Install wmi in CentOS – Aurlen Technologies

Problem:

It is necessary to query Windows servers from Linux using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).

Solution:

Install the wmi client in Linux, follow these steps

1. Download wmi from www.atomicorp.com

wget http://www6.atomicorp.com/channels/atomic/centos/7/x86_64/RPMS/wmi-1.3.14-4.el7.art.x86_64.rpm

--2019-02-06 18:36:16-- http://www6.atomicorp.com/channels/atomic/centos/7/x86_64/RPMS/wmi-1.3.14-4.el7.art.x86_64.rpm
Connecting to 10.64.114.5:3128... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 8075232 (7.7M) [application/x-rpm]
Saving to: ‘wmi-1.3.14-4.el7.art.x86_64.rpm’

100%[======================================================================================================================================================================>] 8,075,232 6.72MB/s in 1.1s

2019-02-06 18:36:17 (6.72 MB/s) - ‘wmi-1.3.14-4.el7.art.x86_64.rpm’ saved [8075232/8075232]

2. Install wmi using yum:

yum install wmi-1.3.14-4.el7.art.x86_64.rpm

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Examining wmi-1.3.14-4.el7.art.x86_64.rpm: wmi-1.3.14-4.el7.art.x86_64
Marking wmi-1.3.14-4.el7.art.x86_64.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package wmi.x86_64 0:1.3.14-4.el7.art will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
wmi x86_64 1.3.14-4.el7.art /wmi-1.3.14-4.el7.art.x86_64 36 M

Transaction Summary
================================================================================================================================================================================================================
Install 1 Package

Total size: 36 M
Installed size: 36 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded
Running transaction
Installing : wmi-1.3.14-4.el7.art.x86_64 1/1
Verifying : wmi-1.3.14-4.el7.art.x86_64 1/1

Installed:
wmi.x86_64 0:1.3.14-4.el7.art

Complete!

3. Test it

[root@aurlenserver ~]# wmic ?
Usage: [-?|--help] [--usage] [-d|--debuglevel DEBUGLEVEL] [--debug-stderr]
        [-s|--configfile CONFIGFILE] [--option=name=value]
        [-l|--log-basename LOGFILEBASE] [--leak-report] [--leak-report-full]
        [-R|--name-resolve NAME-RESOLVE-ORDER]
        [-O|--socket-options SOCKETOPTIONS] [-n|--netbiosname NETBIOSNAME]
        [-W|--workgroup WORKGROUP] [--realm=REALM] [-i|--scope SCOPE]
        [-m|--maxprotocol MAXPROTOCOL] [-U|--user [DOMAIN\]USERNAME[%PASSWORD]]
        [-N|--no-pass] [--password=STRING] [-A|--authentication-file FILE]
        [-S|--signing on|off|required] [-P|--machine-pass]
        [--simple-bind-dn=STRING] [-k|--kerberos STRING]
        [--use-security-mechanisms=STRING] [-V|--version] [--namespace=STRING]
        [--delimiter=STRING]
        //host query

Example: wmic -U [domain/]adminuser%password //host "select * from Win32_ComputerSystem"

Usage:

wmic -U user%password //host “query”

Example:

Remotely obtain the RAM of the Windows server:

Windows srver IP: 192.168.123.58
Windows Username: zabbixmonitor
Windows password: SuperPassword

wmic -U zabbixmonitor%SuperPassword //192.168.123.58 "select TotalPhysicalMemory from Win32_ComputerSystem"

CLASS: Win32_ComputerSystem
Name|TotalPhysicalMemory
Windows2008R2srv|17179336704