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SCCM 2007 - Configuration - Enabling Asset Intelligence

I found a nice post about enabling Asset Intelligence within SCCM and thought I should reference it here and expand upon it for those who prefer a little more detail. The post is by Kenny Buntinx and can be found here:

http://scug.be/blogs/sccm/archive/2008/08/27/sccm-how-to-enable-asset-intelligence-in-sp1.aspx

Within the post, Kenny mentions the two files which need adjustment for this to work. Knowing that I've seen multiple posts in the past where individuals do not know the locations of these files, here are the paths:

• [Drive where SCCM is installed on your site servers]\SMS\inboxes\clifiles.src\hinv\SMS_DEF.MOF
• [Drive where SCCM is installed on your site servers]\SMS\inboxes\clifiles.src\hinv\Configuration.MOF

Now for a deeper dive into the classes needing enabling within the SMS_DEF.MOF file, here is the listing: (As Kevin states in his post, there are eleven classes.)

• SMS_InstalledSoftware
• SMS_InstalledSoftwareMS
• SMS_SystemConsoleUsage
• SMS_SystemConsoleUser
• SMS_SoftwareShortcut
• SMS_AutoStartSoftware
• SMS_InstalledExecutable
• SMS_BrowserHelperObject
• Win32_USBDevice
• SoftwareLicensingService
• SoftwareLicensingProduct

The section of the Configuration.MOF to which Kevin refers is near the bottom of the file and reads as such: (CALCollectionType is at the top of the section - default value is 0)

instance of CCM_CALTrackConfig
{
    CALCollectionType = 3; //0-Disabled, 1-User CAL, 2-Device CAL, 3-All
    CALCollectionFrequencyDays = 1;
    CALCollectionFrequencyMinutes = 60;
    CALCollectionTimeWindow = 90;
    CALCollectionSupportedWindowsVersions = "5.0,5.2,6.0";

};

Thanks to Kevin for a very helpful post!