Introduction to CIM Cmdlets
Great article from the Powershell team blog:
PowerShell 3.0 shipping with Windows server 2012 and Windows 8 brings a new set of Cmdlets to manage any server or device that complies with CIM and WS-Man standards defined by DMTF. In this blog post we will explore these new Cmdlets and how can they help IT Pros in managing a datacenter. The list of new Cmdlets is given in the table below:
Cmdlet | Purpose |
Get-CimInstance | Gets instances of a class. |
New-CimInstance | Creates a new instance of a class. |
Remove-CimInstance | Removes one of more instances of a class. |
Set-CimInstance | Modifies one or more instances of a class. |
Get-CimAssociatedInstance | Gets all the associated instances for a particular instance. |
Invoke-CimMethod | Invokes instance or static method of a class. |
Get-CimClass | Gets class schema of a CIM class. |
Register-CimIndicationEvent | Helps subscribe to events. |
New-CimSession | Creates a CIM Session with local or a remote machine |
Get-CimSession | Gets a list of CIM Sessions that have been made. |
Remove-CimSession | Removes CimSessions that are there on a machine. |
New-CimSessionOption | Creates a set of options that can be used while creating a CIM session. |
Basic terminology
If you are already familiar with terms like WMI, CIM, WinRM and WS-Man, you can skip this section. CIM: Common Information Model (CIM) is the DMTF standard [DSP0004] for describing the structure and behavior of managed resources such as storage, network, or software components. WMI: Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a CIM server that implements the CIM standard on Windows. WS-Man: WS-Management (WS-Man) protocol is a SOAP-based, firewall-friendly protocol for management clients to communicate with CIM servers. WinRM: Windows Remote Management (WinRM) is the Microsoft implementation of the WS-Man protocol on Windows.
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