WBEM Automatic Processor Report WAPR

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WBEM Automatic Processor Report (WAPR)

• Stephen D. Wise
• CS522 Semester Project
• 12/09/02

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What is WBEM ?

• Administrators of systems running on multiple
  platforms have no easy way to obtain management
  data from different platforms
• Multiple APIs
• Separate consoles per management application
• An initiative to provide a common look and feel
  for describing and sharing management information

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WBEM Architecture
Server
Client
HTTP/XML Mapping
RMI
Core Object Manager
Persistence Interface
Provider Interface
DB
Providers
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WAPR Server

• Establishes socket on a remote system
• Displays report provided by WAPR Client

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WAPR Client

• Accesses the default Namespace
• Sets up Access Credentials
• Obtains an Access Key to the Processor CIM Object
• Sends Processor Report to WAPR Server

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WAPR Report
Host Name zeppo Creation Class
Solaris_ComputerSystem Device ID 0 Clock Speed
296 MHz Processor Status online CPU Load 10
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WBEM Resources

• WBEM Services Specification for the Java Platform
• http//java.sun.com
• WBEM Services Specification for the Solaris
  Platform
• http//sun.com/solaris/wbem
• Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)
• http//dmtf.org

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WBEM Resources

• Storage Networking Industry Association
• http//www.snia.org
• Caldera International, Inc. (OpenWBEM Homepage)
• http//OpenWBEM.sourceforge.net
• The Open Group (C WBEM Open Source)
• http//www.openpegasus.org

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References

• Todd, Greg. What is WBEM?, Windows .Net
  Magazine, July 1998
• Draft SNIA CIM Object Manager, Architecture and
  Developers Guide
• WBEM on Sun Developers Guide, 1999