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

  1. 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
    
  2. Create a folder named C:\WMIScan.

  3. Save the script as WMIScan.vbs in the C:\WMIScan folder.

  4. Open a Command Prompt window.

  5. 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.