How can you remotely instantiate a WMI class?

Hello again,

I have a script setup to create a printer locally using WMI, using the
following code:

$PRINTERCLASS = [WMICLASS]"WIN32_PRINTER"
$MYPRINTER = $PRINTERCLASS.CREATEINSTANCE()

I know that I can remotely hit wmi via gwmi -comp remotecomputer
win32_printer, but I'm not sure how one would go about instantiating an
object remotely, since there doesn't seem to be a built-in way to do that
with powershell's WMI provider, at least that I can see (I'm still pretty new
to all of this).

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Janssen

$printerClass = Get-WmiObject Win32_Printer -ComputerName <ServerNameHere>

I suggest reading this... some cool stuff you can do.
Get-help Get-WmiObject -full

"Janssen" <Janssen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:57EDA02D-83F2-4AEF-B6DB-62F9C6DA8669@microsoft.com...
> Hello again,
>
> I have a script setup to create a printer locally using WMI, using the
> following code:
>
> $PRINTERCLASS = [WMICLASS]"WIN32_PRINTER"
> $MYPRINTER = $PRINTERCLASS.CREATEINSTANCE()
>
> I know that I can remotely hit wmi via gwmi -comp remotecomputer
> win32_printer, but I'm not sure how one would go about instantiating an
> object remotely, since there doesn't seem to be a built-in way to do that
> with powershell's WMI provider, at least that I can see (I'm still pretty
> new
> to all of this).
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Janssen

Brandon,

Thanks for the reply.

The issue is that if you use gwmi win32_printer, you don't get access to the
createinstance() method. You only get access to the printers already in
existence. The only way I've found to get access to createintstance is to
use [WMICLASS], which doesn't actually give you the real objects, but access
to a blank class.

However, I did figure out the proper syntax I was looking for, which is:
[wmiclass]"\\servername\root\cimv2:win32_printer"

Janssen

"Brandon Shell" wrote:

> $printerClass = Get-WmiObject Win32_Printer -ComputerName <ServerNameHere>
>
> I suggest reading this... some cool stuff you can do.
> Get-help Get-WmiObject -full
>
> "Janssen" <Janssen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:57EDA02D-83F2-4AEF-B6DB-62F9C6DA8669@microsoft.com...
> > Hello again,
> >
> > I have a script setup to create a printer locally using WMI, using the
> > following code:
> >
> > $PRINTERCLASS = [WMICLASS]"WIN32_PRINTER"
> > $MYPRINTER = $PRINTERCLASS.CREATEINSTANCE()
> >
> > I know that I can remotely hit wmi via gwmi -comp remotecomputer
> > win32_printer, but I'm not sure how one would go about instantiating an
> > object remotely, since there doesn't seem to be a built-in way to do that
> > with powershell's WMI provider, at least that I can see (I'm still pretty
> > new
> > to all of this).
> >
> > Any help would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Janssen
>
>

Whoops... I misunderstood your question. )

"Janssen" <Janssen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3FBD2670-329F-47CE-8BCA-25B99F95315C@microsoft.com...
> Brandon,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> The issue is that if you use gwmi win32_printer, you don't get access to
> the
> createinstance() method. You only get access to the printers already in
> existence. The only way I've found to get access to createintstance is to
> use [WMICLASS], which doesn't actually give you the real objects, but
> access
> to a blank class.
>
> However, I did figure out the proper syntax I was looking for, which is:
> [wmiclass]"\\servername\root\cimv2:win32_printer"
>
> Janssen
>
> "Brandon Shell" wrote:
>
>> $printerClass = Get-WmiObject Win32_Printer -ComputerName
>> <ServerNameHere>
>>
>> I suggest reading this... some cool stuff you can do.
>> Get-help Get-WmiObject -full
>>
>> "Janssen" <Janssen@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:57EDA02D-83F2-4AEF-B6DB-62F9C6DA8669@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello again,
>> >
>> > I have a script setup to create a printer locally using WMI, using the
>> > following code:
>> >
>> > $PRINTERCLASS = [WMICLASS]"WIN32_PRINTER"
>> > $MYPRINTER = $PRINTERCLASS.CREATEINSTANCE()
>> >
>> > I know that I can remotely hit wmi via gwmi -comp remotecomputer
>> > win32_printer, but I'm not sure how one would go about instantiating an
>> > object remotely, since there doesn't seem to be a built-in way to do
>> > that
>> > with powershell's WMI provider, at least that I can see (I'm still
>> > pretty
>> > new
>> > to all of this).
>> >
>> > Any help would be much appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Janssen
>>
>>