You can run the tool by specifying a running server in the command line. In this scenario, the tool scans for changes you have made in the values of both the polling and threshold settings and configuration files. A sample output is provided:

C:\InCharge\IP\smarts\bin>sm_perl sm_getinfo -s INCHARGE-AMPM -k
Executing sm_configscan ...
===============================================================sm_monitor about to run!
Please enter the correct credentials in clientConnect.conf
Or be prepared to enter the credentials below:
===============================================================Getting hardware Info...
Getting AMPM show-dm-process info...
MAIN-N-Closing this log file at August 28, 2012 4:02:24 AM EDT; continuing in
C:\InCharge\IP\smarts\local\logs\AMPM-show-dm-proc-28Aug2012-040223_en_US_UTF-8.log
Getting AMPM stacktrace info...
Exiting eval via last at C:/InCharge/IP/smarts/bin//sm_monitor.pl line 180.
Getting AMPM queues info...
Getting AMPM subscriptions info...
Getting AMPM threads info...
Getting AMPM flows info...
Getting AMPM clients info...
Getting netstat info...
Getting tasklist info...
Getting log file...
Getting rps files...
Getting Monitor...
Getting Accessor Ping...
Getting Accessor Poll...
Getting Problems...
Getting instrumentation for IP...
MAIN-N-Closing this log file at August 28, 2012 4:05:13 AM EDT; continuing in
C:\InCharge\IP\smarts\local\logs\AMPM-instrumentation-28Aug2012-040223_en_US_UTF-8.log
Deleting files: C:\InCharge\IP\smarts\local\logs\smgetinfo_files\*smgetinfo-versions.log*
Getting the Smarts server version ...
Getting the Executable versions ...
Getting the Local lib versions ...
Getting the lib versions ...
Getting the list of installed TTPs ...
No TTPs currently installed
No patches currently installed.
Archiving the files...
Writing to sm_getinfo28Aug2012-040132.tar.zip ...
... Done writing to Final_sm_getinfo28Aug2012-040132.tar.zip
Please send the file: C:\InCharge\IP\smarts\local\logs\Final_sm_getinfo28Aug2012-040132.tar.zip to VMware Support