wbem(5) 						Standards, Environments, and Macros						   wbem(5)

NAME

       wbem - Web-Based Enterprise Management

DESCRIPTION

       Web-Based  Enterprise Management (WBEM) is a set of management and Internet-related technologies intended to unify the management of enter-
       prise computing environments. Developed by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), WBEM enables organizations  to	deliver  an  inte-
       grated  set  of	standards-based management tools that support and promote World Wide Web technology. The DMTF has developed a set of stan-
       dards that make up WBEM. This set of standards includes:

	 o  Common Information Model (CIM) - an object-oriented data model that describes the overall management of information in  an	enterprise
	    network environment. CIM consists of a CIM specification and a CIM schema:

	    CIM Specification	    Consists of the language and methodology that describes management data.

	    CIM Schema		    Provides  actual model descriptions of systems, applications, large area networks, and devices. The CIM Schema
				    enables applications from different developers on different platforms to describe management data in  a  stan-
				    dard format. As a result, a variety of management applications can share this information.

	 o  CIM  Operations Over HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP) 1.1 is a transport mechanism that maps CIM operations to HTTP to allow imple-
	    mentations of CIM to interoperate in an open, standardized manner.

	    CIM Operations Over HTTP 1.1 uses eXtensible Markup Language (XML), which is a markup language that represents management  information
	    in textual form.

	    In	addition  to  the  XML representation, CIM information is also represented textually by the managed object format (MOF). These MOF
	    representations are typically stored as text files that developers compile into a CIM Object Manager.

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION

   WBEM Tools and Services
       Tools and services that enable developers to create and Services management applications and instrumentation that manage heterogeneous com-
       puter environments include:

	 o  Solaris WBEM Services 2.5

	 o  Solaris WBEM Software Development Kit 2.5

   Solaris WBEM Services 2.5
       These  services	consist of a set of value-added Services 2.5 components. These services make it easier for developers to create management
       applications that run in the Solaris operating environment. They also make the Solaris operating environment easier to manage. Solaris WBEM
       Services 2.5 consists of:

	 o  CIM Object Manager, CIM Repository, and MOF Compiler

	 o  CIM  and Solaris Schema, which is an extension schema of CIM. CIM and Solaris Schema is a collection of CIM classes that describe man-
	    aged elements in the Solaris operating environment. These classes are available from the CIM Object Manager at start up.

	 o  Solaris Providers, which are programs that communicate information between the Solaris operating environment and the CIM  Object  Man-
	    ager (providers get and set "dynamic" information about managed elements, acting as an intermediary between the CIM Object Manager and
	    the managed elements).

	    Solaris software providers have been developed for a variety of areas: users, roles, file  systems,  and  network  configuration,  for
	    example.  A  remote  provider  is  also  available to distribute agents away from the CIM Object Manager when required. Because of the
	    incremental development capabilities of the WBEM instrumentation framework, developers can progressively  and  consistently  add  more
	    providers for additional Solaris software services.

	 o
	    SNMP  Adapter  for	WBEM,  which enables Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) management applications to access system management
	    information that is provided by Solaris WBEM Services. Used with the Solstice Enterprise Agent (SEA) Master Agent snmpdx(1M), the SNMP
	    Adapter for WBEM maps SNMP requests into equivalent WBEM Common Information Model (CIM) properties or instances.

	    The SNMP Adapter for WBEM also remaps the response from the CIM Object Manager into an SNMP response, which is returned to the manage-
	    ment application.

	    A mapping file contains the corresponding Object Identifier (OID), class name, property name, and Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
	    type for each object. Developers can create their own mapping files.

	 o  SNMP Provider, which enables WBEM services to deliver SNMP information.

   Solaris WBEM Software Development Kit 2.5
       This  kit  consists  of a set of key application Software development tools that make it easier for developers to write management applica-
       tions that can communicate with any WBEM-enabled management device. The Solaris WBEM Software Development Kit includes examples, documenta-
       tion,  and  CIM Workshop, a graphical user interface through which developers can view and create classes and instances, through the remote
       method invocation (RMI) or the XML/HTTP protocol.

       Developers can also use this kit to write providers, which are programs that communicate with managed elements to access data.

       All management applications that developers create with the Solaris WBEM Software Development Kit run on the Java platform. The	Solaris  9
       WBEM  Software  Development  Kit  installs  and runs in version 1.4 of the Java environment. Developers can use the kit to write standalone
       applications or applications that run in conjunction with Solaris WBEM Services.

       The Solaris WBEM Software Development Kit is described in the Solaris WBEM SDK Development Guide. Javadoc for the WBEM application program-
       ming interface is located at /usr/sadm/lib/wbem/doc/index.html.

   Compatibility of Solaris WBEM Services with Existing Protocols
       Adapters  and  converters enable Solaris WBEM Services of Solaris to work compatibly with existing protocols by mapping WBEM information to
       these protocols. One such protocol is Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

       Legacy management applications can administer WBEM-enabled software in the Solaris operating environment. Developers can  write	agents	or
       providers  that convert information from these protocols to WBEM, and they can write adapters that convert WBEM information into these pro-
       tocols.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SPARC and x86		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Architecture		     |SUNWwbapi, SUNWwbcor,  SUN-  |
       |			     |Wwbcou,  SUNWwbdev, SUNWwb-  |
       |			     |doc, SUNWwbpro		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |CSI			     |Enabled			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       appletviewer(1), cimworkshop(1M), init.wbem(1M), mofcomp(1M), mofreg(1M),  snmpdx(1M),  wbemadmin(1M),  wbemconfig(1M),	wbemlogviewer(1M),
       attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    5 Nov 2001								   wbem(5)