How to write ROOT\ccm\SoftMgmtAgent CacheInfoEx entries with Powershell

spark_sara

When I try to write to the class CacheInfoEx, I'm getting the error at the bottom, even when trying to clone an existing entry. How can I write a new ciminstance to CacheInfoEx? $className = "CacheInfoEx"; $nameSpace = "ROOT\ccm\SoftMgmtAgent"; $getCimInstances = Get-CimInstance -ClassName $className -Namespace $nameSpace; $getCimInstance = $getCimInstances[7] $getCimInstance2 = $getCimInstance; $getCimInstance2 = @{ CacheId =...

Originally asked by Bbb on Stack Exchange (stackoverflow) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Bit late to the game, but in case you're still interested: Can you create an instance with a minimal set of properties (that is, CacheId ), then use Set-CimInstance to try and set the rest (also try with subsets of the properties, instead of all at once)? $className = "CacheInfoEx" $nameSpace = "ROOT\ccm\SoftMgmtAgent" $cimInstance = New-CimInstance -ClassName $className -Namespace $nameSpace $properties = @{ # Do not add CacheId, that was automatically created with the new instance ... } Set-CimInstance -InputObject $cimInstance -Properties $properties Then there's ye olde way, that is, what needed to be done with WMI to automate all kinds of things in SMS/CCM. Note that LastReferenced...

Full answer by user314159: https://stackoverflow.stackexchange.com/a/79829005 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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