operating system

Returns the operating system object.

Returns whether the computer is an Android device.

Returns the APAR whose APAR number exactly matches the string.

Returns all APARs.

Returns the architecture of the operating system.

Returns whether the computer is big-endian.

Returns the time of the last restart.

Returns the most significant 16 bits of the build number.

Returns the least significant 16 bits of the build number.

Returns the build number of the operating system.

Returns the build number of the operating system.

Returns a string corresponding to the build number of the OS.

Returns a string that corresponds to the codename of the given release. For example, Ubuntu 8.04 has the codename of 'hardy'.

Returns the Corrective Service Disk version of the operating system. This is the szCSDVersion as returned by the GetVersionEx function. The format varies depending on the installed service packs. For WinNT it contains a string such as 'Service Pack 3', for Win95 it can contain a string such as 'B'.

Returns the current service pack, or no such object if none have been applied at the current technology level.

Returns the current technology level. This also includes the base level information, similar to 'oslevel -r'.

Returns the OS name in a human readable format following different rules for each OS.

On Windows, it returns the value in the ProductName key. Example of QnA ran on Windows.

On Unix systems, it returns the value of the PRETTY_NAME key in the os-release file. Example of QnA ran on Linux.

On Mac, it returns the macOS codename. Example of QnA ran on macOS.

Returns the Windows operating system version. This inspector returns valid information only on Windows 10 20H2 and later Windows 10 versions. Running this inspector on other Windows operating systems results in an error referring to a nonexistent object.

Running the inspector on Windows 10, OS Build 19042.928:

Returns whether the operating system is an embedded version, such as Windows XP Embedded.

This inspector returns one of the following hypervisors:

• "Google Cloud Engine"
• "Hyper-V"
• "KVM"
• "QEMU"
• "VIOS"
• "VMware"
• "VirtualBox"
• "Xen"

Running this inspector on an operating system with a different hypervisor or without an hypervisor results in an error referring to a nonexistent object.

Returns True if the computer is running on Itanium.

Returns True if the computer is running Linux.

Example of QnA ran on Linux Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS.

Example of QnA ran on Windows Server 2022.

Returns True if the computer is little-endian.

Returns True if the computer is a Macintosh.

Returns the architecture of the computer.

Returns the major version of the operating system.

Returns the result of the GetSystemMetrics function for the integer argument. The integer constants and their meaning are defined by Microsoft. For example, the integer 87 indicates that the operating system is a media center edition.

Returns the minor version of the operating system.

Returns the name of the operating system as a string.

Returns the rate at which the performance counter is being incremented per second. This value comes from the QueryPerformanceFrequency function.

Returns the current 64-bit performance counter value. This value comes from the QueryPerformanceCounter function.

Returns the dwPlatformId as returned by the GetVersionEx function. Possible values are 1 for Win9x and 2 for WinNT.

Returns the result of the GetProductInfo function. The inspector only provides meaningful results for Windows Vista and newer versions of the OS.

Returns a string derived from the GetProductInfo function. Some example values are 'Business', 'Cluster Server', 'Enterprise', 'Home', etc.

Returns the product type of the operating system, which includes Workstations, Domain Controllers and Servers.

Information about the release of the operating system, formatted as a <version> on the Macintosh, but a <string> on UNIX and Windows.

Returns the release version of operating system.

Returns the "ReleaseId" of the Windows operating system which indicates the update level. This is also included in the base string representation of the <operating system> inspector. A value is returned only if the "ReleaseId" is defined on the operating system.

Returns the service pack that matches the string in the format "base-tl-sp-date". For example, AIX 5.3 at technology level 6 and service pack 3, which was released on the 32nd week of 2007, would be "5300-06-03-0732". Note: older service packs may not have a date portion, and the final service pack at a particular technology level has a SP value of 'CSP'.

Returns the major version number of the current service pack of the specified OS.

Returns the minor version number of the current service pack of the specified OS.

Returns all service packs

Returns the bit-mapped suite mask for the operating system, which contains further fine-grain information about the version.

Returns the technology level that matches the string in the format "base-tl". For example, AIX 5.3 at technology level 6 is "5300-06".

Returns all technology levels.

Returns True if the local computer is a UNIX system.

Returns the minor version of the operating system.

Returns a time interval that represents the elapsed time since the operating system was last booted.

Note: Depending on the computer, this may not include time spent in hibernation.

Returns the UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) of the operating system.

For AIX

This property returns a UUID in the AIX Object Data Manager (ODM) Customized Attribute entry. You can get the attribute by performing the ODM query attribute=os_uuid and name=sys0.

Alternatively, you can use the ODM inspector with the Relevance uuid (attribute value of customized attribute "attribute=os_uuid" of odm) to generate the UUID.

If the AIX installation does not have an operating system UUID already set, then a Relevance check of exists uuid of operating system evaluates to false.

For Solaris

For Solaris, the operating system UUID is associated with a zone. Every configured zone has a UUID that is returned by the inspector.

A Relevance check of exists uuid of operating system evaluates to false, if:

• the Solaris installation does not have a configured zone
• the Relevance check is done in the global zone

Returns the version of the operating system.

No documentation exists.

Returns True if the computer is running Windows.

Returns True if the operating system is 32-bit.

Returns True if the operating system is 64-bit.

Returns a string containing the name of the operating system concatenated with the release.