WinRM/CIM for Windows Server monitoring, or only WMI/DCOM/RPC ?
I am trying to clarify whether ManageEngine OpManager supports or uses WinRM/CIM for standard Windows Server monitoring. I found ManageEngine documentation that mentions WinRM, but it appears to be for OpUtils DNS/DHCP management, not standard OpManager Windows Server monitoring
I enabled WinRM on the target servers and verified that WinRM itself works.
From the OpManager server, manual PowerShell/WinRM tests work successfully against the target server on TCP 5985. However, when I checked the process owning the connection, it was powershell.exe, not OpManager.
My questions are:
- Does OpManager standard Windows Server monitoring support WinRM/CIM as a replacement for WMI/DCOM/RPC?
- Or does OpManager use only WMI/DCOM/RPC for standard Windows monitoring?
- Is WinRM used only by OpUtils DNS/DHCP management and not by OpManager Windows Server monitoring?
- If OpManager does support WinRM/CIM for Windows Server monitoring, where is this configured in the OpManager UI?
- What firewall ports are officially required for OpManager Windows Server monitoring when using WMI credentials?
Based on my testing, it appears that OpManager is using WMI/DCOM/RPC, not WinRM, but I would like official confirmation.
Thank you.