WMI Filters for Group Policy to manage Windows Server versions
...GPO WMI Filter If you need to match a computer name in your GPO WMI Filter, you can use the following: WMI Query GPMC WMI Filter Query to select by...
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Technical SysOps blog, where topics include Sysadmin, DevOps, computers, servers, web, MySQL, database, virtualization, optimization and security
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Technical SysOps blog, where topics include Sysadmin, DevOps, computers, servers, web, MySQL, database, virtualization, optimization and security
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Fix broken WMI provider in SQL Server
...relies on WMI to monitor SQL Server services, and WMI providers can get uninstalled accidentally. Managed Object Format (MOF) describes WMI classes and is compiled into the WMI repository to...
Increase WMI memory to support large volume of queries
...Optimize WMI performance and memory usage in Windows Server. Windows Server logs WMI messages in Microsoft-Windows-WMI-Activity/Operational. Monitor this log in Zabbix if you want to 🙂 . First, to increase WMI...
WMI Query GPMC WMI Filter
WMI Query GPMC WMI Filter
WMI Query GPMC WMI Filter Query to select Windows Server 2022 by Version property
WMI Query GPMC WMI Filter Query to select Windows Server 2022 by Version property
WMI Query GPMC WMI Filter Query to select by Name property
WMI Query GPMC WMI Filter Query to select by Name property
WMI Architecture
WMI Architecture – relationship between wmi infrastructure, wmi providers, and managed objects...
Monitor .NET CLR Garbage Collected heap from your web application
...using Powershell WMI / CIM and Win32_PerfRawData_NETFramework_NETCLRMemory Windows Performance Counters. The abbreviation WMI stands for “Windows Management Instrumentation”, and CIM for “Common Information Model”. I wrote more about them: https://www.saotn.org/?s=wmi,...
Monitor IIS application pools in Zabbix, part 1
Zabbix can harnas the powers of WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) to query the Windows system for data. In Zabbix you use wmi.getall for this. Here is a small introduction to...
Getting more out your Windows Performance Counters monitoring for web applications – part 3
...-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File C:\path\to\zabbix\scripts\w3wp-wmi.ps1 -action discovery UserParameter=FetchAppPoolInfo[*],powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File C:\zabbix\scripts\w3wp-wmi.ps1 -action getapppoolinfo A PowerShell script w3wp-wmi.ps1 is called and doing all the heavy lifting. From autodiscovery (“-action discovery”...
Windows SID to username and vice versa
...an SID by the username. The VBS code utilizes WMI, that’s fine because it’s something we’re familiar with. Option explicit Dim objAccount, strComputer, strUser Dim objWMIService If WScript.Arguments.Count < 1...
Monitor website performance in IIS with Zabbix
Monitor your website performance on IIS with Zabbix, Performance Counters, PowerShell and WMI, because it is important to keep an eye on website and webserver performance. For this, Zabbix is...
Simple PowerShell introduction for Windows Server administration, automation and scripting
...PowerShell APIs. The Get-WMiObject Cmdlet – Retrieving Data Using WMI In scripts you often see the use of Get-WMiObject cmdlet. WMI stands for Windows Management Instrumentation. You may wonder why...
Monitor SQL Server and databases in depth using Zabbix
...Fix broken WMI provider in SQL Server Conclusion and giveway You can use Zabbix and PowerShell / WMI / PerfCounters to monitor a lot in Microsoft SQL Server. It takes...
Detect ethernet network speed in Windows
One of the methods to check the network adapter speed via PowerShell is to use Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) interface. An easy to use PowerShell snippet to detect the ethernet...
Get IIS Current Connections using PowerShell
...it using Get-Counter cmdlet in PowerShell of course. But in post I’ll show you a different – and perhaps even faster – method using WMI / CIM and Win32_PerfRawData_W3SVC_WebService. Read...
Easily find out which Windows Updates are installed with PowerShell
...$_.InstalledOn -lt "${Tomorrow}" } Win32_QuickFixEngineering WMI Because the Get-HotFix cmdlet uses the Win32_QuickFixEngineering WMI class to list hotfixes that are installed on the local computer, you can use WMI searcher...
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...broken WMI provider in SQL Server by Jan Reilink 2025-08-27 Being unable to open SQL Server Configuration Manager if often caused by a corrupt or removed WMI provider for SQL...
How to install IIS URL Rewrite Module on Windows Server 2016 & IIS 10
...System.Version "10.0")) { Write-Host "Windows Server 2016" } Or use WMI/CIM’s Win32_OperatingSystem class, for example: (Get-CimInstance -class Win32_OperatingSystem).Caption This’ll return something like Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Standard. WMI Filters for...
Install Windows Server Servicing Stack Updates (SSU) using PowerShell
...updates for Windows Server? Here is how to uninstall and remove Adobe Flash Player in Windows Server. Here are some more WMI filters to manage Windows Server versions. Continue when...
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