Detect Windows Standard vs Enterprise remotely

hi all,

i trying figure out way find version of os remotely, either registry search or snmp get.  know group of servers running standard or enterprise edition.  know of way?

thanks,

roberto

you should able query ad this, eliminating need connect each computer remotely. operatingsystem attribute of computer objects have values "windows server 2008 r2 standard". query ad computers operatingsystem attribute has string "server" , either "standard" or "enterprise".

i have example vbscript program retrieves servers linked here:

http://www.rlmueller.net/enumerate%20servers.htm

the ldap syntax filter used in program is:

(&(objectcategory=computer)(operatingsystem=*server*))

this revised, perhaps to:

(&(objectcategory=computer)(operatingsystem=*server*)(operatingsystem="standard"))

or (since computer objects have operatingsystem attribute):

(operatingsystem=windows server 2008 r2 standard)

the strings not case sensitive. add operatingsystem attribute comma delimited list of attributes retrieve, in loop resulting recordset enumerated, can output value of operatingsystem. result follows, find computers "standard" "server" os:

option explicit    dim objrootdse, strdnsdomain, adoconnection, adocommand, strquery  dim adorecordset, strcomputerdn, strbase, strfilter, strattributes  dim stros    ' determine dns domain name rootdse object.  set objrootdse = getobject("ldap://rootdse")  strdnsdomain = objrootdse.get("defaultnamingcontext")    ' use ado search active directory.  set adocommand = createobject("adodb.command")  set adoconnection = createobject("adodb.connection")  adoconnection.provider = "adsdsoobject"  adoconnection.open "active directory provider"  adocommand.activeconnection = adoconnection    ' search entire domain.  strbase = "<ldap://" & strdnsdomain & ">"    ' filter on computer objects standard server operating system.  strfilter = "(&(objectcategory=computer)(operatingsystem=*server*)(operatingsystem=*standard*))"    ' comma delimited list of attribute values retrieve.  strattributes = "distinguishedname,operatingsystem"    ' construct ldap syntax query.  strquery = strbase & ";" & strfilter & ";" & strattributes & ";subtree"    adocommand.commandtext = strquery  adocommand.properties("page size") = 100  adocommand.properties("timeout") = 30  adocommand.properties("cache results") = false    set adorecordset = adocommand.execute    ' enumerate computer objects standard server operating systems.  until adorecordset.eof    strcomputerdn = adorecordset.fields("distinguishedname").value    stros = adorecordset.fields("operatingsystem").value    wscript.echo strcomputerdn & " (" & stros & ")"    adorecordset.movenext  loop    ' clean up.  adorecordset.close  adoconnection.close

 

a similar powershell script can coded, using same ldap syntax filters.

 

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richard mueller - mvp directory services

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