Scripting Advanced Client Operations

The Advanced Client includes several scripting objects that can be used to control almost every aspect of the Advanced Client. For more information, see the Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Software Development Kit. Sample C.35 shows some common Advanced Client operations, including:

• Determining the currently assigned site and management point.

• Listing advertisements that are available to the client.

• Listing the state of the client actions and components.

• Starting the hardware inventory collection cycle.

• Listing the client properties.

• Listing the download cache configuration, including downloaded items.

• Changing the download cache size.

Sample C.35 AdvClient.vbs - miscellaneous Advanced Client operations

wscript.echo "Client:"
Set smsclient = CreateObject("Microsoft.SMS.Client")
wscript.echo "Assigned to: " & smsclient.GetAssignedSite
wscript.echo "MP: " & smsclient.GetCurrentManagementPoint
wscript.echo ""
set UI = CreateObject("UIResource.UIResourceMgr")
set ads=UI.GetAvailableApplications
wscript.echo ads.count & " available advertisements:"
for i=1 to ads.count
    wscript.echo ads.item(i).packagename
next
wscript.echo ""
wscript.echo "Client actions:"
set mgr = CreateObject("CPApplet.CPAppletMgr")
set actions=mgr.GetClientActions
for each action in actions
    wscript.echo action.name
    if action.name="Hardware Inventory Collection Cycle" then
        action.PerformAction
        wscript.echo "  hardware inventory initiated"    
        end if
next
wscript.echo ""wscript.echo "Client components:"set components=mgr.GetClientComponents
for each component in components
    if component.state=0 then state="installed"    
    if component.state=1 then state="enabled"    
    wscript.echo component.displayname, state
next
wscript.echo ""
wscript.echo "
Client properties:"
set properties=mgr.GetClientProperties
for each property in properties
    wscript.echo property.name & ": " & property.value
next
wscript.echo ""set ws=CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
timeoffset=ws.RegRead("HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation\ActiveTimeBias")
set cacheinfo=ui.GetCacheInfo
wscript.echo "Cache Info:"
WScript.echo "Location:          ", cacheinfo.location
WScript.echo "Total Size:        ", cacheinfo.TotalSize
WScript.echo "Free Size:         ", cacheinfo.FreeSize
if cacheinfo.TotalSize=250 then
    cacheinfo.TotalSize=1000 'MB
else
    cacheinfo.TotalSize=250 'MB
end if
wscript.echo "  cache size toggled"
set elements=cacheinfo.GetCacheElements
for each element in elements
    lastreferencetimeadjusted = dateadd( "n", -1 * timeoffset, element.lastreferencetime  )
    wscript.echo element.cacheelementid, element.contentid, element.contentsize, element.contentversion, lastreferencetimeadjusted, element.referencecount
    wscript.echo "   ",  element.location
next

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