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A Brief Overview To Store or Not to Store Data Sources Data Gathering Now What

Database Comparison ConfigMgr DB Inventory Compliance Status CMDB History Process Tracking Ownership Inventory Compliance Status =/ J

What To Store in Configuration Manager Resident information on managed systems Information about managed systems Information intended for direct ConfigMgr use Information from other databases Information not related to managed systems Lots of data; e.g., frequent perf samples S

Data Sources for Custom Data Managed Systems ApplicationsThe InternetActive DirectoryUser Input J

Managed System Data Sources Managed Systems WMI Registry Event Logs Anything you can script S

Data Gathering Options in ConfigMgr Hardware Inventory Discovery J

Hardware Inventory Overview MP J

The MOFs Configuration.mof Defines data Does not tell ConfigMgr to do anything Compiled on each client when a change is detected Sms_def.mof Defines from where and how data should be retrieved Instructional to ConfigMgr Stored in the DB S

Demo Hardware Inventory

Demo User Input

Custom Hardware Inventory Gotchas User data By default, users cannot create object instances script.aspx Data Deletion in client settings Remove from non-default client settings packages first, then delete from the default client settings package Providers linked to root\cimv2 Registry Provider MS_VIEW_INSTANCE_PROVIDER Know the difference between Configuration.mof and sms_def.mof Keys/values from 32-bit apps on 64-bit systems Sherry Kissinger SCCM Guru Webcast:

Custom Hardware Inventory Gotchas By default, users cannot create object instances. Providers may be linked to root\cimv2. Configuration.mof and sms_def.mof are different Registry keys & values from 32-bit apps on 64-bit systems J

Discovery Overview Site Server DDR J

Demo Active Directory Discovery

Demo Custom Data Discovery Records

Custom DDR Gotchas A malformed DDR can crash SMS_Executive. Can’t PXE boot to systems created with a custom DDR. No “supported” way to delete new fields added. Set the name attribute on the correct fields. J

Using Custom Data Console QueriesCollections Database Ad-hoc Queries Reports S

Demo Custom Data Use

Demo Direct Data from PowerShell

Hints, Allegations & Things Left Unsaid Challenges User-specific data Architecture specific data Finding the data Ramifications DB Bloat Bandwidth Good Practices Delete after use Don’t extend without a requirement Use custom classes and (WMI) namespaces S

Takeaways Data can from multiple sources Custom data has multiple uses WMI, PowerShell, & SQL are your friends J

Custom WMI vs. MIFs WMINOIDMIFsIDMIFs File based Submission Resource Specific Syntax/typo sensitive Create new resources Create new classes/tables Validated

Windows Data Sources Easy Button WMI Sorta/Kinda Easy Button Registry Not So Easy Button User Input Non- WMI

Not So Easy Data Source (Pull) Gather Data Store for ConfigMgr ConfigMgr Collects

Gathering Custom Data and Storing in WMI Determine data location and how to retrieve it Identify Create data storage schema Script Configuration.mof Define Retrieve and store data or make accessible via WMI Script Provider Create Configure ConfigMgr to gather custom data from custom WMI class Enable Execute script using classic package or compliance settings (not required if using a provider) Deploy Create collections, queries, reports Use

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