IComputerTarget.GetInventory Method (String )

Applies To: Windows Server Update Services

Gets the inventory items for this computer. Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is used to create the hardware inventory. The configuration file, InventoryRules.xml, lists the WMI classes and the specific properties used. The configuration file is signed and cannot be altered.

Namespace:   Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration
Assembly:  Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration (in Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration.dll)

Syntax

ReadOnlyCollection<IInventoryItem> GetInventory(
    string[] inventoryClasses
)

ReadOnlyCollection<IInventoryItem^>^ GetInventory(
    array<String^>^ inventoryClasses
)

abstract GetInventory : 
        inventoryClasses:string[] -> ReadOnlyCollection<IInventoryItem>

Function GetInventory (
    inventoryClasses As String()
) As ReadOnlyCollection(Of IInventoryItem)

Parameters

• inventoryClasses
  Type: System.String[]

  WMI classes corresponding to inventory items.

Return Value

Type: System.Collections.ObjectModel.ReadOnlyCollection<IInventoryItem>

A collection of IInventoryItem objects, of the types specified in inventoryClasses, that are present on this computer. Returns an empty list if passed an empty array.

Exceptions

Exception

Condition

ArgumentNullException

inventoryClasses is null.

Remarks

The following table lists the WMI classes and properties used in hardware inventory collection. Note that this method was not designed and tested to scale beyond a few hundred computers and using it for large scale inventory purposes is neither supported nor recommended.

In addition to the WMI classes listed above, the following class (which is not an actual WMI class) is available. It represents details available from the Add/Remove programs applet.

See Also

GetInventory Overload
IComputerTarget Interface
Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration Namespace

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