How can I do a WMI Bulk data retrieval ?

Hi,

The following WMI query executes fine and outputs the Processor details

Code:

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On Error Resume Next

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Processor")

For Each objItem in colItems
    Wscript.Echo "Address Width: " & objItem.AddressWidth
    Wscript.Echo "Architecture: " & objItem.Architecture
    Wscript.Echo "Availability: " & objItem.Availability
    Wscript.Echo "CPU Status: " & objItem.CpuStatus
Next

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Now, I also want to execute the below query

Code:

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Set colBIOS = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_BIOS")

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which would get BIOS details.

But, how can I execute both the query in one fell swoop ie. in a bulk.

Note : There is some snmp (protocol) command called snmpbulkget that actually fetches bulk data from a network entiry
with one command. Is there anything similar to this in WMI that fetches bulk data.

Thanks in Advance

I haven't used WMI in a long time, but can you concatenate your queries? For example:

Code:

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Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Processor; Select * from Win32_BIOS")

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EDIT - Nope - scratch that idea. I think the problem you're going to run into by doing this is the namespaces will collide - For example, the Processor namespace and the BIOS namespace could both have a Name object. You may just have to run multiple queries.

Just to confirm this...

Yes, you are going to have to run two separate queries.