Checking WMI reachability
Checking WMI reachability
To check WMI reachability
From your On-Premise Poller installed Windows machine, go to
Start
>
Run
>
wbemtest.exe
and run it as an administrator.
In the
Windows Management Instrumentation Tester
screen, click
Connect
.
Enter the following in the Connect screen:
NameSpace:
Enter
\\{target Host_Name\IP}\root\cimv2
Enter your IP address in place of
target Host_Name\IP
.
Credentials:
Enter the
Username
and
Password
of the target server.
If WMI connects, the credentials are correct for the given target server.
If it fails to connect, check if:
WMI is running.
The credentials are right.
The ports are allowed in the firewall.
The target server is reachable from the Windows machine that you are connecting from.
To query a particular WMI table
Under
Wbem Services
, click the
Query
button.
In the query text box, enter any WMI query.
e.g. select
* from win32_OperatingSystem
Click
Apply
.
This will open a query result window. This window will display the instances of the query result.
Click a returned instance to display the output of the query.