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The init.wbem utility is run automatically during installation and each time the system is rebooted. This utility starts the CIM Boot Manager, cimomboot, a process that listens for connection requests from WBEM clients. When a client requests a connection, the cimomboot program starts the Common Information Model (CIM) Object Manager. Generally, you do not need to stop the CIM Object Manager. However, if you change an existing provider, you must stop and restart the CIM Object Manager before using the udpated provider.
The CIM Object Manager manages CIM objects on a WBEM-enabled system. A CIM object is a computer representation, or model, of a managed resource, such as a printer, disk drive, or CPU. CIM objects are stored internally as Java classes.
When a WBEM client application accesses information about a CIM object, the CIM Object Manager contacts either the appropriate provider for that object or the CIM Object Manager Repository. Providers are classes that communicate with managed objects to access data.
When a WBEM client application requests data from a managed resource that is not available from the CIM Object Manager Repository, the CIM Object Manager forwards the request to the provider for that managed resource. The provider dynamically retrieves the information.
At startup, the CIM Object Manager performs the following functions:
Listens for RMI connections on RMI port 5987 and for XML/HTTP connections on HTTP port 80.
Sets up a connection to the CIM Object Manager Repository.
Waits for incoming requests.
During normal operations, the CIM Object Manager performs the following functions:
Performs security checks to authenticate user login and authorization to access namespaces.
Performs syntactical and semantic checking of CIM data operations to ensure that they comply with the latest CIM Specification.
Routes requests to the appropriate provider or to the CIM Object Manager Repository.
Delivers data from providers and from the CIM Object Manager Repository to WBEM client applications.
A WBEM client application contacts the CIM Object Manager to establish a connection when it needs to perform WBEM operations, such as creating a CIM class or updating a CIM instance. When a WBEM client application connects to a CIM Object Manager, it gets a reference to the CIM Object Manager, which it then uses to request services and operations.
The init.wbem script is installed in the /etc/init.d directory. The init.wbem script is executed at system reboot. It is also executed by /etc/rc2.d/S90wbem start when init state 2 is entered, and by /etc/rc0.d/K36wbem stop when init state 0 is entered.
The following options are supported:
Start the CIM Boot Manager on the local host.
Stop the CIM Object Manager on the local host.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
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Availability | SUNWwbcor |
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO