CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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projetnumero9
projetnumero9

Reputation: 61

Early filtering within the root\ccm\cliensdk namespace

I recently wrote a script that updates registry values on remote desktops after checking, for instance, that a certain application, MyApp, is properly installed.

The aforementioned application is installed/deployed by SCCM (2012, not R2 for the moment).

In the process of optimizing the script, I wanted to change the test of the install state of MyApp (from late to early filtering). So far, no luck and so far, no explanation either.

I can't properly understand why it seems not possible to do some early filtering with the following command :

gwmi -ComputerName myserver -Namespace root\ccm\clientsdk -query "select * from ccm_application where Fullname='MyApp'"

Of course, nor can we use :

gwmi -ComputerName myserver -Namespace root\ccm\clientsdk -class ccm_application -filter "Fullname='MyApp'"

Late filtering, of course, works but I wanted (and expected) early filtering to work, especially since I am checking the Install state of an app for quite a lot of remote desktops.

Of course, I do know that I could (can) use SCCM for that purpose (executing a script only if ...) but that still does not explain why I can't do early filtering.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2025

Answers (2)

Adrian Nielsen
Adrian Nielsen

Reputation: 1

WMIC.EXE /NAMESPACE:\root\ccm\clientsdk PATH ccm_application GET /value | findstr /i fullname

Upvotes: 0

Bacon Bits
Bacon Bits

Reputation: 32220

Whenever I try to query that class with my installation while specifying either properties or a filter, I get the error "Provider is not capable of the attempted operation". It doesn't matter if I use Get-WmiObject or Get-CimInstance.

I get the same error when I run this: 

PS C:\> WMIC.EXE /NAMESPACE:\\root\ccm\clientsdk PATH ccm_application GET FullName
Node - <SERVERNAME>
ERROR:
Description = Provider is not capable of the attempted operation

PS C:\> wmic /NAMESPACE:\\root\ccm\clientsdk PATH ccm_application WHERE "FullName='Java 32-bit'"
Node - <SERVERNAME>
ERROR:
Description = Provider is not capable of the attempted operation

Although this works just fine:

WMIC.EXE /NAMESPACE:\\root\ccm\clientsdk PATH ccm_application

Seems like a limitation of the provider then, not a problem with your code. -Filter and -Property don't work by design.

Note that I am using 2012 R2 SP1 (5.00.8239.1000), so this may not perfectly apply. However, it seems unlikely that they would remove the functionality from the provider moving from 2012 to 2012 R2.

Upvotes: 2

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