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A Practical Approach to WBEM/CIM Management
byChris Hobbs	ISBN:0849323061
Auerbach Publications 2004 (325 pages)
This text describes in detail WBEM/CIM architecture and explores the standard models developed by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). It also explores interfaces your WBEM/CIM code will have to work with and offers examples of models and code.

Table of Contents
A Practical Approach to WBEM/CIM Management
Preface
Section I - Management
Chapter 1	-	Introduction
Chapter 2	-	Device and Service Management
Chapter 3	-	WBEM and Other Management Systems
Section II - Structure
Chapter 4	-	The WBEM Architecture
Chapter 5	-	CIM and mof
Chapter 6	-	Standard Models
Section III - Interfaces
Chapter 7	-	The Client/Server Interface
Chapter 8	-	The Listener Interface
Section IV - Practice
Chapter 9	-	Building Your Own Model
Chapter 10	-	Modelling Tips
Chapter 11	-	Writing Providers
Chapter 12	-	Implementing Providers: Example
Chapter 13	-	Writing Clients and Listeners
Chapter 14	-	Transition to WBEM/CIM
Chapter 15	-	Implementations and Tools
Chapter 16	-	Choosing WBEM Software
Section V - Appendices
Appendix A	-	Industry Adoption
Appendix B	-	"Is-A" and "Has-A" Relationships
Appendix C	-	FCAPS
Appendix D	-	Miscellaneous Datatypes
Appendix E	-	The MappingStrings Qualifier
Appendix F	-	Installing openPegasus
Appendix G	-	Glossary
Appendix H	-	Licencing
Index
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Summaries