Run WMIAdap

Microsoft.Windows.Client.XP.Computer.RunWMIAdap (Rule)

Rule that executes the WMIAdap executable daily to repair the WMI repository if it becomes corrupt

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule executes the WMIADAP.EXE command line tool on a scheduled basis to ensure that WMI is able to access all of Performance Objects that have been registered on the system.

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.Windows.Client.XP.Computer
Category	Maintenance
Enabled	True
Alert Generate	False
Remotable	True

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
Scheduler	DataSource	System.Scheduler	Default
DS1	WriteAction	System.CommandExecuter	Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Microsoft.Windows.Client.XP.Computer.RunWMIAdap" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="Microsoft.Windows.Client.XP.Computer">

  <Category>Maintenance</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="Scheduler" TypeID="System!System.Scheduler">

      <Scheduler>

        <SimpleReccuringSchedule>

          <Interval Unit="Days">1</Interval>

        </SimpleReccuringSchedule>

        <ExcludeDates/>

      </Scheduler>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction TypeID="System!System.CommandExecuter" ID="DS1">

      <ApplicationName>%windir%\system32\cmd.exe</ApplicationName>

      <WorkingDirectory/>

      <CommandLine>/c wmiadap.exe /F</CommandLine>

      <TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds>

      <RequireOutput>false</RequireOutput>

      <Files/>

    </WriteAction>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>