cimworkshop(1M) 					  System Administration Commands					   cimworkshop(1M)

NAME

       cimworkshop - start the Sun WBEM CIM WorkShop application

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sadm/bin/cimworkshop

DESCRIPTION

       The  cimworkshop  command starts Sun WBEM CIM WorkShop, a graphical user interface that enables you to create, modify, and view the classes
       and instances that describe the managed resources on your system.

       Managed resources are described using a standard information model called Common Information Model (CIM). A CIM class is a computer  repre-
       sentation,  or model, of a type of managed resource, such as a printer, disk drive, or CPU. A CIM instance is a particular managed resource
       that belongs to a particular class. Instances contain actual data. Objects can be shared by any WBEM-enabled system,  device,  or  applica-
       tion.  CIM  objects  are grouped into meaningful collections called schema.  One or more schemas can be stored in directory-like structures
       called namespaces.

       The CIM WorkShop application displays a Login dialog box. Context help is displayed on the left side of the CIM WorkShop dialog boxes. When
       you click on a field, the help content changes to describe the selected field.

       By  default,  CIM WorkShop uses the RMI protocol to connect to the CIM Object Manager on the local host, in the default namespace, rootMan-
       ager using the standard XML/HTTP protocol from the Desktop Management Task Force. When a connection is established, all	classes  contained
       in the default namespace are displayed in the left side of the CIM WorkShop window.

       The  name  of the current namespace is listed in the tool bar. All programming operations are performed within a namespace. Four namespaces
       are created in a root namespace during installation:

       cimv2	       Contains the default CIM classes that represent managed resources on your system.

       security        Contains the security classes used by the CIM Object Manager to represent access rights for users and namespaces.

       system	       Contains properties for configuring the CIM Object Manager.

       snmp	       Contains pre-defined SNMP-related classes and all SNMP MOF files that are compiled.

       The cimworkshop application allows you to perform the following tasks:

       Create, view, and change namespaces.

	   Use the CIM WorkShop application to view all namespaces. A namespace is a directory-like structure  that  can  store  CIM  classes  and
	   instances.

       Create, delete, and view CIM classes.

	   You	cannot	modify the unique attributes of the classes that make up the CIM and Solaris Schema. You can create a new instance or sub-
	   class of the class and modify the desired attributes in that instance or subclass.

       Create, modify, delete, and view CIM instances.

	   You can add instances to a class and modify its inherited properties or create new properties. You can also change the property  values
	   of a CIM instance.

       Invoke methods.

	   You can set input values for a parameter of a method and invoke the method.

       When CIM WorkShop connects to the CIM Object Manager in a particular namespace, all subsequent operations occur within that namespace. When
       you connect to a namespace, you can access the classes and instances in that namespace (if they exist) and in any namespaces  contained	in
       that namespace.

       When  you  use CIM WorkShop to view CIM data, the WBEM system validates your login information on the current host. By default, a validated
       WBEM user is granted read access to the CIM Schema. The CIM Schema describes managed objects on your system in a standard format  that  all
       WBEM-enabled systems and applications can interpret.

       Read Only       Allows  read-only  access  to  CIM Schema objects. Users with this privilege can retrieve instances and classes, but cannot
		       create, delete, or modify CIM objects.

       Read/Write      Allows full read, write, and delete access to all CIM classes and instances.

       Write	       Allows write and delete, but not read access to all CIM classes and instances.

       None	       Allows no access to CIM classes and instances.

USAGE

       The cimworkshop command is not a tool for a distributed environment.  Rather, this command is used for local administration on the  machine
       on which the CIM Object Manager is running.

EXIT STATUS

       The cimworkshop utility terminates with exit status 0.

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWwbdev 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       mofcomp(1M), wbemlogviewer(1M), init.wbem(1M), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    6 Nov 2000							   cimworkshop(1M)