RE: Data retrieval questions

Hi Matt,

> 1) How would I discover whether write caching is enabled on a
> physical disk via WMI?

Currently did not find an approach to retrieve this setting.


> 2) How would I retrieve the DNS root-hints configured on a DNS
> server (both as name strings and IP addresses)?

The following script will return information about the root hints stored in
the cache file on a DNS server:

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & _
"\root\MicrosoftDNS")

Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from MicrosoftDNS_RootHints")

For Each objItem in colItems
Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objItem.Name
Wscript.Echo "Container Name: " & objItem.ContainerName
Wscript.Echo "DNS Server Name: " & objItem.DnsServerName
Wscript.Echo
Next


> 3) How would I retrieve information from WMI that reflects the
information
> returned by invoking "ipconfig /displaydns" on the command line?

Currently did not find an approach to retrieve this setting.


> 4) How would I retrieve the binding order of NICs on a given machine?

I suggest you look into the Win32_PerfFormattedData_Tcpip_NetworkInterface
class which is available on Windows 2003 and XP:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/
win32_perfformatteddata_tcpip_networkinterface.asp

And the following script will enumerate the local machine's NICs in a
descendant order:

On Error Resume Next
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from
Win32_PerfFormattedData_Tcpip_NetworkInterface",,48)
For Each objItem in colItems
Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objItem.Name
Next


> 5) Is there a way to query a particular event log for a count of event
> entries that match a criteria (e.g. source name = "MyService" and
> Event Id = "2345")?

You can manually calculate it with a WQL query:

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colLoggedEvents = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_NTLogEvent Where SourceName = 'MyService'" And
EventIdentifier = '2345')

Dim iCount
iCount = 0
For Each objEvent in colLoggedEvents
iCount = iCount+1
Next

WScript.echo iCount


> 6) How would I be able to determine that the information store on
> an Exchange server was receiving email messages that contain
> deep-nested notification messages?

This problem appears to be an Exchange server specific one, for I am not
familiar about the stuff of Exchange server, I think it is better for you
to post this question in the microsoft.public.exchanger2000.admin
newsgroup, and you may receive more expertise opinions there.


Thanks for your understanding!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
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