WMI Test er User Manual

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Printed: September 2018 in Nuremberg

Contents

Table of Contents

Part 1 Welcome to WM I Tester 6

Part 2 Basic Usage 8

Part 3 Advanced Usage 12

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Welcome to WMI Tester

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1 Welcome to WMI Tester

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a database that offers a variety of useful
monitoring values of computers running Microsoft Windows. PRTG Network Monitor from
Paessler makes use of the WMI functionality for monitoring computers in network
environments.

WMI allows a process to read out data for many Windows configuration parameters as well as
current system status values. Access can take place locally or remotely via a network
connection. WMI is based on COM and DCOM and is integrated in Windows versions as of
Windows Server 2000. PRTG officially supports WMI for Windows 7 or later.

As WMI access over a network is not trivial, the Paessler WMI Tester is a tool for testing the
accessibility of WMI counters in a quick and easy-to-use way.

See this article in our Knowledge Base if you run into issues: My WMI sensors don't work.
What can I do?

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Basic Usage

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2 Basic Usage
After starting Paessler WMI Tester, you can enter data for basic usage, for example the domain
and computer name/IP address. You can also enter login credentials, if necessary.

WMI Tester Basic Usage

BASIC SETTINGS

Domain Enter the name of the Windows domain in which the computer you
want to test is in. Leave this field empty when testing your own
machine. Enter the computer’s name when testing a domainless
machine (for example, a standalone computer or a computer in a
workgroup).

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BASIC SETTINGS

Computer name/IP Enter the name of the computer you want to test. Leave this field
address empty when testing your own machine. Try to enter the specific IP
address in case the connection fails. Also check if your domain
controller is accessible from the target machine because it is
needed to verify the Windows credentials.

User Enter the name of the user that is allowed to log in on the machine
you want to test.
You must leave this field empty if you test your own machine.

Password Enter the password of the user.

You must leave this field empty if you test your own machine.

Now click the Test ! button. After a short time, you will either see a result table showing
information about the Windows system on the machine or an error message if something went
wrong.

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Advanced Usage

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3 Advanced Usage
On the Advanced tab, you can enter more detailed information for more advanced usage. You
can enter a domain prefix or the namespace that the WMI query will use, for example. You can
also do a fast port scan or change the calculation base, if necessary.

WMI Tester Adv anc ed Usage

ADVANCED SETTINGS

Domain prefix Enter the domain prefix. The domain prefix is added internally to
the host name (usually you can leave this as NTLMDOMAIN:)

Namespace Enter the namespace the WMI query will use, standard is root
\CIMV2.

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ADVANCED SETTINGS

Initial Portscan Check this check box if WMI Tester should do a fast port scan to
check if the RPC server is running (port 135) and accessible on the
target machine prior to opening a WMI connection.

Calculation Base WMI often returns large numbers, so the calculation base is set to
use ext ended by default. Only change this if resulting numbers
seem odd.

Query Choose between six predefined query sets

§ OS
§ Processes
§ Logical Disks
§ Memory
§ Processor
§ Net work
§ Cust om
Only enter a custom query if you know how WMI works.

You can leaf through the history of the queries you executed during the current session,
which is useful when experimenting with various classes and parameters. Simply place the
cursor inside the query edit field and press Strg+Up or Strg+Down.

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