WMIC A New Approach to Managing Windows Infrastru…….ppt

WMIC: A New Approach to Managing Windows Infrastructure from a Command Line Arkady RetikProgram ManagerWindows Server DivisionMicrosoft Corporation Objectives Review Windows Management Instrumentation Command-Line (WMIC) utility and its architecture Demonstrate the modes of operation Introduce the advanced use of WMIC Agenda Background Architecture Examples of use Review Advanced Extending WMIC Customizing WMIC WMIC: WMI Command-Line Tool Access various sources of management data through WMI without programming A new tool: Only available on Microsoft? Windows? XP Professional and Windows .NET Server Family products Note: wmic pronounced [wee-mek] Why WMIC? Why WMIC? (2) Management Tools Strategy Command-Line Tools Program Simplicity Top tasks covered with new command-line tools Admin focused, easy, and pre-built Automation enhancements Power and extensibility WMIC – new WMI command-line interface Exposes all WMI management data Customize queries for any scenario Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Goals Make Windows the most manageable OS Provide a comprehensive management infrastructure, removing the need for management agents Enable system and application observation and control Consistent queries Consistent methods Consistent events Consistent protocol Consistent schema Availability Windows 95Windows 98Windows NT? 4.0Embedded NT-------------------- Windows 2000Windows MeWindows XP Windows .NET Server Partners (redistributed w/ OEMs / ISVs / IHVs) WMI Architecture – Point-to-Point Windows XP Professional and .NET Server implementation WMIC is an admin tool WMIC includes 80 aliases (FriendlyCommandNames): Supporting about 150 methods Exposing thousands of properties Providing reporting ability in TXT, HTML, XML, MOF, CSV, or any proprietary format It allows access to any WMI-like schema object (more than 10,000 objects in the box) WMIC: Two Modes of Operationc:\wmic process list brief