Windows Management Instrumentation
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Migrate Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus to WMI
Currently we are using a lot of Powershell scripts for Exchange monitoring (executed via nrpe). I would like to change this to query WMI remotely for more convenience. I was wondering if there's an ...
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Exception Enumerating SQL Server Instances with SMO WMI ManagedComputer
I'm trying to use the SMO WMI API/objects in PowerShell 2.0 on Windows 7 with SQL Server 2008 R2 installed to get a list of SQL Server instances on the local computer using the Managed Comuter object. ...
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Notify when a message did not occur
In Nagios it is easy to check that a log message happened in the last 48 hours and sound alarm.
But how can I configure Nagios that it should sound alarm when a message did not occur in the last 48 ...
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Update content on an application with Powershell or WMI in Microsoft SCMM 2012 SP1
While right-clicking an applications deployment type(s), we can select Update Content. Is there a way of doing this action using Powershell or a WMI-method?
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WMI is unhealthy [closed]
I got an alert from SCOM 2012 that WMI is unhealthy. Here is that actual error I got:
The WMI health monitor tried to run the WMI query “select * from win32_operatingsystem” and encountered a WMI ...
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What are the ways/tools to compare 2 Windows installations and their KB updates?
I have a list of machines, some machines throw
System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR
upon doing Windows Management Object's query,
select Name, State, Started, Status from ...
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What constitutes a large WMI repository and what can cause it to grow?
Our organization is experiencing lengthy startup times after improper shutdowns that seem to be tied to the size of the WMI repository. For example, a repository folder size of 50 megs might result ...
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Remote disk monitoring with WMI without admin rights
I am setting up a restricted WMI group that should be able to read WMI information from my remote hosts.
I have the group set up as member of the remote DCOM and performance monitor groups. I also ...
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PowerShell to reset local Administrator account password. 5% failures
I have the responsibility for changing the local administrator account password on my environment of 16,000 servers; I wrote a PowerShell script, but it took too long, so I added multi-threading using ...
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The RPC server is unavailable from .NET over AWS
I am trying to access EC2 machines remotely to get some info using C#.
I wrote code as below:-
ConnectionOptions options = new ConnectionOptions
{
Username = serverspace.ServerIP + @"\xxxxxx",
...
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How to find a user in a specific group using wmi
I have added a "SearchingUser" user to administrators group of a remote server "RemoteServer".
I am trying to verify the user is added to the server using WMIC and this is the command:
wmic ...
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Remotely search across all user mailboxes as an Exchange administrator
Using WMI (Exchange 2003) or PowerShell (Exchange 2007+) is it possible to search across all user mailboxes in an Exchange environment?
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Windows WMI get a snapshot EnabledState
I am trying to get the EnabledState of a virtual machine snapshot using WMI. That is I try to get the EnabledState that was current for the virtual machine when the snapshot was taken.
So far I know ...
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Undocumented value in DfsrIdRecordInfo class
According to MSDN (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb540013(v=vs.85).aspx) these are the only possible values of the "flags" attribute of the DfsrIdRecordInfo wmi class:
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WMI: How can I fixe the port?
I need to use WMI for getting some information from my servers. But I have a server in DMZ, so I need to open a port in my firewall. I've searching and I found that WMI uses random port.
How can this ...
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Is there a way to collect WMI or WBEM/CIM data with Collectd?
I've got an Ubuntu server running statsd, collectd and Graphite. I'm looking to collect data from Windows servers via WMI. I don't see an official plugin for WMI or WBEM/CIM on Collectd's web site. Is ...
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WMI Impersonation levels within vbscript / ASP code
I have an IIS 7.5 web site running "classic" ASP code (not ASP.NET) where the site is running under the normal service context, and only "Windows Authentication" is enabled. Users and navigate the ...
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TCL, WMI and twapi
I am sorry if this is a double post. I thought I posted this question yesterday, but cannot find it.
We are going to start the process of changing our network numbering scheme from 192.168.88.0/24 ...
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When I query Win32_PnPEntity , my PS/2 devices always show up as [Not Present, Not Working, No Driver]… Why?
I am using a WMI query as part of a general diagnostic script, and I query the following:
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\CIMV2")
Set ...
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Pinging the hostname of the server I'm on does not reach out to DNS, responds with 'lowest' numerical IP
For example:
Server: server1.contoso.com
IPs present on server: Initially configured statically with 10.10.20.100, it had two additional IPs added to the same NIC, 10.10.20.20 and 10.10.20.102.
A ...
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Use SCOM 2012, WMI, or Powershell to identify all servers that have hyper threading turned off
We recently setup SCOM 2012 and deployed agents to all of our servers. We also have noticed that a number of these servers do not have hyper threading enabled, which they should. Is there any way we ...
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Show processes running on remote computer using WMI
I'm using WMI in order to run commands on a remote machine. For now, and I know it's as it should be, the process which is being run is not shown on the screen of the remote, I can only see it running ...
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Issue when connecting to Hyper-V Server 2012 throw Hyper-V manager(Windows7) and Powershell
I know there is many topic, but i cannot find solution that works. There is issue when connecting to hyper-v server throw hyper-v manager and also powershell.
Can not connect to RPC service.
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Get User Rights Assignment values in Local Computer Setting using VBScript and WMI
I'd like to get all the values of User Rights Assignment in Local Computer Setting using VBScript and WMI. Is there a way I can do this with VBScript and WMI?
Thanks.
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Installing Windows Management Framework 3.0 basically destroyed WMI, how can I fix it without reinstalling the O.S.?
Related, of course, to this question.
Before discovering it was somewhat... dangerous, I installed Windows Management Framework 3.0 on a number of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 servers, and WMI got ...
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Should I install Windows Management Framework 3.0?
I'm posting this as a BIG CAVEAT to everyone. I know it's not a standard Q&A, but I think this is something every Windows admin should know. There is a very real risk of falling into Big ...
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is it possible to set DCOM static TCP endpoint from Server - FIx WMI Port SERVER SIDE
I need to establish remote WMI Connections from a Windows Server 2008 with static port.
I know that WMI calls use port 135 and then chooses a random port, what I would like to know is if WMI can be ...
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Determine wifi capabilities of Windows box (with WSUS install rules)
I need to determine if a computer is in fact a laptop with wifi capabilities (with emphasis on wifi rather than laptop). More precisely, I want to distribute a piece of software I wrote via WSUS and ...
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How to check install/create date time for custom perf counters?
My group has a set of custom perf counters installed on a windows machine that checks application metrics. How can I tell when these perf counters first started collecting data (the installation ...
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ASP.NET Applications WMI class not found
I'm trying to instrument ASP.NET cache behavior on a web cluster by accessing the counters in the WMI class, Win32_PerfFormattedData_ASPNET_ASPNETApplications. 2 of my servers have this class, but 1 ...
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Is it easy or even possible yet to manage windows firewall with powershell?
I'm doing some POC testing on a server 2012 environment, and during initial firewall configuration I find myself going to the GUI repeatedly when I'd really much rather be able to write a script. I've ...
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GPO WMI username filter not working over RDP
I'm trying to write a WMI filter to prevent a GPO from applying to certain users
SELECT * from Win32_ComputerSystem WHERE NOT UserName LIKE 'domain\\user1_%' AND NOT UserName LIKE 'domain\\user2_%'
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WMI ASP.net Request per Seconds not right
I'm querying a webserver for RequestsTotal and RequestsPerSec:
Select * from Win32_PerfRawData_ASPNET_ASPNETApplications
The server is a Windows Server 2008 R2 with IIS 7.5 and I'm querying it from ...
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WMI Sensors monitoring
Monitoring tool Paessler stopped to monitor WMI Windows Sensors
Paessler is Updated to version 12.4.5.3165. (10/30/2012 1:44:11 PM)
Paessler windows sensors (against windows server 2008 R2 web ...
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How to get cluster information remotely via Powershell?
I've been trying to find a good way to gather various pieces of a windows cluster setup remotely, preferably via WMI, as we are not yet at a point where Powershell remoting is implemented (and I know ...
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Remote Administer Local Groups with PowerShell and WMI
How do I administer local groups on a remote server with PowerShell and WMI? For example, I would like to add and remove domain AD groups from the "Remote Desktop Users" group.
This article provides ...
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Obtain device driver version and associated GUID using PowerShell?
Right now, I am getting two separate objects
A Win32_NetworkAdapter WMI object
A Win32_PnpSignedDriver WMI object
In my previous scripts, I've made sure I was calling separate objects, and ...
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'The RPC server is unavailable' when converting a physical ISA/Forefront TMG machine to virtual (P2V) in SCVMM
When I try to convert a physical ISA/TMG machine to virtual using SCVMM, i keep getting an error in the Collect machine configuration step ('Scan Now' button):
VMM is unable to complete the ...
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How Can I Monitor an IIS 7.5 Application Pool with WMI?
I currently have an application in a load balanced IIS cluster (NLB) on Server 2008 R2. This application leverages some legacy database access code which occasionally fails enough to disable the app ...
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Get detailed network adapter information using PowerShell
Is there an alternative to Get-NetAdapterRss that can be used on Windows Server 08/03/etc.? I'm looking to query NIC information from servers with a powershell script, but cannot seem to find how to ...
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WMI Access Denied using Windows 2008 connecting to Windows 2003
I'm trying to connect from a Windows 2008 server to Windows 2003 using WMI, however, each time I get access denied. There is no firewall between the servers, no hardware or software. The account is a ...
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Cannot WMI Query root\MSCluster namespace as Local Admin
I'm trying to use WMI Explorer to query the root\MSCluster namespace on various hosts to obtain cluster resource group and resource object data. I can access the namespace with no issue on Win2K3 ...
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Adding Hosts to VMM 2012 authentication level to Pkt_Privacy Error
When I try to add a host to my VMM 2012 server I get the following event log entry on the Hyper-V host:
Event Id: 5605 Source: WMI
The root\MSCluster namespace is marked with the ...
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Windows ADSI , WMI and Registry. How Do They All Relate With Each Other?
I have a work task which involves setting up Windows XP machines. I'm not a Windows user normally which is why I ask this question.
The tasks involved in setting up one of these machines involve ...
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List ALL Printers using Powershell
I'm having issues listing all the printers on a computer using Powershell.
We have a batch script that will add/remove/list "per computer" printers using PrintUI.
I can use PrintUI to list the ...
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Citrix Per application forced time out
I have an application that is limited by licences that is deployed via Citrix.
If the user stops using the application it times out in the application but
does not release the licence until the user ...
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Is there a perfmon replacement? [closed]
I need faster stats polling and more granular display than once a second... Is there a way to configure perfmon to poll/display on faster intervals? Or is there an alternative that can query the same ...
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How to apply an Group Policy only to Clients in a specific IP range? (using WMI Filter)
I need to apply a GPO only to some computers in a specific network range.
I'm aware that there many other solutions for this issue. I could group them into an OU or use Sites. But the current ...
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WMI Rights required to read root\MicrosoftIISv2 in IIS7 with IIS6 compatibility mode
I need to manage my IIS7 (Windows Server 2008) remotely with a WMI IIS6 API. So I added the IIS6 WMI Compatibility and IIS6 Metabase Compatibility roles to access the root\MicrosoftIIsv2 namespace.
I ...
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How to Make a WMI call fail?
I'm a developer but I have a question that seems belongs more in the ServerFault category than StackOverflow.
We have a production service that every so often tends to throw:
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