How to Add an Operating System Install Package in Configuration Manager

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

You add an operating system install package to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 by creating and populating an instance of SMS_OperatingSystemInstallPackage Server WMI Class.

To add an operating system install package

Set up a connection to the SMS Provider. For more information, see About the SMS Provider in Configuration Manager.
Create an instance of SMS_OperatingSystemInstallPackage.
Set at least the Name, PkgSourceFlag and PkgSourcePath properties.
Commit the changes.

Example

The following example method adds an operating system install package.

For information about calling the sample code, see Calling Configuration Manager Code Snippets.

Sub AddOSInstallPackage(connection, name, description, path)

    Dim osInstallPackage
    
    Set osInstallPackage = connection.Get("SMS_OperatingSystemInstallPackage").SpawnInstance_()
    ' Populate the new package properties.
    osInstallPackage.Name = name
    osInstallPackage.Description = description
    
    osInstallPackage.PkgSourceFlag=2
    osInstallPackage.PkgSourcePath = path
  
    ' Write the package.
    osInstallPackage.Put_
 
End Sub

public void AddOSInstallPackage(
    WqlConnectionManager connection, 
    string name, 
    string description, 
    string path)
{
    try
    {
        // Create new operating system image package object.
        IResultObject osInstallPackage = connection.CreateInstance("SMS_OperatingSystemInstallPackage");

        // Populate operating system package properties.
        osInstallPackage["Name"].StringValue = name;
        osInstallPackage["Description"].StringValue = description;
        osInstallPackage["PkgSourceFlag"].IntegerValue = (int)PackageSourceFlag.StorageDirect;
        osInstallPackage["PkgSourcePath"].StringValue = path;

        // Save operating system package.
        osInstallPackage.Put();
    }
    catch (SmsException e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine();
        Console.WriteLine("Failed to create package. Error: " + e.Message);
        throw;
    }
}

The example method has the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
connection	Managed: WqlConnectionManager VBScript: SWbemServices	A valid connection to the SMS Provider.
name	Managed: String VBScript: String	Name for the new operating system image package.
description	Managed: String VBScript: String	Description for the operating system image package.
path	Managed: Integer VBScript: Integer	Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path to the image Windows Image (WIM) file.

Compiling the Code

The C# example has the following compilation requirements:

Namespaces

System

System.Collections.Generic

System.Text

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.