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  • Wiki Page: WMI Troubleshooting for VMM

    When troubleshooting VMM issues that appear to be related to WMI, it is important to note that WMI errors may simply indicate the inability to communicate with the WMI service on a remote machine, not necessarily a problem with the service. This could be due to permissions or network-related issues...
  • Wiki Page: How to Attach a Custom Task to an Event on Windows Server 2008

    In an earlier post I talked about how to forward events from one machine to another. That works out quite well, but unless you’re sitting at the log and watching the events go by, you might miss something. You might agree that there are some events that you are more interested in than others. For example...
  • Wiki Page: Setting Up a new FEP Administrator

    The question has come up revolving around what permissions a FEP administrator needs in the ConfigMgr 2007 console, and whether the console can be 'locked down' to keep the FEP Admin from making accidental changes in the environment. I've listed the permissions you need in ConfigMgr to...
  • Wiki Page: BizTalk: Monitoring and Automatically Starting Host Instances Via A Scheduled Task

    by Ron Phillips, aka El Bo on Technet Table of Contents Introduction Building the Sample See Also Introduction If you've ever gotten a phone call at 2 am asking you to figure out why a system is down, you'll appreciate the utility of self-healing systems. With a little work with...
  • Wiki Page: Windows 7 WMI Classes with Methods

    Origin Name __SystemSecurity Get9XUserList __SystemSecurity GetCallerAccessRights __SystemSecurity GetSD __SystemSecurity GetSecurityDescriptor __SystemSecurity Set9XUserList __SystemSecurity SetSD __SystemSecurity ...
  • Wiki Page: MAP: Prepare the Environment - WMI

    Table of Contents Common WMI Firewall Considerations WMI in Active Directory Environments To Enable Remote Administration Exception Using Group Policy To enable Windows Firewall exceptions Using Group Policy WMI In Workgroups and Windows NT 4.0 Based Domains Set password for Local Accounts Configure...
  • Wiki Page: Hyper-V WMI v2 Porting Guide

    The Hyper-V WMI v2 namespace was introduced in Windows Server 2012. While Windows Server 2012 also continued to offer support for the WMI v1 namespace , this older namespace was documented as deprecated in Windows Server 2012 . This article serves as a repository for API information and sample...
  • Wiki Page: Windows XP WMI Classes with Methods

    Class Name __SystemSecurity Get9XUserList __SystemSecurity GetCallerAccessRights __SystemSecurity GetSD __SystemSecurity Set9XUserList __SystemSecurity SetSD CIM_Action Invoke CIM_AlarmDevice SetUrgency CIM_Check...
  • Wiki Page: Querying WMI

    Here are some examples of how to query WMI via cmdline/scripting. Table of Contents WMIC VBScript PowerShell WMIC Retrieve all properties related to the Operating System class wmic OS Retrieve the Version property of the Operaring System class wmic OS get Version ...
  • Wiki Page: WMI Filter for Windows Operating Systems

    Windows Server 2012 DC select * from Win32_OperatingSystem where Version like "6.2%" and ProductType = "2" Windows Server 2012 select * from Win32_OperatingSystem where Version like "6.2%" and ProductType = "3" Windows 8 select * from Win32_OperatingSystem...
  • Wiki Page: ConfigMgr (SCCM) – Software Updates Related WMI Checks

    To check the WSUS Server we scanned against 1. Connect to “Root\ccm\softwareupdates\WUAHandler” 2. Click on “Query” and paste the following query in the “query” windows and click on “Apply” select * from CCM_updatesource 3. Double click...
  • Wiki Page: Windows 7 Enable WMI Trace Logging via Registry File

    I'm currently working on a problem where I have had to enable WMI trace logging on a series of machines, rather than enable the WMI trace logging functionality on each machine seperately - I used Mark Russinoviches Process Monitor tool to determine exactly what registry keys to include in the following...
  • Wiki Page: How an Enterprise Administrator Can Determine MED-V 2.0 FTS Completion and Provide Remediation Quickly

    When deploying large amounts of MED-V 2.0 workspaces in the enterprise, Microsoft offers several flexible options for determining on a large scale if MED-V First-time-setup occurred properly. The goal of this is to be able to incorporate this into an existing software/operations management infrastructure...
  • Wiki Page: ConfigMgr (SCCM)–How to find the list of Software Updates (patches) installed on Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 2008 systems

    I’ve seen people requesting for reports of list of Software Updates (patches) installed on a system along with Installed date. ConfigMgr is not collecting the list of Software Updates (patches) for Window 7/Vista/ 2008/ 2008 Core operating systems. Because, on these operating systems this information...
  • Wiki Page: Hyper-V, PowerShell, and WMI

    Let's use this article to provide quick Hyper-V tasks in PowerShell. Get a list of virtual machines on a Hyper-V parent # This can be run locally or against a remote parent. Use "." for local $VMs = gwmi MSVM_ComputerSystem -computer "<computername>"...
  • Wiki Page: Remote server administration

    1. How to change the preferred DNS server IP? How to connect the server remotely? C:\>psexec \\<servername> cmd Download the pstools. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896649.aspx How to check the current IP settings? C:\WINDOWS\system32>netsh interface ip...
  • Wiki Page: List of WMI-Related Hotfixes for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

    Hotfixes that were rolled-up to 976932 — Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) 970413 — The Win32_Process class returns incorrect CreationDate property during the first week after daylight saving time begins or ends 974930 — An application or service that queries information...
  • Wiki Page: WMI Discovery using PowerShell

    Introduction This article explains how you can find WMI namespace, classes and ther properties and methods required for your task, without using any standalone tools. Classes It is easy to retrieve list of classes in PowerShell, just use Get-WmiObject cmdlet with -List parameter. Following command...
  • Wiki Page: ConfigMgr (SCCM) How to Increase WMI Default Memory Allocation

    WMI is an integral part of ConfigMgr (SCCM). Many SCCM issues could be directly linked with WMI. One such issue is when the following error is received: “The ConfigMgr Provider reported an error connecting to the ConfigMgr site database server”. This could be because the server doesn't...
  • Wiki Page: Windows 8 Server WMI Classes with Methods

    List generated from Windows 8 Server Developer Preview Version: 6.2.8102 Origin Name __SystemSecurity Get9XUserList __SystemSecurity GetCallerAccessRights __SystemSecurity GetSD __SystemSecurity GetSecurityDescriptor __SystemSecurity...
  • Wiki Page: ConfigMgr (SCCM) – How to Verify WMI Permission for Console Access

    Run wmimgmt.msc from primary site server. Go to WMI control –> properties In Security tab, expand root, and click SMS Click security in the results pane to see the permission Click advanced, click SMS Admin, then view-edit If the SMS Admins...
  • Wiki Page: GPO - Filtros WMI - Importando e Exportando Filtros WMI - (pt-BR)

    Jordano Mazzoni Twitter: @jordanomazzoni Site: http://jmazzoni.wordpress.com/ Canal: http://www.youtube.com/JmazzoniAJU Acompanhe o restante da série no site ou seguindo-me no twitter..!!! Grande abraço Jordano Mazzoni
  • Wiki Page: GPO - Filtro WMI - Reflexo nos Clientes - (pt-BR)

    Jordano Mazzoni Twitter: @jordanomazzoni Site: http://jmazzoni.wordpress.com/ Canal: http://www.youtube.com/JmazzoniAJU Acompanhe o restante da série no site ou seguindo-me no twitter..!!! Grande abraço Jordano Mazzoni
  • Wiki Page: GPO - Filtros WMI - WMI Code Creator - (pt-BR)

    Jordano Mazzoni Twitter: @jordanomazzoni Site: http://jmazzoni.wordpress.com/ Canal: http://www.youtube.com/JmazzoniAJU Acompanhe o restante da série no site ou seguindo-me no twitter..!!! Grande abraço Jordano Mazzoni
  • Wiki Page: GPO - Filtros WMI - Criando Filtros - GPMC - (pt-BR)

    Jordano Mazzoni Twitter: @jordanomazzoni Site: http://jmazzoni.wordpress.com/ Canal: http://www.youtube.com/JmazzoniAJU Acompanhe o restante da série no site ou seguindo-me no twitter..!!! Grande abraço Jordano Mazzoni
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