Viewing CIM classes and methods

This task describes how to display a list of CIM classes and methods.

If one or more managed systems are not configured for CIM data, a message is displayed indicating that the target systems do not support the task. If a managed system is inaccessible (for example, if it is offline) the CIM Browser window opens, but you cannot expand the CIM tree of the managed system.

Complete these steps to view CIM classes and methods that are available for one or more managed system from the IBM® Director Console:

  1. If you want to display information for multiple managed systems, select the managed systems for which you want to view information.
  2. From the Tasks pane, drag the CIM Browser task to any selected managed systems.
  3. In the CIM Browser window, turn on or turn off the displaying of managed-system classes by right-clicking a managed system and clicking Show System Classes. A managed-system class is indicated by a double underscore that precedes the class name. Also, you can expand the managed-system tree to display the CIM name spaces of the managed system and then expand a name space to display its classes. The name space that contains the IBM-specific classes is root\IBMSD.
  4. View an instance of a class by clicking the class name.

    If an instance of the class is found, the right pane splits. In the lower-right pane, the associated properties and methods are displayed under the Properties and Methods tabs. All classes can have associated properties or methods.

    註: Displaying instances of some CIM classes might cause excessive resource usage on the managed system. The resource usage continues until all instances have been opened, even if the request is canceled. Therefore, avoid attempting to view instances of root\cimv2:CIM_DirectoryContainsFile and root\cimv2:Win32_Subdirectory on managed systems running Windows®, or root/ibmsd for IBMPSG on managed systems running Linux®.
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