Customizing Hardware Inventory
The hardware inventory collection process can be customized by modifying the configuration.mof and the hardware inventory classes in the client settings. The configuration.mof file is automatically sent to the client and the information within the file is added to the local WMI repository. This file essentially shows the client how to collect the correct data. The hardware inventory classes in client settings defines the policy that tells the client what WMI classes to report during the inventory cycle.
Note
When editing the Configuration Manager MOF file, a backup is automatically created in the \data\hinvarchive folder located in the Configuration Manager installation directory. However, it’s still recommended ...
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