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**dmex** · 06-27-2008

Accessing WMI From Windows PowerShell

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Windows PowerShell: The WMI Connection

PowerShell is pretty powerful on its own, but integrating it with WMI via the get-wmiobject cmdlet can make it more powerful and reduce the need for more complicated VBS code.

The get-wmiobject or gwmi (alias) cmdlet can be used to query the computer and gather any and all WMI based information. Take a look at this short command to list the logical disk information of the computer.

Get-wmiobject Win32_LogicalDisk

This can be expanded upon using the -class, -filter and -properties options available to WMI. The following will sort the list by DeviceID and DriveType.
Get-wmiobject Win32_LogicalDisk -property DeviceId,DriveType

These examples all use the Win32_LogicalDisk class, however you can use any WMI to get information on the computers hardware, operating system, installed applications, WMI service management and performance counters. If you have used WMI in your VBS scripts, you are familiar with what WMI can do, and this functionality has been brought into MSH as well. Some other examples you can run are:
Get-wmiobject Win32_BIOS - Lists BIOS Intimation

Get-wmiobject Win32_Product - Lists Installed Packages (Applications)

Get-wmiobject Win32_PageFile - Lists all PageFile Infomation

Get-wmiobject Win32_IP4RouteTable - Self Explanatory

06-27-2008	#1 (permalink)
dmex Windows Vista™ Ultimate 2,631 posts	PowerShell and WMI Accessing WMI From Windows PowerShell Guy's Scripting Ezine 110 - PowerShell and WMI Windows, PowerShell and WMI - Unveiling Microsoft's Best Kept Secret Windows PowerShell: The WMI Connection PowerShell is pretty powerful on its own, but integrating it with WMI via the get-wmiobject cmdlet can make it more powerful and reduce the need for more complicated VBS code. The get-wmiobject or gwmi (alias) cmdlet can be used to query the computer and gather any and all WMI based information. Take a look at this short command to list the logical disk information of the computer. Get-wmiobject Win32_LogicalDisk This can be expanded upon using the -class, -filter and -properties options available to WMI. The following will sort the list by DeviceID and DriveType. Get-wmiobject Win32_LogicalDisk -property DeviceId,DriveType These examples all use the Win32_LogicalDisk class, however you can use any WMI to get information on the computers hardware, operating system, installed applications, WMI service management and performance counters. If you have used WMI in your VBS scripts, you are familiar with what WMI can do, and this functionality has been brought into MSH as well. Some other examples you can run are: Get-wmiobject Win32_BIOS - Lists BIOS Intimation Get-wmiobject Win32_Product - Lists Installed Packages (Applications) Get-wmiobject Win32_PageFile - Lists all PageFile Infomation Get-wmiobject Win32_IP4RouteTable - Self Explanatory Attached Thumbnails Last edited by dmex; 06-29-2008 at 07:06 AM..
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