How to Disable and Enable a Configuration Manager Connector

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Applies To: System Center Service Manager 2010 SP1

You can use the following procedures to disable or enable a System Center Configuration Manager connector.

To disable a Configuration Manager connector

  1. In the Service Manager console, click Administration.

  2. In the Administration pane, expand Administration, and then click Connectors.

  3. In the Connectors pane, select the Configuration Manager connector that you want to disable. For example, click Configuration Manager connector to SEA.

  4. In the Tasks pane, under the connector name, click Disable.

    Note

    If you disable a connector while it is synchronizing data, the synchronization process may not stop. However, a disabled connector will not import any new data from a Configuration Manager database from that point forward.

To enable a Configuration Manager connector

  1. In the Service Manager console, click Administration.

  2. In the Administration pane, expand Administration, and then click Connectors.

  3. In the Connectors pane, select the Configuration Manager connector that you want to enable. For example, click Configuration Manager connector to SEA.

  4. In the Tasks pane, under the connector name, click Enable.

Windows PowerShellYou can use a Windows PowerShell command to complete these tasks. For information about how to use Windows PowerShell to enable and disable a Configuration Manager connector, see Set-SCSMConnector (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=203119).

To validate the status change of a Configuration Manager connector

  1. Wait 30 seconds. Then, in the Service Manager console, click Administration, and then click Connectors.

  2. In the Connectors pane, locate the connector for which you have changed status, and verify the value in the Enabled column.

  3. If you enabled the connector, verify that the connector resumes synchronization according to the schedule. If you disabled the connector, verify that the connector no longer synchronizes according to the schedule.

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