- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (9 Oct 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1578702607
- ISBN-13: 978-1578702602
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.1 x 2.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,353,745 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) tells readers everything they need to know in order to harness the power of WMI to automate vast parts of Windows 2000 workstation and server management. The book starts with the absolute basics, teaching the fundamentals of WMI terminology and the VBScript programming language. By the time readers complete the book, the readers will not only have the ability to use the scripts supplied, but also have a good understanding of both WMI and VBScript.
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Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) tells readers everything they need to know in order to harness the power of WMI to automate vast parts of Windows 2000 workstation and server management. The book starts with the absolute basics, teaching the fundamentals of WMI terminology and the VBScript programming language. By the time readers complete the book, the readers will not only have the ability to use the scripts supplied, but also have a good understanding of both WMI and VBScript.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
From begginer to 'expert',
This review is from: Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) (Paperback)
Both Authors have obviously spent some time using and developing scripts in WMI in a hands on environment which pays off in thier writing.The subject examples and text concentrate on taking you from a novice (if need be) to explaining in detail how to implement quite complex scripting and efectively automate and administer your domain. They do this without making assumptions about you and your network and providing useless scripts without explanation, but show you how to get the information you require, and help guide you in what you can do with it. Before reading the book i had many ideas of what i either currently do using other methods, or would like to do. WMI gives you the ability to do pretty much all of them, from viewing data in active directory (there's a lot more than you think!), monitoring for, and notifying you of, critical events on machines accross your network, pulling back any number of system details inc manufacurer, model etc, file system info and most other things you could think of. It gives you the know how to produce usefull admin scripts and if you're like me and want it in an easy to use admin interface gives you the little bit extra info you need to do that ie. xml/html Not really a reference book, more of a detailed step by step overview of what can be done, leaving the implementation in your environment up to you....as it should be!!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderfull book for a wonderfull tool,
By A Customer
This review is from: Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) (Paperback)
Since more than a year I have been reading several articles and books dealing with WMI. Eventhough I could writte small app using WMI, I could not get a good picture of the technology. I bought then Lavy and Meggit book and everything crystallize. The authors give a simple but very accurate description of WMI. All the key points are mentionned. Eventhough you need to read the whole book to get the information, the writting as far as a foreigner can judge is very good and pleasant. All the topic are explained from the basic to the level required to fully understand WMI. I am myself a MCSD and I highly recommend the book to anyone (no only administrators) interested in using WMI (by the way a wonderfull tool).
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4.4 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews) 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect Administrative Introduction to WMI,
By Jase T. Wolfe - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) (Paperback)
For administrators who wish to have a greater control over Windows NT-based networks and were looking for a way to do it without having to learn a million different programming and scripting languages, the WMI is for you - and this is the perfect starting point.Designed and written for system administrators, the focus of this book is to introduce you to the WMI from a VBScript scripting perspective. Regardless of scripting experience, the authors guides the reader in both theory and hands-on scripting from the basics of the VBScript language (a full chapter introducing you to VBScript and scripting in general, which is completely skip-able if you are already familiar with VBScript) to the scripting WMI API, covering a healthy percentage of the WMI objects and their use in easy to understand scripts. The authors have written neither a recipe book of pre-created scripts, nor a true reference-only guide. If you are looking for the 2 minute answer, or are already proficient in the WMI, this isn't for you. Instead, the authors have written a text designed to give you a firm foundation of the WMI and the ability to quickly enhance your environment with no more than what they have provided, while still leaving room for you to confidently continue your learning of the WMI from other sources. This is the second WMI book I've read, and although this one did not come out first, I found it a much better starting point than the others. You do need to make the time investment, and there is as much reading as there are activities, but you will find it well worth your effort. 12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Book,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) (Paperback)
The authors of this book not only show expert knowledge in WMI and scripting, but expert insight on explaining the subject in the best possible way. As a VBScript 'programmer' wanting to learn WMI, I almost broke down in tears when a plethora of helpful info that took me weeks to learn, was explained as tips within the first few chapters. I wish this was the first VBScript book I had read.This book was cleverly put together to provide and excellent book for people new or experienced with VBScript. It contains one chapter of VBScript which you can skip if you like, and tips throughout to explain VB Script specific functions which can be easily skipped if you know VBScript and are only concerned with WMI. I did review the VBScript chapter, and found it the best reading I've seen on the subject. This book together with a VBScript syntax reference (available from microsoft.com) are all you need to learn and apply VBScript, quickly. I also bought WMI essentials (SAMS), which I wont be reading. The New Riders Expert series has come through again. (picture in circle on cover) - Satisfied Customer 11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good for sysadmins/scripters, limited in use for programmers,
By E. Kaplan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) (Paperback)
If you're concerned with automating system administration of Win2K boxes using scripting this might be the book for you. If, however, you are interested in writing management applications you will not find the information you need here. The subtitle of the book says it all "expert scripting insight for Windows 200 administrators" so maybe I'm being a little hard on this book but Amazon doesn't show the subtitle so make sure this is what you're after before you buy the book. |
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