SMS_ObjectContainerNode Server WMI Class

Article
05/03/2011

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

The SMS_ObjectContainerNode WMI class is an SMS Provider server class, in Configuration Manager, that contains information for a given Configuration Manager console folder.

Class SMS_ObjectContainerNode : SMS_BaseClass
{
   UInt32 ContainerNodeID;
   UInt32 FolderFlags;
   String FolderGuid;
   String Name;
   UInt32 ObjectType;
   UInt32 ParentContainerNodeID;
   Boolean SearchFolder;
   String SearchString;
   String SourceSite;
};

Methods

The following table shows the methods in SMS_ ObjectContainerNode.

Method	Description
MoveFolders Method in Class SMS_ObjectContainerNode	Moves one or more folders to another folder location.

Properties

ContainerNodeID
Data type: UInt32

Access type: Read/Write

Qualifiers: [key]

The unique ID of the current folder. This value is automatically generated by the SMS Provider when the class instance is created.

FolderFlags
Data type: UInt32

Access type: Read/Write

Qualifiers: None

Flags that apply to the console folder if it is searchable, that is, if SearchFolder is set to TRUE. The default value of FolderFlags is 0.

FolderGuid
Data type: String

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: [read, not_null]

The GUID of the folder.

Name
Data type: String

Access type: Read/Write

Qualifiers: None

The name of the console folder. The default name is "New Folder".

ObjectType
Data type: UInt32

Access type: Read/Write

Qualifiers: None

Type of object to place in the console folder. Possible values are:

Value	Description
2	SMS_Package
3	SMS_Advertisement
7	SMS_Query
8	SMS_Report
9	SMS_MeteredProductRule
11	SMS_ConfigurationItem
14	SMS_OperatingSystemInstallPackage
17	SMS_StateMigration
18	SMS_ImagePackage
19	SMS_BootImagePackage
20	SMS_TaskSequencePackage
21	SMS_DeviceSettingPackage
23	SMS_DriverPackage
25	SMS_Driver
1011	SMS_SoftwareUpdate
2011	SMS_ConfigurationItem (Configuration baseline).

ParentContainerNodeID
Data type: UInt32

Access type: Read/Write

Qualifiers: None

The unique ID of the parent folder.

SearchFolder
Data type: Boolean

Access type: Read/Write

Qualifiers: None

TRUE if the folder is a search folder; otherwise FALSE. The default value is FALSE.

SearchString
Data type: String

Access type: Read/Write

Qualifiers: [lazy]

Search criteria for the folder. Only applies if SearchFolder is TRUE. For more information, see Configuration Manager Search Folder XML.

The default value is "".

SourceSite
Data type: String

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: [read, not_null]

The site code of the site where the folder originated.

Remarks

There are no special class qualifiers for this class. For more information about both the class qualifiers and the property qualifiers that are included in the Properties section, see Configuration Manager Class and Property Qualifiers.

Configuration Manager introduces folders that can be searched for Configuration Manager objects based on a number of criteria. For example, your application can search for packages with a specific package ID. The search criteria are defined by XML. The following example defines a search for a package with a package ID of JBS00004.

<SearchFolderDescription xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" Name="SMS_Package">
 <SearchFolderDescriptionItems>
 <SearchFolderDescriptionItem PropertyName="PackageID">
  <SearchStrings>
   <string>JBS00004</string>
  </SearchStrings> 
 </SearchFolderDescriptionItem>
 </SearchFolderDescriptionItems>
</SearchFolderDescription>

Requirements

Runtime Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Runtime Requirements.

Development Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Development Requirements.