Solaris WBEM Services

Solaris WBEM Services software is an implementation of Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) on the Solaris 8 operating environment. WBEM is an industry-wide initiative that includes standards for web-based management of systems, networks, and devices on multiple platforms. Solaris WBEM Services software makes it easier for software developers to create management applications that run in the Solaris operating environment and makes the Solaris operating environment easier to manage. Solaris WBEM Services sofware provides secure access and manipulation of management data. The product includes a built-in Solaris provider that enables management applications to access information about managed resources (devices and software) in the Solaris operating environment.

Solaris WBEM Services software provides the following services:

• Management services, in the form of a CIM Object Manager that checks the semantics and syntax of CIM data and distributes data between applications, the CIM Repository, and managed resources.

• Security services that enable administrators to control user access to CIM information.

• Logging services that consist of classes developers can use to create applications that dynamically record event data to a log record and retrieve data from a log record. Administrators can use this data to track and determine the cause of events.

• XML services that convert XML data into CIM classes, enabling XML/HTTP-based WBEM clients to communicate with the CIM Object Manager.

For detailed information about using Solaris WBEM Services, see the Solaris WBEM Services Administrator's Guide.