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This screencast explores a scenario of calling WMI interface of ILM 2007 (MIIS component) from a non-Windows host, by utilizing Java.

Specifically middle-ware provided by Jintegra is utilized to access WMI from a Linux server.

This approach could be utilized when there is a requirement to remotely from a non-Windows host trigger functionality of ILM server exposed via WMI. In this screencast we will examine a scenario of calling setPassword method of MIIS_CsObject class in order to reset Active Directory Password from Linux via ILM.

Please, follow this link to see the screencast.

References:

Accessing Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) from Java

Configuring DCOM for Remote Access

Mapping VB Code to Java Code

Shutting Down a Managed Windows Machine Using WMI in Java

J-Integra® Product Installation Instructions