DMTF Common Information Model (CIM) Specification  

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Version 2.8.2 – Errata

October 2004

This document describes the errata changes that have been made to the CIM schema.  This version of CIM V2.8 supersedes V2.8.1 and V2.8.0.

 

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1.     Installation

To install the CIM V2.8.2 schema:  
1. Download the ZIP files from the DMTF Standards page http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim.  The ZIP files can be found under the "CIM Schema" section by version.

• CIM_V2.82Final_MOFs.zip


This file contains all the MOF files that are part of the CIM schema.

• CIM_V2.82Final_Visios.zip


This file contains UML representations of the CIM core and common models in Visio format.

• CIM_V2.82Final_PDFs.zip


This file contains UML representations of the CIM core and common models in PDF format.
 

• CIM_V2.82Final_XML.zip


This file contains a rendering of the CIM schema in XML.

2. Unzip the downloaded files into the directory where your V2.8 MOFs are located.  The zip file contains the entire V2.8 schema.

2.     Member Review Changes

The Technical Committee has approved the following changes for inclusion in CIM V2.8.2.  Changes are organized by model area.  Complete details on these changes can be found by referencing the change request number from the Document Review page, http://www.dmtf.org/members/review/.

1.        Application Model

Change Request Number 1508

Removed the counter qualifier from the CIM_J2eeJVMStats.UpTime property.  The counter qualifier isn't valid for date types.

Impacted File:

·             Application28_AppServerStats.mof 

2.        Device Model

Change Request Number 1505

Change request 1505 clarified the wording for the StorageVolume.NameFormat property as follows.  It replaced the following text:

"field should be 8 characters wide and the product field should "
"be 16 characters wide. For example, 'ACME +SUPER DISK "
"+124437458' \n"

with:

"field MUST be 8 characters wide and the product field MUST "
"be 16 characters wide. For example, \n"
"'ACME____+SUPER DISK______+124437458' (_ is a space "
"character) \n"

Impacted File:

·             Device28_StorageExtents.mof

Change Request Number 1304

Change request number 1207 was approved with a missing comma for the StorageVolume.NameFormat property.  This erratum fixes the mapping between the values and valuemap.

Impacted File:

·             Device28_StorageExtents.mof


Change Request Number 1170 

The EthernetAdapter was incorrectly deprecated to itself instead of to CIM_EthernetPort.

Impacted File:

·             Device28_NetworkAdapter.mof

 

3.        Interop Model

Change Request Number 1438

Removed the counter qualifier from two datetime properties – CimomElapsedTime and ProviderElapsedTime.

Impacted File:

·             CIM_Interop28.mof 

3. Previous Errata Releases

This section of the readme contains information about previous errata releases of CIM V2.8.  The information is listed from most recent to least recent.

CIM V2.8.1

1.        Network Model

The network model was updated to include the Network VLAN model that was missing from the official V2.8.0 release.

 

Impacted Files:

·             CIM_Network28.mof

·             CIM_Network28_VLAN.mof   (added)