How to use WMIC to connect to remote machine and output OS information to a file?
os get vendor - there is no such thing as an OS vendor, that's where the invalid query is coming from. See the available properties - there's a Version, but no Vendor:
C:\>wmic os get /?
Property get operations.
USAGE:
GET [<property list>] [<get switches>]
NOTE: <property list> ::= <property name> | <property name>, <property list>
The following properties are available:
Property Type Operation
======== ==== =========
BootDevice N/A N/A
BuildNumber N/A N/A
BuildType N/A N/A
CSDVersion N/A N/A
CSName N/A N/A
CodeSet N/A N/A
CountryCode N/A N/A
CurrentTimeZone N/A N/A
Debug N/A N/A
Description N/A N/A
Distributed N/A N/A
EncryptionLevel N/A N/A
ForegroundApplicationBoost N/A N/A
FreePhysicalMemory N/A N/A
FreeSpaceInPagingFiles N/A N/A
FreeVirtualMemory N/A N/A
InstallDate N/A N/A
LastBootUpTime N/A N/A
LocalDateTime N/A N/A
Locale N/A N/A
Manufacturer N/A N/A
MaxNumberOfProcesses N/A N/A
MaxProcessMemorySize N/A N/A
Name N/A N/A
NumberOfLicensedUsers N/A N/A
NumberOfProcesses N/A N/A
NumberOfUsers N/A N/A
OSLanguage N/A N/A
OSProductSuite N/A N/A
OSType N/A N/A
Organization N/A N/A
OtherTypeDescription N/A N/A
PlusProductID N/A N/A
PlusVersionNumber N/A N/A
Primary N/A N/A
QuantumLength N/A N/A
QuantumType N/A N/A
RegisteredUser N/A N/A
SerialNumber N/A N/A
ServicePackMajorVersion N/A N/A
ServicePackMinorVersion N/A N/A
SizeStoredInPagingFiles N/A N/A
Status N/A N/A
SystemDevice N/A N/A
SystemDirectory N/A N/A
SystemDrive N/A N/A
TotalSwapSpaceSize N/A N/A
TotalVirtualMemorySize N/A N/A
TotalVisibleMemorySize N/A N/A
Version N/A N/A
WindowsDirectory N/A N/A
And there is no /DOMAIN option in wmic either.
C:\>wmic /?
[global switches] <command>
The following global switches are available:
/NAMESPACE Path for the namespace the alias operate against.
/ROLE Path for the role containing the alias definitions.
/NODE Servers the alias will operate against.
/IMPLEVEL Client impersonation level.
/AUTHLEVEL Client authentication level.
/LOCALE Language id the client should use.
/PRIVILEGES Enable or disable all privileges.
/TRACE Outputs debugging information to stderr.
/RECORD Logs all input commands and output.
/INTERACTIVE Sets or resets the interactive mode.
/FAILFAST Sets or resets the FailFast mode.
/USER User to be used during the session.
/PASSWORD Password to be used for session login.
/OUTPUT Specifies the mode for output redirection.
/APPEND Specifies the mode for output redirection.
/AGGREGATE Sets or resets aggregate mode.
/AUTHORITY Specifies the <authority type> for the connection.
/?[:<BRIEF|FULL>] Usage information.
You could try:
wmic /NODE:"servername" /USER:"yourdomain\administrator" OS GET Name
It will prompt for your password.