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WMI is Microsoft's implementation of the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) and Common Information Model (CIM) standards from the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). WMI allows scripting languages (such as VBScript or Windows' PowerShell) to manage Microsoft Windows personal computers and servers, both locally and
As an example, the following WQL query selects all the drives on a computer that have less than 2 MB of free space: [2] ... (WMI) Common Information Model (CIM)
The Common Information Model (CIM) is an open standard that defines how managed elements in an IT environment are represented as a common set of objects and relationships between them. The Distributed Management Task Force maintains the CIM to allow consistent management of these managed elements, independent of their manufacturer or provider.
Using WS-Management (WinRM 2.0), Windows PowerShell 2.0 allows scripts and cmdlets to be invoked on a remote machine or a large set of remote machines. WinRM 2.0 for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 was released on Oct 26, 2009.
PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management program from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and the associated scripting language.Initially a Windows component only, known as Windows PowerShell, it was made open-source and cross-platform on August 18, 2016, with the introduction of PowerShell Core. [5]
The model uses the Common Information Model standard; the DMTF has published many models for commonly managed devices and services: IP routers, storage servers, desktop computers, etc. For most operations, the WBEM server determines from the model that it needs to communicate with the actual hardware or software.
Utilizing scripting objects or the built-in command-line tool, WinRM can be used with any remote computers that may have baseboard management controllers (BMCs) to acquire data. On Windows-based computers including WinRM, certain data supplied by Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) can also be obtained. [1]
In Windows 7, the BITSAdmin utility is deprecated in favor of Windows PowerShell cmdlets. [6] The BitsTransfer PowerShell module provides eight cmdlets with which to manage BITS jobs. [7] The following example is the equivalent of the BITSAdmin example above: