The Common Information Model (CIM) is an industry-standard way of describing data about applications and devices so that administrators and software management programs can control applications and devices on different platforms in the same way, ensuring interoperability across a network such as the Internet. CIM was developed by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF).

CIM Modeling and Monitoring tool comprises two separate components: CIM modeling and CIM monitoring.

Using CIM Modeling tool, users can quickly become familiar with a given CIM object model (CIMOM) by connecting to a CIM Object Manager server and visually interacting with a given object model. Users can automatically list classes, relationships, and attributes and perform path analysis.

The Monitoring tool allows users to monitor the events and changes to the CIM objects managed by remote CIM server, log any specific variables of interest, and record trends by using intelligent mining analysis technology. The tool is interoperable across different flavors of CIMOM servers and supports a visual interface for monitoring the CIM resource values.

How does it work?

The Modeling component can be configured to connect to an instance of CIMOM Server using a sblim-cim-client. After connection is established, users can visually interact with the class structure, navigate through the model, and drill down on specific details of a class.

The Monitoring component has two sub-components:

• Logic monitoring is a process that retrieves information and generates results.
• Interface sub-component is a visual interface by which a user can set up a monitoring context and view the results.