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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

How to use WBEMTEST to get WMI data level 2

I got anonymous reader comment on continuing the series for how to use WBEMTEST to get WMI data

In this article I will add two points to cover in this fabulous tool

1- Connect to remote node

2- Run WQL queries.

 

Connect to remote node

usually we use wbemtest locally to access local classes, but WMI support access to remote computers naturally and for applications like PowerShell version 1 which support local scripting, it uses WMI to expand its functionality and to allow PowerShell access to remote computers.

Anyhow, we can use WBEMTEST utility to achieve this by using the connect button located on the main screen, we usually use root\ to locate our local classes like ROOT\MicrosoftIISv2 to get the status for website hosted on IIS server

but if the IIS is not hosted on my local machine I can query this server by adding \\servername\ROOT\MicrosoftIISv2 so it will look like “unified naming convention” UNC same like the one used for Windows file sharing, also you can use Credentials section to access the remote system with different account.

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Run WQL query to retrieve data from WMI classes.

WMI supports a subset of Structured Query Language that support WMI event and WMI-Specific features which we can use to filter the content of the data (instances) within a class like select certain attributes or limit the number of instance.

My 1st encounter  to WQL was in Windows Server 2003 group policy where you can filter the group policy application to only certain set of computers based on certain attributes like OS version and Service Pack or disk free space.

In our tool we can use Query button to write our query

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Press Apply to get the result

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You can try to use

Select * from Win32_LogicalDisk where FreeSpace > 104857600

To list only drives where is have diskspace more than 100 MB

for more statements check http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc779036(WS.10).aspx

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Launch Network Overview Map

In NNMi you may need only to launch a single MAP in your browser without having the full console view.

This is achievable by launch command available with NNMi.

http://NNMiServerName:PortNumber/nnm/launch?cmd=showNetworkOverview

for launch your node group map use the below

http://NNMiServerName:PortNumber/nnm/launch?cmd=showView&objtype=Node&nodegroup=<NodeGroup>

Example:

To launch "Routers" map:

http://NNMiServerName:PortNumber/nnm/launch?cmd=showView&objtype=Node&nodegroup=Routers

To launch the Networking Infrastructure Devices node group map you can use the command below.

Replace space with + plus sign in group name “Networking Infrastructure Devices”.

http://NNMiServerName:PortNumber/nnm/launch?cmd=showView&objtype=Node&nodegroup=Networking+Infrastructure+Devices