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Acquisitions Editor: Martin DelRe Project Editors: Melissa von Tschudi-Sutton and Barbara Moreland Technical Editor: Bob Hogan Copy Editor: Christina Palaia Indexer: Julie Bess Body Part No. X11-50076 www.it-ebooks.info A03D622310.fm Page iii Tuesday, September 6, 2005 12:53 PM This book is dedicated to my best friend and wife, Teresa. www.it-ebooks.info A03D622310.fm Page iv Tuesday, September 6, 2005 12:53 PM www.it-ebooks.info v Contents at a Glance Part I Getting Started with WMI/ 1 Introducing WMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Configuring WMI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Part II WMI Queries and Events/ 3 Using Basic WMI Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 4 Using Advanced WMI Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 5 Using WMI Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Part III Connect Server and Additional Privileges/ 6 Using the SWbemLocator Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 7 Requesting Additional Privileges for WMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Part IV Classes/ 8 Understanding WMI Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 9 Using Win32 WMI Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 10 Using System Hardware Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 11 Using Operating System Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 12 Using the Performance Counter Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Part V Security and Troubleshooting/ 13 Understanding WMI Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 14 Troubleshooting WMI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 www.it-ebooks.info vi Contents at a Glance Part VI Appendixes/ A Scripting API Methods and Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 B WMI Security Constants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 C WMI Security Privileges and Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 D Computer System Hardware Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 E Operating System Classes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 F Performance Monitor Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 www.it-ebooks.info A05T622310.fm Page vii Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:55 AM Table of Contents Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xix About This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi Part I Getting Started with WMI 1 Introducing WMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Defining WMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Querying and Starting a Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Defining the Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Evaluating the State of the Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Capturing the Return Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Using WMI as a Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Implementing Microsoft WBEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Describing Objects Using the CIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Working with Namespaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Working with Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Understanding Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Implementing Programming Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Using the WMI Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Using Managed Objects and Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 WMI Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 WMI Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 WBEM Repository. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Retrieving from the Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Handing Off to a Provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Quiz Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 On Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Lab 1 Installing and Configuring the Core Platform SDK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Lab 2 Online Install (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Lab 3 Navigating the SDK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 vii www.it-ebooks.info A05T622310.fm Page viii Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:55 AM viii Table of Contents 2 Configuring WMI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Understanding the WMI Control Snap-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Configuring Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Backing Up the WMI Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Restoring the WMI Repository. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Changing the Target of Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Understanding Registry Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 LogSecurityFailures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 LogSecuritySuccesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Remote. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Using the CIM Object Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Implementing Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Configuring WMI Service Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Automatically Recovering Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Initial Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Manually Editing the Autorecover MOF Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Adding the #pragma autorecover tag to the MOF File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Using Mofcomp.exe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Exploring WMI Settings with WMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Quiz Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 On Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Lab 4 Backing Up the WMI Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Lab 5 Restoring the WMI Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Lab 6 Exploring WMI Settings via Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Part II WMI Queries and Events 3 Using Basic WMI Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Understanding WQL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Using the Moniker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 The Prefix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 The Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 The Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Using the Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 www.it-ebooks.info A05T622310.fm Page ix Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:55 AM Table of Contents ix Understanding Data Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Using the Select Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Select Everything from Everything . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Select Some Things from Everything . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Where Is the Where Clause? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Select Everything from Some Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Comparison Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Select Some Things from Some Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 IS Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Compound Where Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Is Not Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Understanding Event Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Understanding Schema Queries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 SWbemObject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 SWbemObjectPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Quiz Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 On Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Lab 7 Exploring Win32_NTDomain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Lab 8 Using Schema Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 4 Using Advanced WMI Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Using __Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Using ISA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Scripting API Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 SWbemServices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Using the associators of Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Using the references of Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Modifying the Where Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Using the ExecQuery Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Returning an SWbemObjectSet Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Iflags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Using the Get Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 SWbemLastError . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 SWbemObject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 SWbemObjectPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 www.it-ebooks.info A05T622310.fm Page x Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:55 AM x Table of Contents SWbemObjectSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 SWbemProperty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 SWbemPropertySet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 SWbemSink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Introducing New Objects in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 SWbemDateTime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 SWbemObjectEx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 SWbemRefresher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 SWbemRefreshableItem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 SWbemServicesEx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Quiz Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 On Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Lab 9 Working with the AutoDiscovery Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Lab 10 Using the Get Method for Inventory Types of Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 5 Using WMI Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Using SWbemEventSource. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 NextEvent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Security_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Working with SWbemServices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 ExecNotificationQuery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 ExecNotificationQueryAsync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Understanding Event Consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Creating an Instance of the Consumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Creating an Event Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Creating an Event Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Binding the Filter to the Consumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 ActiveScriptEventConsumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Using SMTPEventConsumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Understanding the New Event Consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 LogFileEventConsumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 NTEventLogEventConsumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 CommandLineEventConsumer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Working with Different Types of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Class Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Instance Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 www.it-ebooks.info [...]... script work on Windows Server 2003, but not on Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed? 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Directory, Excel, JScript, Microsoft Press, MSDN, Outlook, Visual Basic, Win32, Windows, Windows NT, and Windows Server are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in. book. Martin DelRe at Microsoft Press has been awesome to work with and is an enthusiastic supporter of scripting in general and of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) in particular. Melissa. Glance Part I Getting Started with WMI/ 1 Introducing WMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Configuring WMI. . . . . . . . . . . .