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Cole_McDonald's avatar
Cole_McDonald
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4 months 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-mo...
Barb's avatar
Barb
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4 months 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 :)

  • Patrick_Rouse's avatar
    Patrick_Rouse
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    3 months ago

    If you don't mind, please provide an example of an official module that uses WMI rather than and what data collection change you'd like to see?  Are you perhaps referring to modules like "WinSystemUptime" that uses the WQL_Query WMI Data Collection type with the the Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_System class?

    Please let me know and I'll look into this for you.  Thanks.

    • Barb's avatar
      Barb
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      4 days ago

      Hi Patrick Sorry for the delay I have been very busy. Yes we are talking about WinSystemUptime and CPU and memory and anything else that can be retrieved with CIM instead of WMI.

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      Barb
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      4 days ago

      I have this basic CIM one for uptime 

      Locator

      AACZFJ

       

      simply using

      (get-date) - (gcim Win32_OperatingSystem).LastBootUpTime