You can run the tool without specifying a running server in the command line. In this scenario, the tool only scans for changes you made to the configuration files. A sample output is provided:

C:\InCharge\IP\smarts\bin>sm_perl sm_getinfo -k
Executing sm_configscan ...
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_getinfo28Aug2012-044639.tar.zip ...
... Done writing to Final_sm_getinfo28Aug2012-044639.tar.zip
Please send the file: C:\InCharge\IP\smarts\local\logs\Final_sm_getinfo28Aug2012-044639.tar.zip to VMware Support