Leveraging WMI Scripting: Using Windows Management Instrumentation to Solve Windows Management Problems (HP Technologies)

5.7 Summary

Today, most applications released by Microsoft are WMI enabled. Even if we only reviewed some of the most important applications produced by Microsoft, there are many other applications supporting WMI that we didn't talk about, such as Host Integration Server (Microsoft SNA Server), System Management Server (SMS), or Services For Unix 3.0 for some existing products. At writing time, some new products, still under development, will also make an extensive usage of a WMI. To give some examples:

• Exchange Server 2003 extends the current Exchange 2000 WMI capabilities for administration purposes.

• Automated Deployment Service provides a new set of WMI classes for its administration and automation purposes.

• Windows System Resource Manager makes use of the SMTP event consumer for alerting purposes.

• Microsoft Meta-Directory Service 3.0 provides a new set of WMI classes for its administration and its internal instrumentation.

To give another example in the area of the Enterprise management software, HP OpenView Operations for Windows or Microsoft Operation Manager utilize WMI information to manage Windows at the enterprise level while providing WMI information at the same time for manageability and customization. Today, it is inconceivable that management applications in the Windows space are not WMI enabled. WMI is the foundation of a solid enterprise management solution for everyone in charge of managing or administering Windows platforms today.