Purpose

These commands are used to compile provider registrations or to compile CIM class descriptions written in the MOF language and store the information in the repository. For cimmof, the CIM server must be started before using this command.

The CIM server MOF compiler is a command-line utility that compiles MOF files (using the MOF format defined by the DMTF CIM Specification) into a CIM server repository. It allows compiling from structures of MOF files using the include #pragma and can either compile into a CIM server repository or check the syntax of the MOF files. The compiler requires that the input MOF files are in the current directory or that a fully qualified path is given. MOF files that are included using the include #pragma must be in the current directory or in a directory specified by a -I command-line switch.

For using the cimmof command against the CIM server namespaces (root/PG_Internal, root/PG_InterOp), a user needs to have CONTROL access to profile CIMSERV in class WBEM.