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2.2.11 Enabling CIM
In order to collect operating system data, you must install and configure a
Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM) on the monitored system
before you configure Performance Expert Server. The following versions are
currently supported by Performance Expert Server:
CIMOM Pegasus Version 2.3.2 or later for AIX
WBEM Services 2.5 of Solaris 9 or later, part of which is CIMOM for the
Solaris Operating environment
OpenPegasus 2.5 and SBLIM providers for Linux
The following sections describe the installation of a Common Information Model
(CIM) server on AIX. For the Solaris Operating System environment and for
Linux, see Chapter 10, “Configuring Performance Expert Server on Unix ...