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WMI plays a major role in storing management information in Configuration Manager 2012. WMI defines standards for sharing management data between applications in a common way. It provides a uniform model to access management data from any source. Key components of WMI include the Common Information Model (CIM) for describing managed systems and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) which provides a uniform interface for local or remote applications to obtain management data.

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SCCM Wmi

WMI plays a major role in storing management information in Configuration Manager 2012. WMI defines standards for sharing management data between applications in a common way. It provides a uniform model to access management data from any source. Key components of WMI include the Common Information Model (CIM) for describing managed systems and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) which provides a uniform interface for local or remote applications to obtain management data.

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ntroduction to WMI in

Configuration Manager 2012


I
n Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, Windows Management
Instrumentation (WMI) plays a major role in storing site-specific and client-
related management information . WMI is the Microsoft implementation of Web-Based
Enterprise Management (WBEM) and Common Information Model (CIM) standards from the
Distributed
Management Task Force (DMTF).
The purpose of WMI is to define a proprietary set of environment-independent
specifications that allow management information to be shared between management
applications. WMI prescribes enterprise management standards and related
technologies
for Windows operating systems that work with existing management standards, such
as Desktop Management Interface (DMI) and Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP). WMI complements these other standards by providing a uniform model. This
model represents the managed environment through which management data from
any source can be accessed in a common way. WMI is also the key component of System
Center 2012 Configuration Manager. Management information related to site server
and
client is stored within WMI.
This chapter describes WMI, how the WMI tools interact with WMI, and the
namespaces and classes specific to Configuration Manager 2012. This chapter builds
a
strong foundation for understanding WMI.
Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM)
Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) is the Industry joint effort to provide a
unifying mechanism for describing and sharing management information. Prior to
WBEM,
administrators of systems running on multiple platforms did not have any easy way
to
obtain management data from their different platforms. They had to use individual
application programming interfaces (APIs) or a separate console for each management
application. WBEM defines a common mechanism for sharing management information,
and provides a consistent view of managed environments without locking you into one
management framework, protocol, or platform.
4 CHAPTER 1 Introduction to WMI in Configuration Manager 2012
WBEM was developed by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF). The two main
goals motivating the DMTF to create WMEB are:
■ To standardize the publication of management data
■ To provide a standard method for accessing management information
To standardize the publication of management data, the DMTF adopted a standardized
data model called the Common Information Model (CIM). CIM is an object-oriented
schema
for describing a system’s management objects. It offers one extensible data
description
mechanism for all enterprise systems, network devices, and other management tools
such as
applications, peripherals, and databases. CIM supports data inheritance and
associations and
is independent of any execution environment or programming language model.
Previously, administrators had to use customized API calls and software designed
specifically for each environment that they wanted to access management data from.
WBEM provides one method for accessing management data that originates from
disparate sources.
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
WMI provides a uniform interface for any local or remote applications or scripts
that obtain
management data from a computer system, a network, or an enterprise. The uniform
interface is designed such that WMI client applications and scripts do not have to
call a wide variety of operating system APIs. Many APIs cannot be called by
automation clients like scripts or
Visual Basic applications. Other APIs do not make calls to remote computers. Figure
1-1 shows
the WMI architecture.

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