Configuration Manager WMI Namespaces and Classes for Configuration Manager Reports
Updated: January 1, 2014
Applies To: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
When Configuration Manager is installed, there are several Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) namespaces created, and depending on the namespace, hundreds of classes can be created under each namespace. Also, each site might have classes that other sites might not have depending on the specific site settings, the inventory that is tracked, and so forth.
WMI Namespaces Created by Configuration Manager
The following WMI namespaces are created by Configuration Manager:
root\ccm
root\ccm\CCMPasswordSettings
root\ccm\CIModels
root\ccm\CIStateStore
root\ccm\CIStore
root\ccm\CITasks
root\ccm\ClientSDK
root\ccm\ContentTransferManager
root\ccm\DataTransferService
root\ccm\dcm
root\ccm\DCMAgent
root\ccm\evaltest
root\ccm\Events
root\ccm\InvAgt
root\ccm\LocationServices
root\ccm\Messaging
root\ccm\NetworkConfig
root\ccm\PeerDPAgent
root\ccm\Policy
root\ccm\PowerManagementAgent
root\ccm\RebootManagement
root\ccm\ScanAgent
root\ccm\Scheduler
root\ccm\SMSNapAgent
root\ccm\SoftMgmtAgent
root\ccm\SoftwareMeteringAgent
root\ccm\SoftwareUpdates
root\ccm\StateMsg
root\ccm\VulnerabilityAssessment
root\ccm\XmlStore
root\cimv2\sms
root\smsdm
root\sms
root\sms\site_<site code>
How to Retrieve Configuration Manager WMI Namespaces and Classes by using a Visual Basic Script
An easy way to list the Configuration Manager–related classes that have been created on your site is to run a Microsoft Visual Basic script. The following script will scan all of the classes within each of the WMI namespaces listed above and output the results to a text file.
To run the script to scan the WMI namespaces and classes
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Copy the following code into Notepad:
'======================================================================================= ' ' NAME: WMIScan.vbs ' ' AUTHOR: Dougeby , Microsoft Corporation ' DATE : 10/24/2013 (Revised for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager by Rob Stack) ' ' COMMENT: Script to scan Configuration Manager WMI classes. ' '======================================================================================= Dim SearchChar Dim TotChar Dim RightChar Dim ClassName Dim Computer Dim strComputer Dim strUser Dim strPassword Dim strSiteCode Dim strNameSpace Dim strFolder Dim strFile Dim strLogFile Dim strFullFile Dim strFullLogFile Dim isError Const ForWriting = 2 Const ForAppending = 8 Const adOpenStatic = 3 Const adLockOptimistic = 3 Const adUseClient = 3 set colNamedArguments=wscript.Arguments.Named If colNamedArguments.Exists("Sitecode") Then strSiteCode = colNamedArguments.Item("Sitecode") Else WScript.Echo "Invalid Command Line Arguments" & vbCrLf & _ vbCrLf & "Usage: WMIScan.vbs /Sitecode:<sitecode> " & _ "/Computer:<computername>" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _ "Example1: WMIScan.vbs /Sitecode:PS1" & vbCrLf & _ "Example2: WMIScan.vbs /Sitecode:PS1 /Computer:Computer1" WScript.Quit(1) End If If colNamedArguments.Exists("Computer") Then strComputer = colNamedArguments.Item("Computer") Else strComputer = "." End If 'Define the values for files and folders. strFolder = "c:\WMIScan" strFile = "WMIScan.txt" strLogFile = "WMIScan.log" strFullFile = strFolder & "\" & strFile strFullLogFile = strFolder & "\" & strLogFile isError = 0 'List of Configuration Manager namespaces are put into an array. arrNameSpaces = Array("root\ccm","root\ccm\CCMPasswordSettings","root\ccm\CIModels",_ "root\ccm\CIStateStore","root\ccm\CIStore","root\ccm\CITasks",_ "root\ccm\ClientSDK","root\ccm\ContentTransferManager","root\ccm\DataTransferService",_ "root\ccm\dcm","root\ccm\DCMAgent","root\ccm\evaltest",_ "root\ccm\Events","root\ccm\InvAgt","root\ccm\LocationServices",_ "root\ccm\Messaging","root\ccm\NetworkConfig","root\ccm\PeerDPAgent",_ "root\ccm\Policy","root\ccm\PowerManagementAgent","root\ccm\RebootManagement",_ "root\ccm\ScanAgent","root\ccm\Scheduler","root\ccm\SMSNapAgent",_ "root\ccm\SoftMgmtAgent","root\ccm\SoftwareMeteringAgent","root\ccm\SoftwareUpdates",_ "root\ccm\StateMsg","root\ccm\VulnerabilityAssessment","root\ccm\XmlStore",_ "root\cimv2\sms","root\smsdm","root\sms",_ "root\sms\site_"& strSiteCode) 'Creates the folder and files for the scan output and log file. Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") 'Does strFolder Folder exist? If not, it's created. If Not objFSO.FolderExists(strFolder) then Set objFolder = objFSO.CreateFolder(strFolder) End If 'Creates the WMIScan.txt and WMIScan.log files. Set objFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strFullFile) Set objLogFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strFullLogFile) objFile.close objLogFile.close 'Opens the WMIScan.log file in write mode. Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objLogFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strFullLogFile, ForWriting) objLogFile.WriteLine "********************************************" objLogFile.WriteLine " WMIScan Tool Executed - " & Now() objLogFile.WriteLine "********************************************" 'Opens the WMIScan.txt file in write mode. Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strFullFile, ForWriting) objLogFile.WriteLine "--------------------------------------------" Computer = strComputer If Computer = "." Then Computer = "Local System" objLogFile.WriteLine " Scanning WMI Namespaces On " & Computer objLogFile.WriteLine "--------------------------------------------" WScript.echo "Starting WMI scan on " & Computer 'Create a collection of Namespaces from the array, and ' call the EnumNameSpaces subroutine to do the scan. For Each strNameSpace In arrNameSpaces Call EnumNameSpaces(strNameSpace, strComputer) Next objLogFile.WriteLine "---------------------------------------------" objLogFile.WriteLine " Done scanning WMI Namespaces on " & Computer objLogFile.WriteLine "---------------------------------------------" 'Close the WMISscan.txt file. objFile.close If isError = 1 Then WScript.Echo "WMI Scan has Completed with Errors!" & vbCrLf & _ "Check the " & strLogFile & " file for more details." & vbCrLf & _ vbCrLf & strFile & " & " & strLogFile & " have been written to "_ & strFolder & "." Else WScript.Echo "WMI Scan has Completed without any Errors!" & _ vbCrLf & vbCrLf & strFile & " & " & strLogFile & _ " have been written to " & strFolder & "." End If '*************************************************************** '*** Subroutine to do the classes scan on the namespace. *** '*************************************************************** Sub EnumNameSpaces(strNameSpace, strComputer) Set objSWbemLocator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator") On Error Resume next Set objSWbemServices= objSWbemLocator.ConnectServer (strComputer,_ strNameSpace) objLogFile.Write "Connecting to the \\" & strComputer & "\" &_ strNameSpace & " WMI NameSpace...." If Err.number = 0 Then objLogFile.WriteLine "Success!!" objLogFile.Write " Scanning for Classes in "&strNameSpace _ & "..." 'Create a collection of all the subclasses of the namespace. Set colClasses = objSWbemServices.SubclassesOf() 'Scan all WMI classes, and write them to the scan1.txt file. objFile.WriteBlanklines(1) objFile.WriteLine "\\" & strComputer & "\" & strNameSpace For Each objClass In colClasses SearchChar = instr(objClass.Path_.Path, ":") TotChar = len(objClass.Path_.Path) RightChar = TotChar - SearchChar ClassName = right(objClass.Path_.Path,RightChar) objFile.WriteLine " " & ClassName Next objLogFile.WriteLine "Success!!" ElseIf Err.Number = -2147024891 Then objLogFile.WriteLine "Error " & Err.Number & _ "! Connection to "& strComputer & " Failed!" isError = 1 Elseif Err.Number = -2147217394 Then objLogFile.WriteLine "Error " & Err.Number & "!! Namespace "&_ strNameSpace & " NOT Found!!" isError = 1 Else objLogFile.WriteLine "Error " & Err.Number & "!!" isError = 1 End If End Sub
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Create a folder named C:\WMIScan.
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Save the script as WMIScan.vbs in the C:\WMIScan folder.
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Open a Command Prompt window.
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Type C:\WMIScan\WMIScan.vbs /sitecode:ABC and then press Enter. Make sure to replace ABC with the appropriate site code.
Note
The above command line assumes that the script is run from a Configuration Manager site server. To connect to WMI on a remote site server, use the /computer:<computername> argument to specify the remote computer. For example, to connect to site code ABC on Computer1, you would type C:\WMIScan\WMIScan.vbs /sitecode:ABC /computer:Computer1 in the command line.
The script creates a text file (in C:\WMIScan) with all of the WMI classes in each of the WMI namespaces for Configuration Manager when run on a Configuration Manager primary site server. A log file is also created listing all of the namespaces scanned and whether the scan was successful. Be aware that some namespaces will not be present on some site servers, depending on which options have been configured.