Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Administrator's Guide Volume 2

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6.7.7 Collecting WMI information

You can collect WMI information manually or remotely.

This subsection describes both collection methods.

Organization of this subsection
(1) Manual collection
(2) Remote collection

(1) Manual collection

The following products must be installed on the client in order to collect WMI information manually:

#: Applicable only when the JP1/Software Distribution Manager is installed as a relay manager.

This set of products is referred to collectively as the JP1/Software Distribution products.

To collect WMI information manually, you must perform the procedure shown below on the corresponding PC.

To collect WMI information manually:

  1. Open JP1/Software-Distribution-product-installation-directory\BIN.
  2. Double-click dmpwmitl.vbs.
    dmpwmitl.vbs is stored in JP1/Software-Distribution-product-installation-directory\BIN.
    Double-clicking dmpwmitl.vbs starts collection of WMI information. When the collection processing is finished, a dialog box to that effect is displayed.
  3. Click the OK button.
    The WMI information is stored in JP1/Software-Distribution-product-installation-directory\LOG under the following name:
    WMI information (output file):
    WMIGETINFO_YYYYMMDD_hhmmss.txt#
    #: The date and time the file was created are set in YYYYMMDD and hhmmss.

(2) Remote collection

To collect WMI information remotely:

  1. Start Remote Installation Manager.
  2. Create a job that executes remote collection.
    For details about job creation, see 5.1.1 Executing remote collection in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
  3. Specify the files to be collected.
    On the Collect File page, specify the following information:
    Target file
    Specify the following path:
    %NETMDMP%\LOG\WMIGETINFO.txt
    Directory for saving collected files
    Specify a desired directory.
  4. On the Collect File page, click the Details button.
    The Detailed Options For Remote Collection dialog box is displayed.
  5. Specify an external program.
    In Specify external programs to start on destination client, specify the following information:
    Before collection
    cscript "JP1/Software-Distribution-Client-installation-directory\BIN\dmpwmitl.vbs" /remote
    Specify remote in all lower-case letters.
    Specify the desired information for items other than Before collection.
  6. Specify settings on other pages.
    Specify items other than those specified in steps 4 and 5.
    For details about the settings on other pages, see the description of each page in 5.1.1 Executing remote collection in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
  7. Click the Execute button to start remote collection for the PC where WMI information is to be collected.
    When remote collection is finished, the WMI information is stored in the directory specified in Directory for saving collected files under the following name:
    WMIGETINFO.txt