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Oracle Solaris WBEM Developer's Guide Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/10 |
1. Overview of Solaris Web-Based Enterprise Management
2. Using the CIM Object Manager
The Solaris WBEM Developer's Guide explains Common Information Model (CIM) concepts. In addition, this guide describes how to administer Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) services in the Oracle Solaris operating environment.
In addition, this guide describes the Oracle Solaris Web-Based Enterprise Management Software Developer's Kit (WBEM SDK). The WBEM SDK enables developers to create standards-based applications that manage resources in the Solaris operating environment. Developers can also use this toolkit to write providers, which are programs that communicate with managed resources to access data.
The Solaris WBEM SDK includes the following items:
Client application programming interfaces (APIs) for describing and managing resources using the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) Common Information Model (CIM)
Provider APIs for getting and setting dynamic data on managed resources
Sample WBEM client and provider programs
CIM Workshop, an application written in the Java programming language that you can use to create and view managed resources on a system
This book is for the following types of software developers:
Instrumentation developers – Write software that communicates device information in a standard CIM format to the CIM Object Manager through software providers.
System and network application developers – Write applications that manage the information stored in CIM classes and instances. These people use the Solaris WBEM Services APIs to get and set the properties of CIM instances and classes.
This book requires a solid understanding of the following information:
Object-oriented programming concepts
The Java programming language
Common Information Model (CIM) concepts
Network management concepts
If you are unfamiliar with these areas, you might find the following references useful:
The Java Programming Language, Second Edition, Ken Arnold and James Gosling, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0–201–31006–6.
The Java Class Libraries, Second Edition, Volume 1, Patrick Chan, Rosanna Lee, Douglas Kramer, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0–201–31002–3.
The following web sites are useful resources when working with WBEM technologies:
Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) – dmtf.org
This site discusses the latest CIM developments, provides information about various working groups, and lists contact information for extending the CIM Schema.
Rational Software – www.ibm.com/software/rational/uml
This site contains documentation about the Unified Modeling Language (UML).
Chapter 1, Overview of Solaris Web-Based Enterprise Management introduces Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM), the Common Information Model (CIM), the application programming interfaces (APIs) in the Solaris WBEM SDK, and CIM Workshop.
Chapter 2, Using the CIM Object Manager describes the CIM Object Manager. This chapter covers how to start and how to stop the CIM Object Manager and how to upgrade the CIM Object Manager Repository.
Chapter 3, Using the Sample Programs describes the sample programs that are provided with the Solaris WBEM SDK.
Chapter 4, Writing a Client Program explains how to use the client APIs to write client programs.
Chapter 5, Writing WBEM Queries explains how to use the WBEM Query Language (WQL) and the Query APIs to write and handle queries.
Chapter 6, Writing a Provider Program explains how to use the provider APIs to write provider programs.
Chapter 7, Creating JavaBeans Components Using the MOF Compiler explains how to use the MOF compiler.
Chapter 8, Administering Security describes WBEM security mechanisms and the features that the CIM Object Manager enforces.
Chapter 9, Troubleshooting describes how to view log data and explains the error messages that are generated by components of the Solaris WBEM SDK.
Appendix A, Solaris Schema describes the MOF files that are included with the Solaris WBEM SDK.
You might also want to refer to the following related documentation:
Javadoc reference pages – Describe the WBEM APIs. See file:/usr/sadm/lib/wbem/doc/index.html.
CIM/Solaris Schema – Describe the CIM and Solaris Schema. See file:/usr/sadm/lib/wbem/doc/mofhtml/index.html.
Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) Glossary – A comprehensive glossary of CIM and WBEM-related terms. See dmtf.org/education.
See the following web sites for additional resources:
Training – Click the Sun link in the left navigation bar.
Oracle Technology Network offers a range of resources related to Oracle software:
Discuss technical problems and solutions on the Discussion Forums.
Get hands-on step-by-step tutorials with Oracle By Example.
Download Sample Code.
The following table describes the typographic conventions that are used in this book.
Table P-1 Typographic Conventions
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The following table shows the default UNIX system prompt and superuser prompt for shells that are included in the Oracle Solaris OS. Note that the default system prompt that is displayed in command examples varies, depending on the Oracle Solaris release.
Table P-2 Shell Prompts
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