I looked at an issue the other day where it looked like WMI wasn’t working. In order to test it, I used the following simple VBScript:
On error resume next
serverDnsName = "exch1.ev.local"
for each objOS in GetObject("winmgmts:\" + serverDNSName + "rootcimv2").InstancesOf ("Win32_OperatingSystem")
wscript.echo "Name = " & objOS.Caption & " Version = " & objOS.Version
next
if err <> 0 then
wscript.echo err.number
wscript.echo err.Description
err.clear
end if
The output will look something like this:
C:temp>cscript wmi.vbs
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.
Name = Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Server 2003, Enterprise Edition Version = 5.2.3790
It might be useful to keep handy, in case you want or need to test it too.
