Customizing with IDMIF Files

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You can use IDMIF files to create entire new architectures in the SMS site database, or to update existing architectures. They can also be used to add stand-alone computers to the SMS site database. IDMIF files are also frequently used to inventory non-system items.

IDMIF files are identical to NOIDMIF files, with these exceptions:

  • IDMIF files must have a delta header that provides architecture, and a unique ID. NOIDMIF files are automatically given a similar header by the system during processing on the client.

  • IDMIF files must include a top-level group with the same class as the architecture being added or changed, and that group must include at least one property.

  • Like NOIDMIF files, IDMIF files have key properties that must be unique. Any class that has more than one instance must have at least one key property defined, or subsequent instances overwrite previous instances.

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