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 representation, 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, rootManager 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  ins-
     tallation:

          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  fol-
     lowing 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 subclass  of  the  class  and
           modify the desired attributes in that instance or sub-
           class.

     Create, modify, delete, and view CIM instances.
           You can add instances to a class and modify its inher-
           ited 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  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWwbdev                   |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|

SEE ALSO

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