HP SMS MIF Generator Readme File
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If you are integrating the TopTools Agent with Microsoft's Systems
Management Server(R), please read this file, which covers the
following topics:
o Terms used
o Goals
o Software requirements
o Installing HP SMS MIF Generator
o Controlling the execution of SMSWIN
1.1 TERMS USED
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SMS : Microsoft's Systems Management Server
DMI : Desktop Management Interface
MIF : Management Information Format
DMTF: Desktop Management Task Force.
A consortium of 12 companies defining standards to manage
personal computers. The DMTF defined a set of APIs to access
basic informations in a standard way (DMI) and a description
language to standardize the description of manageable objects
(MIF). The complete DMI specifications can be obtained through
the DMTF FTP server (ftp.dmtf.org) or through the DMTF Web Page
(www.dmtf.org)
1.2 GOALS
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When the SMS Inventory Agent runs at an SMS computer, it reports the
inventory to a SMS logon server as a binary file. This file contains
the computer's inventory in the MIF format. Microsoft's SMS uses an
inventory process common to all PC manufacturers. Your HP Vectra,
Kayak, or OmniBook has extended capabilities such as security features
that are not reported by the standard SMS inventory tool.
The goal of SMSWIN.EXE is to export in the SMS Database the complete
HP feature set.
1.3 SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
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The software configuration required to run HP SMS MIF Generator
program is :
o The HP TopTools Agent must be installed on your machine.
If it is not, but TopTools is pre-loaded on your PC, open the HP
TopTools for Notebooks group (or menu item) and run the SETUP
program.
If the TopTools Agent is not present on your system, you can get
the software from the Web at http://www.hp.com/go/manageability
or from a CD orderable from that web site.
o Your system must be manageable by Microsoft's SMS. SMSWIN.EXE
automatically detects if the SMS client agent has been installed
on your desktop. It does not run if your desktop does not belong
to a SMS site or is not a HP Vectra, Kayak or OmniBook.
o SMSWIN.EXE supports the following operating systems:
- Windows 3.11, Windows for Workgroups 3.11
- Windows 95 or 98
- Windows NT Version 3.51 or higher
1.4 INSTALLING HP SMS MIF Generator
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SMSWIN.EXE is installed optionally together with the TopTools for
Notebooks Agent. If your system belongs to a SMS site, the SMSWIN
program is automatically launched when you log in.
1.5 CONTROLLING THE EXECUTION OF SMSWIN
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By default SMSWIN runs once a week. It scans the DMI database and
generates the SMS MIF file corresponding to your configuration. This
can take several minutes.
If you do not change your machine's configuration very often, you can
modify SMSWIN's schedule by editing the file SMSWIN.INI located in
the same directory than SMSWIN.EXE.
The file SMSWIN.INI controls the execution of SMSWIN.EXE. If it is
not present, default values will be used.
There are two sections in SMSWIN.INI:
1. [SmsWin] //contains scheduling information
frequency = <how often to run> valid values are:
hourly
daily
weekly
monthly
yearly
SMSWIN.EXE will be run as soon as the unit associated with the
period changes. e.g. if frequency is yearly and you run SMSWIN on
Dec 31 1995 and again on Jan 01 1996 then it will do a scan both
times because it last ran in 1995 and the year is now 1996. It
will not however run again until 1997.
last = <time SMSWIN last did a MIF scan>
the time is formatted as follows
NNN MMM DD HH:MM:SS YYYY
where NNN is the day of the week: Sun, Mon,...
MMM is the name of the month: Jan, Feb,...
DD is the day of the month
HH is the hour
MM is the minute
SS is the second
YYYY is the year
If this timestamp is hand modified to something invalid then
SMSWIN will run
HPIcon = 0 (default) or 1
if HPIcon = 1, SMSWIN will show a new SMS architecture
which contains most of the groups of the HP PC MIF file.
This new architecture is displayed in the SMS Site Window as
an HP icon.
For each HP Vectra, Kayak or OmniBook, you can have two
different icons displayed in this window:
- One icon generated by the standard SMS inventory
- One HP icon generated by the SMSWIN inventory.
If you only want the original SMS icon, set HPIcon to 0.
You can then choose which group you want from the HP PC
MIF file by commenting out the corresponding classname in the
"exclude" section.
Note: for this feature to work, you need to install the
TopTools HP Icon SMS integration software on the SMS console.
To obtain this software, please contact your HP technical
representative.
2. [Exclude] //allows SMSWIN.EXE to skip certain DMI classes.
class = <class-string>
Some DMI groups have no interest for an inventory point of view.
To save some scanning time, you can exclude them from the
generated MIF file.
To do this, you need to indicate the classname of the groups you
don't want.
Each DMI group has a classname defined as follows:
class = "defining body|class name|version number"
To remove a given group from your generated MIF file, place a
line
class = <class-string>
in the [Exclude] section of SMSWIN.INI.
To add one group, comment out (//) the corresponding classname
The DMTF can change some DMI groups. To reflect this, the version
number of the group is incremented. If you don't want to change
your SMSWIN.INI file each time the DMTF releases a new version of
a given group, limit your "class-string" to
"defining body|class name"
The following is a sample SMSWIN.INI:
[SmsWin]
frequency = daily ; or "hourly", "weekly", "monthly", "yearly"
last = Sun Jan 01 01:01:01 1991
HPIcon = 1
[Exclude]
class = DMTF|ComponentID ;drops all classes with class string
starting with "DMTF|ComponentID"
Note: with SMS 2.0, the default size limit for the MIF file is
100 kb. If you add attributes with respect to HP's default
settings, you might exceed this size limit. In that case,
you need to reset the limit on the SMS console.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
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