Retrieving Windows WMI information on Debian

Q. Is there a way to monitor Windows services from an InterMapper server installed on Debian?

A. There is a client called wmi-client for Debian that can connect to Windows WMI and run SQL-like queries to retrieve WMI information.

You can download the client from this website:
http://felimwhiteley.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/wmi-calls-from-linux/

Below is an example query and the output:

nm1:~# wmic -U domain/administrator%password //server-name "Select Name,State from Win32_Service where name='MSExchangeMTA'"
CLASS: Win32_Service
Name|State
MSExchangeMTA|Running
nm1:~#

You would need to create a command-line probe to launch the wmi-client. A user-contributed command-line probe (WMI Service Probe) can be downloaded from this link:

http://www.helpsystems.com/intermapper/user-contributed-probes