CIM server command-line utilities and console commands

The CIM server includes a set of command-line utilities and console commands that you can use to control or change the CIM server environment or to send CIM requests to CIM servers on z/OS or non-z/OS systems. You run most of the command-line utilities from a z/OS UNIX System Services shell.

Prepare the UNIX System Services shell as follows: 

• _ Be sure that your environment is set up as described in
  • Step 5: Customizing the UNIX System Services shell or
  • Customizing the UNIX System Services shell
• _ Grant system administrators using the command-line utilities CONTROL access to profile CIMSERV in class WBEM

CIM server utilities and commands: 

cimmof

These commands are used to compile provider registrations and to compile CIM class descriptions written in the managed object format (MOF) language. The compiled information is put into the class schema stored in the repository.

The cimmof command is described in cimmof.

cimconfig

This command configures the options for the CIM server. Depending on the property being configured, the CIM server may need to be restarted after using this command.

The cimconfig command is described in cimconfig.

cimprovider

This command can be used to control the registered providers. The CIM server must be running to use this command.

The cimprovider command is described in cimprovider.

cimcli

This command lets you perform CIM client requests/operations against the local or remote CIM servers. It implements most of the DMTF CIM operations.

Each call of cimcli invokes a CIM operation with the corresponding parameters equivalent to the CIM operations defined in the CIM Operations over HTTP specification. Additionally, the cimcli command-line interface implements a number of other specific operations that support testing and querying CIM servers, including operations to query for namespaces and to get all instances in a namespace.

The cimcli command is described in cimcli.

cimsub

This command lets you manage CIM indications on the local CIM server. The command can list, enable, disable and remove indication subscriptions, filters and handlers.

The cimsub command is described in cimsub.

MODIFY console command

Like the cimconfig command, the MODIFY console command configures the options for the CIM server while the CIM server is running. Depending on the property being configured, the CIM server may need to be restarted after using this command.

The MODIFY console command is described in MODIFY console command.

You can specify most options provided by the utilities in two ways:

• a short form introduced by a single dash, for example -f<file>
• a long form introduced by a double dash, for example --file=<file>