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WMI & CIM

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Last updated 7 years ago

Troubleshooting

Identify the Issues >> Find Root Cause >> Determine and Implement Solutions >> Verify Results

Process:

Get-Command >> Help >> Get-Member

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

Get-WMIobject

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provides a rich set of system management services built in to the Microsoft Windows operating systems. A broad spectrum of applications, services, and devices are available that use WMI to provide extensive management features for information technology (IT) operations and product support organizations. The use of WMI-based management systems leads to more robust computing environments and greater system reliability, which allows savings for corporations.

Common Information Model (CIM)

Get-CimInstance

The Common Information Model (CIM) is an extensible, object-oriented data model that contains information about different parts of an enterprise. The is a cross-platform standard maintained by the Distributed Management Task Force (). Through WMI, a developer can use the CIM to create classes that represent hard disk drives, applications, network routers, or even user-defined technologies, such as a networked air conditioner.

CIM
DMTF