tanveer said:
Dear All
Can anyone guide me how to find out the serial number of HP Ultrium
Internal Tape Drive on remote machine on windows. I will appreciate if
you assist me in this matter.
Windows has a facility called WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) from
which you can get a lot of info about your computer, but only if the drivers
& other software provided by the hardware vendors actually makes that info
available to WMI. The WMI facility does not have a user interface window;
you need some kind of script or program to access its information.
Microsoft provides a free download called Scriptomatic 2.0 which is a .HTA
file. When you run the HTA, it presents a web browser type interface that
builds a list of classes of information available through WMI. You choose a
class, and the HTA builds a script that can get various info about the items
in that class. You can run the script from the browser interface; the
result comes back in a 'command line' window (looks like a DOS box). You
use trial and error to figure out what classes might contain the info for
your tape drive. You should be able to get the right class after a few
tries, which should return at least some information about your device. If
the serial number is blank, it means that the hardware vendor's
software/driver does not provide that info to WMI.
To get this tool, go to msdn.microsoft.com and search for the two words:
download scriptomatic
-Paul Randall
