about_Cim.help.txt
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about_Cim SHORT DESCRIPTION Allows CIM sessions to be opened to Windows Server 2003 and above with caching and super fast remote registry operations. LONG DESCRIPTION CIM is the preferred method of interacting with WMI on a remote computer as it can reuse connections after they are made. However the built-in PowerShell command New-CimSession doesn't automatically cache connections or work with Windows Server 2003 remote hosts. This is fixed by using this module's replacement function New-CimSessionDown. Furthermore, remote registry operations have always been problematic in PowerShell. Either you resort to using .NET objects and handling COM disposals, or you use a 3rd party module which just uses the same. This module lets you read most common remote registry entries over a CIM connection. This provides for output literally 2x-4x faster than other methods which really adds up at scale. Functions are split between these types: * Common functions you should use New-CimSessionDown Get-CimRegKey Get-CimRegValues * Less common functions you should only use if required Get-CimRegEnumKey Get-CimRegEnumValues Get-CimRegBinaryValue Get-CimRegDWORDValue Get-CimRegExpandedStringValue Get-CimRegMultiStringValue Get-CimRegQWORDValue Get-CimRegStringValue Remember, you should always specify -OperationTimeoutSec on any Get-Cim cmdlet. However any functions in this module default this for you to 30. REQUIREMENTS PowerShell v3 only the computer using the function, not on the host. EXAMPLE #1 $cimSession = New-CimSessionDown C1N1 Get-CimInstance -CimSession $cimSession -Class Win32_Service -OperationTimeoutSec 30 EXAMPLE #2 Get-CimRegKey C1N1 "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing" $cimSession = New-CimSessionDown C1N1 Get-CimRegEnumKey $cimSession "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing" Get-CimRegEnumValues $cimSession "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing" Get-CimRegStringValue $cimSession "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing" "RepairCategory" Get-CimRegDWORDValue $cimSession "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing" "EnableLog" LINKS https://github.com/codykonior/Cim |