Network Management

How to find the WMI credentials assigned to each node using SQL query in NPM or SAM

This article will guide you on how How to find the WMI credentials assigned to each node using SQL query in NPM or SAM. This is commonly done to find the node causing account lockout.

First published date

10/18/2018 6:18 AM

Last published date

10/1/2021 1:39 AM

Overview

During troubleshooting, it is possible to look at a table showing which WMI credentials are assigned to each node. This can be use to different kinds of situation such as user account lockout, or simply wanted to find out the WMI credential for different nodes.

Product section

Orion Platform

Cause

Resolution

Open up Database Manager on the main Orion server

Add Default Server
Right click on Orion Database
Click New query

Enter and then execute the following query to view the table and credentials:

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SELECT NodeSettings.NodeID, Caption as 'Node Name', ID as 'Cred ID', Name as 'Credentials Name'
FROM Credential
inner join NodeSettings on Credential.ID = NodeSettings.SettingValue
inner join Nodes on Nodes.NodeID = NodeSettings.NodeID
WHERE NodeSettings.SettingName = 'WMICredential'

You then should see a list of WMI credentials assigned to specific node names. You then should be able to parse out credentials with another 'Where' statement possibly for the appropriate credential name.

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