Question: is there any interest in a WMI client for Linux?

[Doug Veldhuisen]

Ron:

Let me add my 3cents worth....yes, yes, that would be great!
Need a tester when you get it written?

Doug


At 12:55 PM 2/14/2006, Ron Gage wrote:
>Hi everyone:
>
>I am thinking about writing a WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) client
>for Linux.  This would basically be a command line way to perform various
>performance queries to a Windows box - with absolutely no agent software
>anywhere.   All that would be required on the Windows side of things is a
>service account.
>
>This would not be for allowing Windows computers to query Linux - at least not
>immediately.  Allowing a Windows computer to query a Linux computer is
>downstream from this.
>
>What can WMI provide?  For example, hardware inventory, performance counters,
>various disk stats (per logical disk), and so on.
>
>Would there be any interest in such a program?
>
>--
>Ron Gage
>(LPIC1 MCP A+ Net+)
>Westland, Michigan
>
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