Community
- Command Central
- MVP Program
- Monthly Mission
- Blogs
- Groups
- Events
- Media Vault
Products
- Observability
- Network Management
- Application Management
- IT Security
- IT Service Management
- System Management
- Database Management
Content Exchange
- SolarWinds Platform
- Server & Application Monitor
- Database Performance Analyzer
- Server Configuration Monitor
- Network Performance Monitor
- Network Configuration Manager
- SQL Sentry
- Web Help Desk
Free Tools & Trials
Store

SNMP or WMI?

tbduff

What is a more preferred, SNMP or WMI?

Find more posts tagged with

SNMP

WMI

Accepted answers

All comments

zackm

Here's a good breakdown, courtesy of Mr. adatole‌

SNMP vs WMI polling - pros and cons

-ZackM

Loop1 Systems: SolarWinds Training and Professional Services

LinkedIN: Loop1 Systems
Facebook: Loop1 Systems
Twitter: @Loop1Systems

tbduff

Thanks for the reply.

designerfx

I'd be careful with this question, it opens quite a can of worms sometimes

The correct answer will always be "it depends", depending on circumstances/focus/goal/access requirements/etc. This is not a question with as simple an answer as it sounds.

Ballzo

Recently we started switching from snmpv2 to wmi on our windows systems and from snmpv2 to snmpv3 on our linux systems. PCI compliance is the reason for us.

agusst

I'm in the same boat as Ballzo....we were using SNMP v2 on systems until PCI came around and said v2 wasn't acceptable any longer. We moved anything PCI related to WMI...

slash-doom

That's us as well. SNMPv3 for network equipment and Linux systems. WMI for Windows.