WMI PowerShell for Exchange 2003

As a quick follow-up for the Exchange 2000/2003 PowerShell post here are a few additional references.

TechNet Script Center has a good article on WMI classes available:

• Managing Exchange 2003 with WMI, Part 1
• Managing Exchange 2003 with WMI, Part 2
• Managing Exchange 2003 with WMI, Part 3

To use a class in PowerShell use Get-WMIObject. For example, to get queue information run:

Get-WmiObject -ComputerName YourExchangeServer -Class Exchange_Queue

Or if you are running the script locally on Exchange server just:

Get-WmiObject -Class Exchange_Queue

To add a node with Exchange 2003 queues to PowerGUI:

1. In PowerGUI, right-click the folder where you want to add it, and click New / Node on the shortcut menu.
2. Type in the name you want the node to have (e.g. Exchange Queues)
3. Pick Get-WmiObject from the Command drop-down list.
4. Type the actual class as the Class parameter (e.g. Exchange_Queue)
5. If running remotely, specify the Exchange server name as the Computer Name:

As result you will get a UI like the one Nicolas created for his Exchange 2003 environment.

Here’s a list of WMI classes available (linked to their respective MSDN pages):

ExchangeClusterResource Class

ExchangeConnectorState Class

ExchangeLink Class

ExchangeQueue Class

ExchangeServerState Class

Exchange_DSAccessDC Class

Exchange_FolderTree Class

Exchange_Link Class

Exchange_Logon Class

Exchange_Mailbox Class

Exchange_MessageTrackingEntry Class

Exchange_PublicFolder Class

Exchange_Queue Class

Exchange_QueueCacheReloadEvent Class

Exchange_QueuedMessage Class

Exchange_QueuedSMTPMessage Class

Exchange_QueuedX400Message Class

Exchange_QueueSMTPVirtualServer Class

Exchange_QueueVirtualServer Class

Exchange_QueueX400VirtualServer Class

Exchange_ScheduleInterval Class

Exchange_Server Class

Exchange_SMTPLink Class

Exchange_SMTPQueue Class

Exchange_X400Link Class

Exchange_X400Queue Class

Note that they will not work for Exchange 2007. WMI is no longer supported there but the good news that PowerShell provides you much more.

Tags: WMI, PowerGUI, PowerShell, Exchange