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CA Asset Converter for Microsoft SMS/SCCM Task

The CA Asset Converter for Microsoft® SMS is a component that connects to a Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 or System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 and extracts information, including hardware and software inventory, about the computers stored in its database.

CA Asset Converter adapts this information into a form resembling as closely as possible the information that would have been collected by a native DSM asset management agent. The information is then written into a collection of XML files in the format that is required by CA Asset Collector. Once these files have been picked up by CA Asset Collector, the computers from the Microsoft SMS database appear in the CA MDB as discovered hardware assets alongside those found by the native DSM agents. The associated hardware and software inventory information is also stored and structured in the same way.

CA Asset Converter can be configured to collect only hardware inventory, only software inventory, or no inventory information at all. In the latter case, only the computer names and a few basic attributes will be extracted.

The CA Asset Converter for Microsoft SMS engine task is available on Windows only and is certified against Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 and Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007.

This engine task is created, configured, assigned, scheduled, and run in the same way as existing DSM engine tasks.

Important! Licensing Information. CA Asset Converter for Microsoft SMS is a separately licensed component. Please contact your CA representative to purchase the required license before using this component. Such unlicensed product component may be used for a 30-day trial period. After this period has expired, you must purchase a license to continue using this component. Failure to do so will violate the license agreement.

Note: The CA Asset Converter for Microsoft SMS is installed as part of the installation of the DSM engine on a Windows system. However, you can configure it to deliver its output to an instance of the Asset Collector other than the one with which it is installed.