SMS_CategoryInstance Server WMI Class

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_CategoryInstance Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class is an SMS Provider server class, in Configuration Manager, that represents a category instance used to replicate information about a category, for example, a product or a classification, to all child sites. This class is used in desired configuration management monitoring.

Class SMS_CategoryInstance : SMS_CategoryInstanceBase
{
      String CategoryInstance_UniqueID;
      UInt32 CategoryInstanceID;
      String CategoryTypeName;
      String LocalizedCategoryInstanceName;
      SMS_Category_LocalizedProperties LocalizedInformation[];
      UInt32 LocalizedPropertyLocaleID;
      UInt32 ParentCategoryInstanceID;
      String SourceSite;
};

Methods

The following table lists the methods in the SMS_CategoryInstance class.

Method	Description
ResendObjectToAllSites Method in Class SMS_CategoryInstance	Replicates object information for a particular category instance to all sites.

Properties

• CategoryInstance_UniqueID
  Data type: String

  Access type: Read/Write

  Qualifiers: [unique, SizeLimit("512")

  See SMS_CategoryInstanceBase Server WMI Class.

• CategoryInstanceID
  Data type: UInt32

  Access type: Read-only

  Qualifiers: [key, read]

  See SMS_CategoryInstanceBase Server WMI Class.

• CategoryTypeName
  Data type: String

  Access type: Read/Write

  Qualifiers: None

  See SMS_CategoryInstanceBase Server WMI Class.

• LocalizedCategoryInstanceName
  Data type: String

  Access type: Read-only

  Qualifiers: [read]

  See SMS_CategoryInstanceBase Server WMI Class.

• LocalizedInformation
  Data type: SMS_Category_LocalizedProperties Array

  Access type: Read/Write

  Qualifiers: [lazy]

  See SMS_CategoryInstanceBase Server WMI Class.

• LocalizedPropertyLocaleID
  Data type: UInt32

  Access type: Read-only

  Qualifiers: [read]

  See SMS_CategoryInstanceBase Server WMI Class..

• ParentCategoryInstanceID
  Data type: UInt32

  Access type: Read-only

  Qualifiers: [read]

  See SMS_CategoryInstanceBase Server WMI Class.

• SourceSite
  Data type: String

  Access type: Read-only

  Qualifiers: [read]

  See SMS_CategoryInstanceBase Server WMI Class.

Remarks

Class qualifiers for this class include:

• Secured

For more information about both the class qualifiers and the property qualifiers included in the Properties section, see Configuration Manager Class and Property Qualifiers.

To use this class, the application creates an SMS_CategoryInstance object and sets the properties, as required, for the particular baseline configuration item. When the application is ready for metadata synchronization among the parent site and the child sites, the application can call ResendObjectToAllSites Method in Class SMS_CategoryInstance.

Requirements

Runtime Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Runtime Requirements.

Development Requirements

For more information, see Configuration Manager Server Development Requirements.

See Also

Concepts

Desired Configuration Management Server WMI Classes
SMS_CategoryInstanceBase Server WMI Class
SMS_BaselineAssignment Server WMI Class
SMS_ConfigurationBaselineInfo Server WMI Class
ResendObjectToAllSites Method in Class SMS_CategoryInstance