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Windows Management Instrumentation

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is the infrastructure for management data and operations on Windows-based operating systems. You can write WMI scripts or applications to automate administrative tasks on remote computers but WMI also supplies management data to other parts of the operating system and products, for example System Center Operations Manager, formerly Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), or Windows Remote Management (WinRM).

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active directory users have auto-created private user share

Currently using server 2008 and a logon vbscript to auto mount 3 drives. I'd like to have a mapped network drive that goes to a user-private share automatically. Is this possible to rig up in a login vbscript ? So when a user logs in I'd like them…
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Best way to get thousands of IPs bound to a NIC in Windows 2008 and 2003?

I had setup a small application that uses WMI to setup a nic with multiple IPs. Does someone know of a better way of doing this once we start unsing thousands of IPs on a single nic? I amnot much of a network engineer or DNS guy. I want to mkae it…
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WMI and adding Multiple IP Addresses?

Is it possible, with WMI, to bind IP addresses to a NIC? I have been able to enable a static IP, but I can't seem to find any information on adding additional IPs. this code helped and after I realized that the IP address and Subnet fileds were…
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Safe to use WMI to remotely recycle IIS app pools on production servers?

What are the downsides to enabling & using WMI to remotely manage IIS? I plan to have a specific user account (non-admin) with only Execute Methods, Enable Account, and Remote Enable WMI permissions on the root\MicrosoftIISv2 namespace. It will be…
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WMI error in unlicensed Windows Server 2008 R2

I'm installing a TFS2010 server and I'm getting a WMI error in the analysis services check (ACCESS_DENIED), since the analysis services is in a different server I ask the sysadmin guy (I'm a developer) to add the installer account to the local…
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Getting Windows EventViewer CSV file from Command-line

EventViewer in Windows has the ability to export a log to a CSV file. I would like to automatically make a backup of that log in that format (as has been done manually in the past few years). It's a standalone system that will typically not have…
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No PerfMon data through WMI

I'm trying to get \DBServer\SQLServer:Buffer Manager\Page life expectancy data through WMI. When I do this through perfmon, I get actual data. However when I try and pull this from either of these WMI classes(which I believe should be correct) it…
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ASPNET WMI class not available

I need to extract the ASPNET\Requests Queued performance counter from some IIS servers via WMI. The WMI class for this sort of thing appears to be contained in Win32_PerfFormattedData_ASPNET_ASPNET. I've queried all available classes in root\cimv2…
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domain users logon info

i want to know how to find list of domain users whcih entered at my PC (some local groups included domain groups and domain users can enter at my PC).
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How to troubleshoot a remote wmi query/access failure?

I'm using Powershell to query a remote computer in a domain for a wmi object, eg: "gwmi -computer test -class win32_bios". I get this error message: Value does not fall within the expected range Executing the query local under the same user works…
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XP machines on Domain not reporting WMI Data in a 2003 Server Environment

I am running into a very quirky issue and I hope someone out there can help. We use a monitoring program for several networks we oversee that is WMI data dependent for a great deal of it's functionality. The Windows 2000 Professional workstations,…
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What actual or de-facto alternatives to WMI exist for Linux and Unix?

I've recently been introduced to WMI, and find it really cool. Maybe my brain's just not in gear, but what similar tools exist for *nix like WMI?
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WMIC returns error when querying product

I'm trying to automate the installation of an MSI on my server, however before the installation can go ahead I need to uninstall the previous version from the server. Searching on the internet I've found that WMIC is the tool required but there…
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How do I copy a network file using wmic on a remote computer?

I'm an admin of a domain and im trying to run a wmic script to copy a file on a remote pc from another remote pc. My command: WMIC /NODE:@"C:\compList.txt" PROCESS CALL Create "xcopy \\networkPC\file.exe C:\" it doesn't copy file.exe on the…
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SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services - Configuration Manager & Management Studio Problems

When I open Reporting Services Configuration Manager on my server, an error message appears that says: Reporting Services Configuration Manager An unknown error has occurred in the WMI Provider. Error Code 800706B3 This error appears before I can…
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