WMI Infrastructure
Applies To: Windows Server 2008
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is an infrastructure for distributed management of computers running on a Windows operating system. The infrastructure is a standards-based model specified by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF).
Managed Entities
The following is a list of the managed entities that are included in this managed entity:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
The WMI Service is the Windows implementation of a Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM) as defined by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF). It mediates the interactions between a client application using WMI and the WMI repository and providers. The WMI service should be automatically started by the Service Control Manager (SCM). |
Aspects
The following is a list of all aspects that are part of this managed entity:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
AutoDiscovery/AutoPurge (ADAP) is a process that transfers performance libraries into WMI classes. |
|
WMI supports a query language called the WMI Query Language (WQL). WQL is a subset of structured query language (SQL) that is used by most relational database management systems. An event filter query is a WQL query that is used when processing WMI events. |
|
A WMI client is any process that connects to the WMI service. |