WMIC Samples

WMIC Samples
url:http://blogs.technet.com/jhoward/archive/2005/02/23/378726.aspx


As promised, here are the sample WMIC commands I demonstrated in the Automating Windows Server 2003 session yesterday evening in Reading. Hope they are useful to you.

Update static IP address
wmic nicconfig where index=9 call enablestatic("192.168.16.4"), ("255.255.255.0")

Change network gateway
wmic nicconfig where index=9 call setgateways("192.168.16.4", "192.168.16.5"),(1,2)

Enable DHCP
wmic nicconfig where index=9 call enabledhcp

Service Management
wmic service where caption="DHCP Client" call changestartmode "Disabled"

Start an application
wmic process call create "calc.exe"

Terminate an application
wmic process where name="calc.exe" call terminate

Change process priority
wmic process where name="explorer.exe" call setpriority 64

Get list of process identifiers
wmic process where (Name='svchost.exe') get name,processid

Information about harddrives
wmic logicaldisk where drivetype=3 get name, freespace, systemname, filesystem, size, volumeserialnumber

Information about os
wmic os get bootdevice, buildnumber, caption, freespaceinpagingfiles, installdate, name, systemdrive, windowsdirectory /format:htable > c:\osinfo.htm

Information about files
wmic path cim_datafile where "Path='\\windows\\system32\\wbem\\' and FileSize>1784088" > c:\wbemfiles.txt

Process list
wmic process get /format:htable > c:\process.htm

Retrieve list of warning and error events not from system or security logs
WMIC NTEVENT WHERE "EventType<3 AND LogFile != 'System' AND LogFile != 'Security'" GET LogFile, SourceName, EventType, Message, TimeGenerated /FORMAT:"htable.xsl":" datatype = number":" sortby = EventType" > c:\appevent.htm