Resource Explorer Shortcut for sccm 2007

[wmmayms]

This is a basic script that will create a shortcut to Resource Explorer.

 

Step 1.

Copy the code below and edit the variables (marked in red)

 

Step 2.

Save the file as a .bat

 

Step 3.

Start Using it!

 

variables you need to change to make it work (marked in red):

1. c:

cd \Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager Console\AdminUI\bin - Point this to the folder where you have your SMS Console installed

 

2. %SERVER% - Change this to your primary Server (db server)

 

3. %SITECODE% - Change this to match your sitecode.

 

REM Code written by Marcus Ymsén - 2008

:start
@echo off
CLS
Title Resource Explorer

> tmp.vbs ECHO WScript.Echo InputBox( "To which Computer would you like to connect?", "Resource Explorer", "Enter Computer Name" )
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%A IN ('CSCRIPT.EXE //NoLogo tmp.vbs') DO SET dator=%%A
DEL tmp.vbs

[color="#FF0000"]c:
cd \Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager Console\AdminUI\bin[/color]


SET var='%dator%'

start resourceexplorer.msc -s -sms:ResExplrQuery="SELECT ResourceID FROM SMS_R_SYSTEM WHERE NAME = %var%" -sms:connection=\\[color="#FF0000"]%SERVER%[/color]\root\sms\site_[color="#FF0000"]%SITECODE%[/color]


exit

:end

 

This is what it looks like:

 

Connecting..

 

Result:

[anyweb]

cool, but do you need anything installed on the client first like the SCCM Remote Tools

[wmmayms]

The only things ou need to get this to work is to distrubute the SCCM agent and enable hardware inventory in your site hierarchy (else this script will still work, but the result will be empty).

[danovich]

Great little batch file. I've updated it for 64-bit OS's and modified it slightly and reposted it here --> http://blog.danovich.com.au/2010/03/10/sccm-resource-explorer/

 

Full credit for the original batch file to yourself wmmayms.