Testing wmi
From ServersCheck Wiki
To test WMI you can use a utility installed by Microsoft for support of its WMI stack.
Go to Start > Run and type following command
wbemtest
This will open a new window similar as following
Click on the Connect button. A new window will open.
In the above window enter the following string in the Namespace field:
\\IP\root\cimv2
where IP is the IP address or name of the remote server you want to connect to
In the User field enter the Username of an Admin account of the remote system; in the Password field enter the password.
Click then on the Connect button to connect to the system.
2 possible situations can now happen:
1. If the connection fails, then a Window like that will be shown:
An access is denied error isn't easy to resolve and is located somewhere in the security. The ServersCheck knowledge base has a few articles regarding RPC and Access Denied errors.
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875605
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/242361
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/840634
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914023
If above doesn't resolve, then best recommendation is to contact Microsoft support so that they can help you resolve the issue (on site or off site depending on your support agreement).
2. A succesfull connection will result in following screen:
If the error still persists in the ServersCheck Monitoring Software but works in the above test, then the issue is very likely to be the configuration of the services:
