[RESOLVED] WMI querying against remote machines

Hi All,

Does anyone out there have an working vb.net 2005 code that runs WMI queries against a remote machine on the same network?

I am trying to make the cross from vbs & vb6 to vb.net 2005. WMI querying was straight forward in the past, but I can't seem to find any working code that queries a remote machine.

Any sample code would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I have been researching this for awhile now, but I still can not figure this out. I think if I see one working example of a WMI query that connects to a remote machine and pulls hardware data, then I will be able to run with it from there.

Any help would greatly be appreciated. :D

What kind of data are you trying to query for?

Well for testing purposes, any kind of hardware specs would be fine. At this point I would be glad to see anything queried from a remote machine. :)

Try this example... It won't work if the remote system has firewall turned on.
I've tried it on win2003 servers, winxp sp2 (with firewall disabled) and win2000 and it works fine. However, when firewall is enabled on winxp sp2 sytems, it won't work. And I don't know how you can bypass the firewall if it is enabled :)
Don't forget to add a reference of System.Management and import it to your project.

vb Code:

Private Sub QueryProcessorExample(ByVal RemoteMachineName As String)
        Dim manScope As ManagementScope
        Dim manPath As ManagementPath
        Dim manClass As ManagementClass
        Dim manObj As ManagementObject
        Dim manObjCol As ManagementObjectCollection
        Dim output As String = String.Empty
        Try
            manPath = New ManagementPath("\\" & RemoteMachineName & "\root\CIMV2:Win32_Processor")
            manScope = New ManagementScope(manPath)
            'Since it is a remote system, you must provide proper credentials to access it
            manScope.Options.Username = "yourDomainName\administrator"
            manScope.Options.Password = "yourPassword"
            manClass = New ManagementClass(manScope, manPath, Nothing)
            manObjCol = manClass.GetInstances()
            For Each manObj In manObjCol
                output &= "Processor Description: " & manObj("Description").ToString & Chr(10) & _
                          "Max Clock Speed: " & manObj("MaxClockSpeed").ToString & Chr(10) & _
                          "Current Clock Speed: " & manObj("CurrentClockSpeed").ToString & Chr(10) & _
                          "Load Percentage: " & manObj("LoadPercentage").ToString & Chr(10) & _
                          "Status: " & manObj("Status").ToString & Chr(10)
            Next
            MessageBox.Show(output)
        Catch ex As Exception
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
        Finally
            manPath = Nothing
            manScope = Nothing
            manClass = Nothing
            manObjCol = Nothing
        End Try
    End Sub

Thanks stan,

That is exactly what I needed.

For anyone who needs help finding the classes to run WMI against, the best app I have found is the "WMI Code Creator" (see link below).


http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en


Thanks for your help, Stan!

You can also lookup the info for Win32 classes in MSDN online library... And that's where I always go to when I'm in doubt about something. :)