WBEMfor Solaris on Sun Developer's Guide

The cimom Command

Use the cimom command to start the CIM Object Manager when you want to obtain or specify additional information, such as the host that contains a CIM Repository in which you want your objects to be stored. The cimom command uses parameters that enable you to specify characteristics of the CIM Object Manager.

Location of the cimom Command

By default, the cimom command is located in the following path: /opt/SUNWconn/wbem/bin/

Syntax of the cimom Command

The cimom command uses the following three parameters.

Parameter 

Description 

-help

Causes a man page to display with information about the cimom command and parameters.

-sdatabase_server

Enables you to specify a server installed with a CIM Repository. This parameter provides control over where your CIM objects are stored. 

-version

Causes the build version of the CIM Object Manager to be displayed.  

The syntax of the cimom command is: cimom [parameter] [modifier]

where [parameter] is any of the parameters shown in the preceding table, and [modifier] is the additional information that is required by a parameter. For example in the command cimom -s hopskotch, -s is the [parameter] and hopskotch is the [modifier] that indicates the name of the server on which the CIM Repository is located.