Developing WMI Solutions: A Guide to Windows Management Instrumentation

Chapter 10. Developing WMI Scripts for Administrators

If you have spent any amount of time managing computer systems in industry, it is probably safe to assume that at some point, through no fault of your own, you have had to deal with a system management crisis. It is said that the Chinese language, developed long before system administration, views crisis as a type of opportunity (although we doubt this means a “crisamatunity,” as Homer Simpson once said). The purpose of this chapter is to look at the ways that WMI minimizes these opportunities for administrators and promotes more productive use of your time. Don't be mistaken: network cards still will fail, user accounts will need resetting, and disks will need defragmenting, but with the suite ...