I use vbscript/WMI to remotely query server info including BIOS. My
server BIOS info reads like "VMware Virtual Platform 6.00". I put it
into a for loop to query groups of computers. You can probably rewrite
it for your purposes.
>type model.vbs
On Error Resume Next
set oArgs = wscript.Arguments
strComputer = oArgs(0)
if strComputer = "" then
strComputer = "."
end if
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer &
"\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from
Win32_ComputerSystem",,48)
For Each objItem in colItems
StrDomain = objItem.Domain
StrModel = objItem.Model
strName = objItem.Name
StrProcs = objItem.NumberOfProcessors
Next
Set colEnclosureItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from
Win32_SystemEnclosure",,48)
For Each objItem in colEnclosureItems
StrSerNo = objItem.SerialNumber
StrAsset = objItem.SMBIOSAssetTag
If StrSerNo = " " Then StrSerNo = VbTab
If StrSerNo = "" Then StrSerNo = " "
If StrAsset = "" Then StrAsset = " "
If StrAsset = " " Then StrAsset = " "
Next
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_BIOS",,48)
For Each objItem in colItems
strBios2 = objItem.SMBIOSBIOSVersion
strBios3 = objItem.Version
Next
strComputer = strComputer + " "
strComputer = Left(strComputer,16)
Wscript.Echo strComputer & StrSerNo & VbTab & StrAsset & VbTab &
StrProcs & VbTab & StrModel & VbTab & strBios2 & VbTab & strBios3 &
VbTab & strBios1
>cscript model.vbs //nologo electra
electra None No Asset Tag 2 VMware Virtual Platform
6.00 PTLTD - 6040000
Doug Hilderbrand | Systems Analyst, Engineering Applications | Crane
Aerospace & Electronics
________________________________
From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 9:02 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Detecting virtual machines
Or installed...
________________________________
From: James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 10:46 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Detecting virtual machines
That's a good idea...I was leaning towards the same sort of
thing by checking for the VMWare Tools service, but I wasn't sure that
it would be started when the startup script executed
2009/8/24 Kim Longenbaugh <[email protected]>
If you use WMI in your script to show the nic type, you
could sort for the nic types that show up for virtual machines. The
names will reference VMWare in some fashion, as in "VMware Accelerated
AMD PCNet Adapter"
________________________________
From: James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 10:37 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Detecting virtual machines
Does anyone know of a good way to detect whether a
server is virtual or physical through a script of some kind? I am
currently filtering some of my GPOs via security group membership and I
have one group for physical servers, another for virtual. I am wondering
if there is some way I can run a startup script that will, when a
machine is first joined to the domain, identify whether it is a virtual
machine or not, and add it to the correct security group accordingly.
This would save me the headache of trawling through new-build machines
and adding them to the right groups. I am using VMWare ESX 3.5 for my
virtual machines. All suggestions gratefully received...
TIA,
JRR
--
"On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr
Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right
answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of
confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
http://raythestray.blogspot.com
--
"On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you
put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I
am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that
could provoke such a question."
http://raythestray.blogspot.com
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