Get-CimClass
Gets a list of CIM classes in a specific namespace.
Syntax
ComputerSet (Default)
Get-CimClass
[[-ClassName] <String>]
[[-Namespace] <String>]
[-OperationTimeoutSec <UInt32>]
[-ComputerName <String[]>]
[-MethodName <String>]
[-PropertyName <String>]
[-QualifierName <String>]
[<CommonParameters>]
SessionSet
Get-CimClass
[[-ClassName] <String>]
[[-Namespace] <String>]
-CimSession <CimSession[]>
[-OperationTimeoutSec <UInt32>]
[-MethodName <String>]
[-PropertyName <String>]
[-QualifierName <String>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
The Get-CimClass cmdlet retrieves a list of CIM classes in a specific namespace.
If there is no class name supplied, then the cmdlet returns all the classes in the namespace.
Unlike a CIM instance, CIM classes do not contain the CIM session or computer name from which they are retrieved.
Examples
Example 1: Get all the class definitions
PS C:\>Get-CimClass
This command gets all the class definitions under the namespace root/cimv2.
Example 2: Get the classes with a specific name
PS C:\>Get-CimClass -ClassName *disk*
This command gets the classes that contain the word disk in their names.
Example 3: Get the classes with a specific method name
PS C:\>Get-CimClass -ClassName Win32* -MethodName Term*
This command gets the classes that start with the name Win32 and have a method name that starts with Term.
Example 4: Get the classes with a specific property name
PS C:\>Get-CimClass -ClassName Win32* -PropertyName Handle
This command gets the classes that start with the name Win32 and have a property named Handle.
Example 5: Get the classes with a specific qualifier name
PS C:\>Get-CimClass -ClassName Win32*Disk* -QualifierName Association
This command gets the classes that start with the name Win32, contain the word Disk in their names and have the specified qualifier Association.
Example 6: Get the class definitions from a specific namespace
PS C:\>Get-CimClass -Namespace root/standardCimv2 -ClassName *Net*
This command gets the class definitions that contain the word Net in their names from the specified namespace root/standardCimv2.
Example 7: Get the class definitions from a remote server
PS C:\>Get-CimClass -ClassName *disk* -ComputerName Server01, Server02
This command gets the class definitions that contain the word disk in their names from the specified remote servers Server01 and Server02.
Example 8: Get the classes by using a CIM session
PS C:\>$s = New-CimSession -ComputerName Server01, Server02
PS C:\>Get-CimClass -ClassName *disk* -CimSession $s
This set of commands creates a session with multiple computers and stores it into a variable $s using the New-CimSession cmdlet, and then gets the classes using the Get-CimClass cmdlet.
Parameters
-CimSession
Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer. Enter a computer name or a session object, such as the output of a New-CimSession or Get-CimSession cmdlet. The default is the current session on the local computer.
Parameter properties
| Type: | CimSession[] |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
SessionSet
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | True |
| Value from pipeline: | True |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-ClassName
Specifies the name of the CIM class for which to perform the operation. NOTE: You can use tab completion to browse the list of classes, because Windows PowerShell gets a list of classes from the local WMI server to provide a list of class names.
Parameter properties
| Type: | String |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | True |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | 1 |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | True |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-ComputerName
Specifies the computer on which you want to run the CIM operation. You can specify a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) a NetBIOS name, or an IP address.
If you specify this parameter, the cmdlet creates a temporary session to the specified computer using the WsMan protocol.
If you do not specify this parameter, the cmdlet performs the operation on the local computer using Component Object Model (COM).
If multiple operations are being performed on the same computer, using a CIM session gives better performance.
Parameter properties
| Type: | String[] |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
| Aliases: | CN, ServerName |
Parameter sets
ComputerSet
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | True |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-MethodName
Finds the classes that have a method matching this name.
You can use wildcard characters with this parameter.
Parameter properties
| Type: | String |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | True |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | True |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-Namespace
Specifies the namespace for CIM operation.
The default namespace is root/cimv2. NOTE: You can use tab completion to browse the list of namespaces, because Windows PowerShell gets a list of namespaces from the local WMI server to provide the list of namespaces.
Parameter properties
| Type: | String |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | 2 |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | True |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-OperationTimeoutSec
Specifies the amount of time that the cmdlet waits for a response from the computer.
By default, the value of this parameter is 0, which means that the cmdlet uses the default timeout value for the server.
If the OperationTimeoutSec parameter is set to a value less than the robust connection retry timeout of 3 minutes, network failures that last more than the value of the OperationTimeoutSec parameter are not recoverable, because the operation on the server times out before the client can reconnect.
Parameter properties
| Type: | UInt32 |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
| Aliases: | OT |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | True |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-PropertyName
Finds the classes which have a property matching this name.
You can use wildcard characters with this parameter.
Parameter properties
| Type: | String |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | True |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-QualifierName
Filters the classes by class level qualifier name. You can use wildcard characters with this parameter.
Parameter properties
| Type: | String |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | True |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | True |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
Inputs
None
This cmdlet accepts no input objects.
Outputs
CimClass
This cmdlet returns a CIM class object.