Web Based Enterprise Management

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Web-Based Enterprise Management ( WBEM ) is a collective term for a set of standard functions for the administration and remote maintenance of computer systems in managed environments . WBEM was specified by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) and is independent of the hardware platform and the operating system .

Core functionalities

Interfaces for access to the WBEM infrastructure using WWW technologies.
  • WBEM infrastructure (operations, events, query language, ...)
High-level language access methods to managed objects, such as the CIM Query Language for querying information from the CIM.
  • Common Information Model (CIM)
    • CIM scheme (models, classes, properties, methods, ...): Standardized modeling of all elements to be recorded by the WBEM (managed objects).
    • CIM infrastructure (meta-schema, rules, MOF, ...): Rules for integrating access to other management models in the CIM, such as DMI , SMBIOS or SNMP .

There are different WBEM implementations as well as different CIM implementations, such as Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Management tools from various manufacturers are based on this.

literature

  • Hobbs, Chris: A Practical Approach to WBEM / CIM Management , CRC Press Inc 2004, ISBN 978-0849323065 .
  • Sun Microsystems Inc .: Solaris Wbem Developer's Guide , Iuniverse Inc 2005, ISBN 978-0595285471 .

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