November 2002
Intermediate to advanced
816 pages
19h 36m
English
Before we take a hands-on look at Microsoft's implementation of the Common Information Model (CIM) repository, let us first examine its structure as defined by the DMTF. In the previous chapters, you have gleaned an idea of the structure and purpose of the CIM. In simple terms, it consists of the following four components:
Classes that define the structure of the information held in the store
Associations that define the relationships between elements in the repository
Methods that define the behavior of the managed objects
Properties that define individual characteristics of each managed object
Each of these components can have associated instances that hold the management data. They ...
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