CIM monitor

Monitor description

The monitor can query a CIM agent (CIMOM) configured on any hardware platform that supports CIM and has the agent and providers configured. Refer to your hardware manual for how to configure the CIMOM.

The monitor can query a CIM performance counter for a CIMOM (agent) and compare it to a value using a compare operation. If the compare operation evaluates to false the monitor fails the test. Supports most performance counters objects, such as hosts, datastores, memory, CPU, etc.

System types: Linux/UNIX, VMware
Category: Performance

If adding an object as Generic/Unknown, the object itself cannot save credentials for authentication. The authentication has to be chosen for the monitor instead.

CIM monitor properties page

Monitor specific properties

Port - Defaults to 5989 (SSL). The default port for unencrypted traffic is 5988.
Use secure HTTP (SSL) - Use SSL for encrypted traffic (default).
Target Namespace - The name space defaults to root/cimv2. For specific namespaces on your system, refer to your hardware manual.
Class - Classes are enumerated, based on the namespace you have chosen so it can look very different between different systems.
Property - The type of property you want to monitor. Properties are enumerated, based on the class you have chosen.
Instance - If there are multiple instances for the chosen class, they are enumerated here.
Logon account - If you have chosen Generic/Unknown as the object type, you will have to choose an account here to authenticate against the CIMOM.
Data type - The unit of data sampled by the test. This makes it possible to group data from this type of monitor with other monitors such as CPU utilization in reports.
Value type - Type of value returned.
Compare operation - Operation used to evaluate the returned result and the predefined compare value.
Compare value - User defined compare value. Only numerical values are valid.

References and links

CIM (Common Information Model) is a standard defined and published by Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). Other standards like Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) defines the implementation of CIM, including protocols for discovering and accessing the implementations.

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is an example of an implementation as well as Standards Based Linux Instrumentation Management (SBLIM). Others are Storage Management Initiative – Specification (SMI-S), Server Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH) and Desktop and mobile Architecture for System Hardware (DASH).