Setting Up Openwbem - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual

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:
This package contains the Common Information Model (CIM). CIM is a model
for describing overall management information in a network or enterprise environ-
ment. 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
Management 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
[http://www.dmtf.org].
openwbem-base-providers:
This package contains a Novell Linux instrumentation of base operating system
components such as computer, system, operating system, and processes for the
OpenWBEM CIMOM.
openwbem-smash-providers:
This package contains a Novell Linux instrumentation of the Systems Management
Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH) providers for the OpenWBEM
CIMOM.
yast2-cim, YaST2 - CIM Bindings:
This package adds CIM bindings to YaST2 (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" (page 244)
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