Book description
Explore new abilities of Powershell 3.0 to interact with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) through the use of the new CIM cmdlets and realistic management scenarios
- Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate results.
- Create CIM sessions to local and remote systems
- Execute WMI queries using Windows Remote Management
- Learn industry standard scripts to interact with workstation and server systems
In Detail
PowerShell and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provide you with the ability to remotely manage systems. Whether it is viewing available disk space, or starting an executable remotely, PowerShell 3.0 WMI provides limitless options for scripting the management of systems.
"Instant Windows Powershell 3.0 Windows management instrumentation starter" follows industry standard scripting techniques, utilizing new powerful Cmdlets, to manage different aspects of an operating system and provides practical examples for managing your systems.
You will learn how to create, verify, and terminate new Cmdlets that were introduced with PowerShell 3.0 and apply this new knowledge to real world management scenarios. It will provide detailed information about the structure of WMI, and the best ways to get, set, and execute items on a system, both locally and remotely.
You will also learn how to create, verify, and terminate new CIM sessions using the available Cmdlets. You will also learn how to search CIM classes for available properties and methods, create a new instance of a class, get an existing instance of an existing class, get an associated instance of a class, and remove an instance of a class. Finally, you will learn how to remotely execute code on a system using WMI.
Instant Windows Powershell 3.0 Windows management instrumentation starter will provide you with the ability to fully utilize Windows Management Instrumentation through the use of a variety of new Cmdlets introduced with PowerShell 3.0.
Table of contents
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Instant Windows PowerShell 3.0 Windows Management Instrumentation Starter
- Instant Windows PowerShell 3.0 Windows Management Instrumentation Starter
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewer
- www.packtpub.com
- packtLib.packtpub.com
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Instant Windows PowerShell 3.0 Windows Management Instrumentation Starter
- So, what is PowerShell 3.0 WMI?
- Installation
- Quick start – PowerShell 3.0 WMI basics
- Top features you'll want to know about
- People and places you should get to know
Product information
- Title: Instant Windows PowerShell 3.0 Windows Management Instrumentation Starter
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2013
- Publisher(s): Packt Publishing
- ISBN: 9781849689625
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