Windows Management Instrumentation Tool (WMIT)

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Windows ManagementInstrumentation Tool(WMIT)

• Mike Lawson Steve Wise
• CS526 Semester Project
• 12/08/03

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The Common Information Model

• The Common Information Model (CIM) Is Developed
  by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)
• Hewlett Packard
• Cisco
• Sun Microsystems
• Intel
• EMC
• Many others

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The Common Information Model

• CIM Is An Industry Standard Created To Abstract
  Proprietary Technology Away From the System
  Administrator
• Heterogeneous Resources Controlled By A Common
  Interface
• Solves The System Administrators Problem

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System Administrators Problem
System 1 Windows
System 3 Solaris
Administrator Access
System 2 Linux
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The Common Information Model

• CIM Schema Is Broken Into 3 Layers
• Core Model - Generic Representations Of Managed
  Objects
• Systems, Network Components, Services, Devices
• Common Model - Specific Managed Objects
• Computers, Networks, Applications
• Extension Schemas - Technology Specific
  Extensions of the Common Model
• UNIX, Microsoft Windows

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WBEM Environment
CIM Client
CIM-XML
WBEM Server
CIM-XML Protocol Adapter
CIM-XML Indication Handler
CIM Object Manager (CIMOM)
Provider
Provider
Provider
Provider
Provider
Managed Element(s)
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WMI Infrastructure
Management Application
Snap-In
Snap-In
COM/DCOM Iwbem Services
WMI Repository
CIM Object Manager
COM/DCOM Iwbem Services
Object Providers
WMI
SNMP
RPC
Win32
Other
SNMP Objects
WMI Objects
DMI Objects
Win32 Objects
Other Objects
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WMIT Design
Management Commands
Web Server
Allows easy extension of the command set
WMI Command Set
Daemon
Central Controller
Adapter
Technology Specific Schema Extensions
Windows WMI
Solaris WBEM Services
No Access To Solaris WBEM Services
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WMIT Implementation
Management Commands
Tomcat
Allows easy extension of the command set
SOAP Messages
Tomcat
Central Controller
WMITServlet
Technology Specific Schema Extensions
Windows WMI
Solaris WBEM Services
No Access To Solaris WBEM Services
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WMIT Design With Added Resources
WMI Commands
Management Commands
Web Server
Solaris Commands
HPTRU64 Commands
Central Controller
Daemon
Adapter
Additional Technology Specific Schema Extensions
Windows WMI
Solaris WBEM Services
HP TRU64
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Resources

• Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. Common
  Information Model Specification, Version 2.2,
  June 1999
• Julie Schott, Proceedings From The Global
  Management Conference, Introduction to WBEM
  Source, June 2003
• Microsoft Corporation, WMI and CIM Concepts and
  Terminology, December 2001