When your organization migrates from Systems Management Server (SMS) version 1.2 to SMS version 2.0, keeping the customized settings added to your SMS 1.2 sites and providing the same customization in SMS 2.0 is an important issue.
In both SMS 1.2 and SMS 2.0, IDMIF and NOIDMIF files provide a method for customizing hardware inventory so that SMS collects data with precisely the properties that your organization requires.
This chapter contains the following information:
This chapter assumes that you have a basic understanding of SMS, especially of SMS hardware inventory and how to upgrade from SMS 1.2 to SMS 2.0. For more information about hardware inventory, see Chapter 10, “Collecting Hardware and Software Inventory” in the SMS 2.0 Administrator’s Guide. For more information about upgrading from SMS 1.2 to SMS 2.0, see Chapter 5, “Upgrading from SMS 1.2 to SMS 2.0” in the SMS 2.0 Administrator’s Guide.