Pau Lo
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Server Profiling
What is the best way to profile a windows server to see stuff like open ports, running services, installed software, server apps, OS version, shares, ACL’s, password policies etc. Is there a free way of gleaning all this kind of information in a single/couple of report/reports? If so what FREE default windows tools can do this? If not does anyone have a template document of what data to collect when profiling a windows server?
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running NET START will give you a list o services.
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Thanks thats useful, was more after though software and versions installed on the server(s), i.e. sql server 2000, IIS 7, oracle 9 etc etc.
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Or if no command any easy way to do it on the server machine itself
You could get it from the WMI database, see here for how: http://www.sepago.de/helge/2010/01/14/how-to-list-all-installed-applications-from-the-command-line/
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Is it typical for the wmic product command not to work on xp/vista workstations, just tried it as a test and get an error when running it even as local admin
what error do you get?
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Description: Generic Failure
Facility: WMI
Code: 0x800 41001
Facility: WMI
Code: 0x800 41001
Looks like a known issue, you should be using Windows XP SP2 or later
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823442
Another possibility, do you use an Internet Proxy? If so can you turn it off, also try turning of the Windows Firewall.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823442
Another possibility, do you use an Internet Proxy? If so can you turn it off, also try turning of the Windows Firewall.
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I am using XP SP 3
yes do use proxy/firewall but domain policies restrict us being able to turn it off
yes do use proxy/firewall but domain policies restrict us being able to turn it off
this could be causing the problem.
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Ok no probs
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NETSTAT and SYSTEMINFO work a treat