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Cole_McDonald
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14 days ago

CIM vs. WMI as native 'Source type

Has anyone heard if LM has any plans in place to make the move from WMI to CIM for metrics grabs in general and Windows in specific?

https://thinkpowershell.com/powershell-and-common-information-model-cim-the-successor-to-wmi/

  • Barb's avatar
    Barb
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    13 days ago

    Hi Cole 

    I have actually created 2 Datasources one for CPU and one for Uptime using CIM as I find an error with WMI (invalid class) on these 2 fairly often that even thou we run through all the fixes it still doesn't get resolved. Then CIM is the answer. Would be handy to have a whole suite of Datasources in CIM for sure :)

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    Joe_Williams
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    8 days ago

    I would wish for CIM as it would allow for PowerShell CLI on Linux and make allowing a Linux collector that monitors Windows possible.