WMI and the Hardware Inventory Process

The hardware inventory process uses the WMI service to collect hardware information from each client within an SMS site hierarchy and to pass this information to the central site server for inclusion in the SMS site database.

To customize hardware inventory, you should first become familiar with the hardware inventory process and the role of the WMI service in 32-bit hardware inventory. This section describes the following :

• WMI and 32-bit hardware inventory
• Details of the 32-bit hardware inventory process