How to Import a New Computer into Configuration Manager
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
You add a new computer directly to the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 database by calling the ImportMachineEntry Method in Class SMS_Site. This can be used to deploy operating systems to computers that have not yet been discovered automatically by Configuration Manager 2007.
You must provide the following information:
NETBIOS computer name
MAC address
SMBIOS GUID
Note
The MAC address must be for a network adapter that has a driver in Windows PE. The MAC address must be in colon format. For example, 00:00:00:00:00:00
. Other formats will prevent the client from receiving policy.
You should add a newly imported computer to a collection. This allows you to immediately create advertisements for deploying operating systems to the computer.
You can associate a new computer with a reference computer. For more information, see How to Create an Association Between Two Computers in Configuration Manager.
To add a new computer
Set up a connection to the SMS Provider. For more information, see About the SMS Provider in Configuration Manager.
Add the resource identifier you get from ImportMachineEntry to a collection.
Example
The following example method adds a new computer to Configuration Manager. The ImportMachineEntry Method in Class SMS_Site is used to import the computer. Then, the computer is added to the "All Systems" collection.
For information about calling the sample code, see Calling Configuration Manager Code Snippets.
Sub AddNewComputer (connection, netBiosName, smBiosGuid, macAddress)
Dim inParams
Dim outParams
Dim siteClass
Dim collection
Dim collectionRule
If (IsNull(smBiosGuid) = True) And (IsNull(macAddress) = True) Then
WScript.Echo "smBiosGuid or macAddress must be defined"
Exit Sub
End If
If IsNull(macAddress) = False Then
macAddress = Replace(macAddress,"-",":")
End If
' Obtain an InParameters object specific
' to the method.
Set siteClass = connection.Get("SMS_Site")
Set inParams = siteClass.Methods_("ImportMachineEntry"). _
inParameters.SpawnInstance_()
' Add the input parameters.
inParams.Properties_.Item("MACAddress") = macAddress
inParams.Properties_.Item("NetbiosName") = netBiosName
inParams.Properties_.Item("OverwriteExistingRecord") = False
inParams.Properties_.Item("SMBIOSGUID") = smBiosGuid
' Add the computer.
Set outParams = connection.ExecMethod("SMS_Site", "ImportMachineEntry", inParams)
' Add the computer to the all systems collection.
set collection = connection.Get("SMS_Collection.CollectionID='SMS00001'")
set collectionRule=connection.Get("SMS_CollectionRuleDirect").SpawnInstance_
collectionRule.ResourceClassName="SMS_R_System"
collectionRule.ResourceID= outParams.ResourceID
collection.AddMembershipRule collectionRule
End Sub
public int AddNewComputer(
WqlConnectionManager connection,
string netBiosName,
string smBiosGuid,
string macAddress)
{
try
{
if (smBiosGuid == null && macAddress == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("smBiosGuid or macAddress must be defined");
}
// Reformat macAddress to : separator.
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(macAddress) == false)
{
macAddress = macAddress.Replace("-", ":");
}
// Create the computer.
Dictionary<string, object> inParams = new Dictionary<string, object>();
inParams.Add("NetbiosName", netBiosName);
inParams.Add("SMBIOSGUID", smBiosGuid);
inParams.Add("MACAddress", macAddress);
inParams.Add("OverwriteExistingRecord", false);
IResultObject outParams = connection.ExecuteMethod(
"SMS_Site",
"ImportMachineEntry",
inParams);
// Add to All System collection.
IResultObject collection = connection.GetInstance("SMS_Collection.collectionId='SMS00001'");
IResultObject collectionRule = connection.CreateEmbeddedObjectInstance("SMS_CollectionRuleDirect");
collectionRule["ResourceClassName"].StringValue = "SMS_R_System";
collectionRule["ResourceID"].IntegerValue = outParams["ResourceID"].IntegerValue;
Dictionary<string, object> inParams2 = new Dictionary<string, object>();
inParams2.Add("collectionRule", collectionRule);
collection.ExecuteMethod("AddMembershipRule", inParams2);
return outParams["ResourceID"].IntegerValue;
}
catch (SmsException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("failed to add the computer" + e.Message);
throw;
}
}
The example method has the following parameters:
Parameter |
Type |
Description |
connection |
|
|
netBiosName |
|
|
smBiosGuid |
|
The SMBIOS GUID for the computer. |
MacAddress |
|
The MAC address for the computer in the following format: |
Compiling the Code
The C# example has the following compilation requirements:
Namespaces
System
System.Collections.Generic
Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider
Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider.WqlQueryEngine
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.