cimserver

[Nobody's Hero]

Can someone explain what 'cimserver' is? I looked at the man pages but I dont get it. What is it used for. I only see this under 11.11 not 11.0.

10x
RPM

[Cheryl Griffin]

cimserver is part of WBEM. "WBEM Services acts as an information broker; it is a way that providers and clients can communicate."

Search this manual for cimserver
http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/B8465-90012/00/00/1-con.html

[Pete Randall]

Robert,

I have no man pages for cimserver on my 11.11 systems. Is this something that may have been added on? Did you try looking at /opt to see if you can find anything about it? Or maybe run a find command to see if you can determine the install directory, then find a readme file or something:

find /opt /usr -name 'cimserver'


Pete

[Cheryl Griffin]

See also http://www.software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B8465BA
"What can HP WBEM Services for HP-UX do for me?"

[Jeff Schussele · Accepted solution]

Hi RPM,

CIM (Common Interface Model) is part of HP's web services WBEM (Web Based Enterprise Management). cimserver is a transport mechanism and is an XML standard. The cimserver basically parses xml requests.

Here are the "official" definitions for each:

Common Information Model (CIM) A common data model of an implementation- neutral schema for describing overall management information in a network/enterprise environment.

CIM is comprised of a Specification and a Schema. The Specification defines the details for integration with other management models defined by the DMTF, such as SNMPs MIBs or the DMI's MIFs. The Schema provides the actual model descriptions.

WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management) An initiative based on a set of management and Internet standard technologies developed to unify the management of enterprise computing environments. WBEM provides the ability for the industry to deliver a well-integrated set of standard-based management tools leveraging the emerging technologies such as CIM and XML.

WBEM Services (HP WBEM Services for HP-UX) A Hewlett-Packard product that uses WBEM and DMTF standards to manage HP-UX system resources.

Here's a good link on the subect:

http://www.docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B8465-90012/B8465-90012_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B8465-90012/00/00/10-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B8465-90012/00/00/10-toc.html&searchterms=cimserver&queryid=20040121-115921

HTH,
Jeff