WMI delay always exactly 10 minutes

Question

Hi,

Anyone have an idea why this WMI query always takes exactly 10 minutes, 600 seconds? thx

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-Date
Get-WmiObject -Query "SELECT * FROM Msft_Volume" -Namespace Root/Microsoft/Windows/Storage >> c:\temp\log.txt
Get-Date

Wednesday, February 16, 2022 3:31:38 PM
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 3:41:38 PM

Answer 1

Some kind of timeout maybe?

When run on my device its taking TotalMilliseconds : 777.72

To you get the same if you try

Measure-Command -Expression {Get-WmiObject -Query "SELECT * FROM Msft_Volume" -Namespace Root/Microsoft/Windows/Storage >> c:\temp\log.txt}

Answer 2

Hello @Koen Helsen

I would recommend to check the output log for any errors. This 600 seconds lead to think about some type of timeout with the WMI connectors, since usually the command should be quite fast (<20secs).

Other option is to enable verbose by running first:

Set-PSDebug -Trace 1  
Get-PSDepth  
$VerbosePreference="Continue"  
Get-WmiObject -Query "SELECT * FROM Msft_Volume" -Namespace Root/Microsoft/Windows/Storage >> c:\temp\log.txt  

Hope this helps with your query,

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