Comments on: WMI Calls From Linux http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/wmi-calls-from-linux/ Linux, Server Monitoring, IT Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:41:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Félim http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/wmi-calls-from-linux/#comment-49 Félim Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:34:45 +0000 http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-49 As far as I can tell it's not possible, but if you take a look at my other article about winexe you can actually run a command prompt on the Windows host, so you could restart services that way. The wmi-client was written by the Zenoss guys (http://dev.zenoss.com/trac/log/trunk/wmi/), it's a hacked together bunch of components from Samba4. Winexe is a similar sort of thing. It's very easy to use and with XP/2003 onwards it's fairly possable to control everything via comandline for the majority of tasks. As far as I can tell it’s not possible, but if you take a look at my other article about winexe you can actually run a command prompt on the Windows host, so you could restart services that way. The wmi-client was written by the Zenoss guys (http://dev.zenoss.com/trac/log/trunk/wmi/), it’s a hacked together bunch of components from Samba4. Winexe is a similar sort of thing. It’s very easy to use and with XP/2003 onwards it’s fairly possable to control everything via comandline for the majority of tasks.

]]> By: Ralf http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/wmi-calls-from-linux/#comment-48 Ralf Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:09:28 +0000 http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-48 Hi, do you have any additional informations about the wmic programm for linux ? I've read your blog post about reading values and service states from windows, but do you have informations about setting values or taking actions on the windows host, like restarting services, setting network options or similar? Is it possible with wmic? Do you know any addtional informations, who used the programm and wrote about his experiences with it? Hi,

do you have any additional informations about the wmic programm for linux ?
I’ve read your blog post about reading values and service states from windows,
but do you have informations about setting values or taking actions on the windows host,
like restarting services, setting network options or similar?
Is it possible with wmic?
Do you know any addtional informations, who used the programm and wrote about
his experiences with it?

]]> By: Félim http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/wmi-calls-from-linux/#comment-43 Félim Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:35:48 +0000 http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-43 You can run a SELECT alright, but whether the Terminate process method for instance works I am not sure. But perhps you'd be better off with winexe in that case ? You can run a SELECT alright, but whether the Terminate process method for instance works I am not sure. But perhps you’d be better off with winexe in that case ?

]]> By: angelblade http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/wmi-calls-from-linux/#comment-42 angelblade Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:30:32 +0000 http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-42 Only query for use the command... my question is if its possible excecute methods from any class like Win_Process Only query for use the command… my question is if its possible excecute methods from any class like Win_Process

]]> By: Félim http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/wmi-calls-from-linux/#comment-41 Félim Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:03:25 +0000 http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-41 I've had none at all Ross, I've even tried latest SVN version to see if there was any change.. none unfortunately. I’ve had none at all Ross, I’ve even tried latest SVN version to see if there was any change.. none unfortunately.

]]> By: Ross Fawcett http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/wmi-calls-from-linux/#comment-38 Ross Fawcett Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:20:14 +0000 http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-38 Have you had any luck getting this working with a Server 2008 remote host? Have you had any luck getting this working with a Server 2008 remote host?

]]> By: Greg http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/wmi-calls-from-linux/#comment-36 Greg Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:10:30 +0000 http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-36 I've been querying message boards all over the place and not getting any answers, so I thought I'd try here. I have the client and it works OK, however when I try to query for an IP address using: wmic -U DOMAIN/username%password //machine "SELECT IPAddress FROM Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration WHERE IPEnabled = 'TRUE'" The results look like: Index|IPAddress 12|Unsupported 16|Unsupported I turned up samba debugging and I'm seeing the correct values being returned. They're just not being displayed by the client. It seems to do this with all properties that are returned as arrays. I really don't want to implement a WMI mapper. This program gave me a ton of hope. Thanks. I’ve been querying message boards all over the place and not getting any answers, so I thought I’d try here. I have the client and it works OK, however when I try to query for an IP address using:

wmic -U DOMAIN/username%password //machine “SELECT IPAddress FROM Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration WHERE IPEnabled = ‘TRUE’”

The results look like:

Index|IPAddress
12|Unsupported
16|Unsupported

I turned up samba debugging and I’m seeing the correct values being returned. They’re just not being displayed by the client.

It seems to do this with all properties that are returned as arrays. I really don’t want to implement a WMI mapper. This program gave me a ton of hope.

Thanks.

]]> By: Félim http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/wmi-calls-from-linux/#comment-29 Félim Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:34:47 +0000 http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-29 It uses the default Windows stuff which comes as default in the installation (Unless your company/OEM tweaked it, but unlikely) and that's it, so nothing needs modified on the Windows side at all. It uses the default Windows stuff which comes as default in the installation (Unless your company/OEM tweaked it, but unlikely) and that’s it, so nothing needs modified on the Windows side at all.

]]> By: andrey http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/wmi-calls-from-linux/#comment-28 andrey Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:27:22 +0000 http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-28 Does it it need the WMI Mapper from HP installed on the target windows machine or does it actually utilize the proprietary M$ WMI interface? Does it it need the WMI Mapper from HP installed on the target windows machine or does it actually utilize the proprietary M$ WMI interface?

]]> By: Vide http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/wmi-calls-from-linux/#comment-21 Vide Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:08:47 +0000 http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-21 Great tip! i didn't know the existance of this tool! Thanks, our mixed environment will benefit from this :) Great tip! i didn’t know the existance of this tool! Thanks, our mixed environment will benefit from this :)

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