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11.1 Setting Up OpenWBEM
To set up OpenWBEM, select the Web-Based Enterprise Management software selection
or pattern in YaST when you install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server or select it as a
component to install on a server that is already running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
This software selection includes the following packages:
• cim-schema, Common Information Model (CIM) Schema:
contains the Common Information Model (CIM). CIM is a model for describing
overall management information in a network or enterprise environment. CIM
consists of a specification and a schema. The specification defines the details for
integration with other management models. The schema provides the actual model
descriptions.
• openwbem, Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) Implementation:
This package contains an implementation of OpenWBEM. OpenWBEM is a set of
software components that help facilitate the deployment of the Distributed Manage-
ment Task Force (DMTF) CIM and WBEM technologies. If you are not familiar
with the DMTF and its technologies, you can visit the DMTF Web site
www.dmtf.org].
• openwbem-base-providers:
tation of base operating system components such as computer, system, operating
system, and processes for the OpenWBEM CIMOM.
• openwbem-smash-providers:
tation of the Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH)
providers for the OpenWBEM CIMOM.
• yast2-cim, YaST2 - CIM Bindings:
(YaST2 is the Graphical User Interface of the SUSE System Tools Manager). These
bindings provide a client interface to the Common Information Model Object
Manager (CIMOM).
This section includes the following information:
•
Section 11.1.1, "Starting, Stopping, or Checking Status for owcimomd"
•
Section 11.1.2, "Ensuring Secure Access"
This package contains a Novell Linux instrumen-
This package contains a Novell Linux instrumen-
This package adds CIM bindings to YaST2
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This package
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