7.1 DMI Command Line Utilities Overview

The Desktop Management Interface(DMI) Protocol command line interface consists of two utilities that retrieve DMI Service Provider (SP) information:

• dmi_cmd

• dmiget

7.1.1 The dmi_cmd Utility

The dmi_cmd utility provides the ability to:

• Obtain version information about the DMI SP

• Set the configuration to describe the language required by the management application

• Obtain the configuration information describing the current language in use for the session

• Install components into the database

• List components in a system to determine what is installed

• Delete an existing component from the database

• Install group schemas to an existing component in the database

• List class names for all groups in a component

• List the groups within a component

• Delete a group from a component

• Install a language schema for an existing component in the database

• List the set of language mappings installed for a specified component

• Delete a specific language mapping for a component

• List properties for one or more attributes in a group

7.1.2 The dmiget Utility

The dmiget utility retrieves the table information of a specific component in the DMI SP.