the message "Successfully connected" appears, select OK.

  2. Select OK to close the configuration dialog, and select Finish.