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<h1 class="topictitle1">Common Information Model</h1>
<div><p>The Common Information Model (CIM) is a standard developed
by a consortium of major hardware and software vendors (including IBM<sup>®</sup>) called the
Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) as part of the Web Based Enterprise
Management (WBEM) initiative.</p>
<p>WBEM includes a set of standards and technologies that provide management
solutions for a distributed network environment. Interoperability is a major
focus of WBEM, and using WBEM technologies can help you develop a single set
of management applications for a diverse set of resources.</p>
<p>CIM is a major component of the WBEM initiative, providing a model for
describing and accessing data across an enterprise. CIM comprises both a specification
and a schema. The specification defines the details for integration with other
management models, whereas the schema provides the actual model descriptions.</p>
<p><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />CIM on IBM <span class="keyword">i5/OS™</span> V5R4
includes:<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></p>
<ul><li>Instrumentation for server resources on the system called <dfn class="term">providers</dfn>.
The providers, which are based on a subset of the standardized CIM classes,
gather data on a system. CIM clients can work with this data by accessing
the providers through the Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM).</li>
<li><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />An open source implementation of the CIMOM called <dfn class="term">Pegasus</dfn> (version
2.5) that manages communication between clients and providers. The CIMOM also
provides several management functions, including security, and a set of commands
that provide configuration and management functions to administrators.<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></li>
<li><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />A schema (CIM schema version 2.9) that defines an information
model for representing systems management functions.<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></li>
<li>An implementation of the standardized formats for communication between
clients and the CIMOM, called CIM in XML, V2.1 and CIM Operations over HTTP,
V1.1. For more information about these standards, see the WBEM Web site.</li>
</ul>
<p>For more information about the CIM standard, see the Introduction to CIM
and the CIM Specification 2.2 on the DMTF Web site.</p>
<p>Each IBM operating
system supports Pegasus (version 2.5). Pegasus supports most of the CIM operations
defined in the CIM Operations over HTTP specification by the DMTF. For more
information about what is supported in <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span>,
see to the Developer's reference provided below.</p>
<p>Pegasus is an open-source CIM implementation supported by each IBM operating
system. For information about Pegasus support on other IBM operating systems, see CIM in the <span class="keyword">IBM Systems Software Information Center</span>. For information about
the open source Pegasus project, see the Pegasus Web site.</p>
<p>With support for Pegasus on systems running <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> V5R3
or later, users have the ability to access iSeries™ server resources through an extendible,
industry-standard model. </p>
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<ul class="ullinks">
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzatlwhatsnew.htm">What's new for V5R4</a></strong><br />
This topic highlights the changes made to this topic collection for V5R4.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzatlprintthis.htm">Printable PDF</a></strong><br />
Use this to view and print a PDF of this information.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzatlconfig.htm">Configure Pegasus</a></strong><br />
The Pegasus CIMOM provides the ability to set a number of configuration options.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzatlsecure.htm">Secure Pegasus</a></strong><br />
Use this topic to find out about the options that are available for ensuring that the CIM server is secure.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzatlbackupcert.htm">Backup and recovery considerations</a></strong><br />
Regularly back up the Pegasus repository as part of your existing backup plan. In most cases, you can recover a damaged repository by restoring the last backup copy.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzatlrestore.htm">Restore corrupted files</a></strong><br />
<span><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />Use this information if the backup copy of your
CIM repository and SSL files are corrupted.<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></span></li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzatltrouble.htm">Troubleshoot the CIM server</a></strong><br />
Use this information to troubleshoot the CIM server.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzatlmngcmd.htm">Pegasus command-line utilities</a></strong><br />
The open source Pegasus implementation includes a set of command line utilities that you can use to control or change the Pegasus environment.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzatldev.htm">Pegasus developer's reference</a></strong><br />
The CIM standard provides the ability to develop management application
that work with the systems management data exposed by the CIM providers included
with <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span>.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rzatlrelated.htm">Related information for CIM</a></strong><br />
Listed here are the Web sites and information center topics that relate to the Common Information Model topic.</li>
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<div class="relinfo"><strong>Related information</strong><br />
<div><a href="http://www.dmtf.org/standards/wbem" target="_blank">WBEM Web site</a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.wbemsolutions.com/tutorials/CIM/cim.html" target="_blank">Introduction to CIM</a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim" target="_blank">CIM Specification 2.2</a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.openpegasus.org" target="_blank">Pegasus</a></div>
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