Common Information Model: Implementing the Object Model for Enterprise Management [Hardcover]

Winston Bumpus (Author), John W. Sweitzer (Author), Patrick Thompson (Author), Andrea R. Westerinen (Author), Raymond C. Williams (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471353426 | ISBN-13: 978-0471353423 | Publication Date: December 20, 1999 | Edition: 1

An authoritative guide to implementing CIM in Web-based and directory-enabled environments Common Information Model Offering a framework for managing system elements across distributed systems, the Common Information Model (CIM) has developed into one of the most important pieces of technology since the creation of the World Wide Web. It is a key component of many operating systems and is supported by most major software and hardware companies. Written by the pioneers of CIM, this book provides all the information you'll need to implement this powerful model into a management or managed system. The authors guide you through the modeling basics by introducing the concepts behind information modeling and the fundamentals of CIM. They provide a detailed look at the model itself, show you how to extend the CIM schema, and take you through all the steps needed to implement CIM in Web-based and directory-enabled environments. Providing you with a strong working knowledge of CIM, this book:
* Contains a general overview of object-oriented data design
* Thoroughly examines the Common portion of the model
* Discusses areas of CIM that are still under development
* Presents ideas, concepts, and methodologies for building extensions to the Common model
* Covers critical issues that must be considered when implementing CIM

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An authoritative guide to implementing CIM in Web-based and directory-enabled environments Common Information Model Offering a framework for managing system elements across distributed systems, the Common Information Model (CIM) has developed into one of the most important pieces of technology since the creation of the World Wide Web. It is a key component of many operating systems and is supported by most major software and hardware companies. Written by the pioneers of CIM, this book provides all the information you'll need to implement this powerful model into a management or managed system. The authors guide you through the modeling basics by introducing the concepts behind information modeling and the fundamentals of CIM. They provide a detailed look at the model itself, show you how to extend the CIM schema, and take you through all the steps needed to implement CIM in Web-based and directory-enabled environments. Providing you with a strong working knowledge of CIM, this book:
* Contains a general overview of object-oriented data design
* Thoroughly examines the Common portion of the model
* Discusses areas of CIM that are still under development
* Presents ideas, concepts, and methodologies for building extensions to the Common model
* Covers critical issues that must be considered when implementing CIM

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (December 20, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471353426
• ISBN-13: 978-0471353423
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,242,612 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This book did not help me., April 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Common Information Model: Implementing the Object Model for Enterprise Management (Hardcover)

I bought the book in order to learn faster about the following: (a) How can (should) I use existing CIM schemas in order to develop CIM schema for my company devices. (b) How to represent all these concepts in XML (c) Relation of CIM to network management and DEN.

I expected to find some examples how all that look and work in real life. This, however, is not a book that I needed. It gives you some background in OO modeling that I did not like and actually did not need at all. I also suspect that somebody without previous OO knowledge might be confused. For example, on page 41, Properties, it is written: "A property is a value used to denote a characteristic of a class; it can be thought of as a pair of functions, one to set the property value and one to return the property value." Property access methods are confused with a property itself !

XML part is very short and general so I still have to go somewhere else to figure out how to implement XML part. Almost the same can be said about DEN - CIM relation.

The authors are obviously knowledgeable in the areas of OOA/OOD, Patterns and Enterprise management. I do not like their presentation but it may happen that I am not a part of their 'target group' for which they wrote the book. That is why I gave the book 3 stars. As far as I am concerned, I have to go to DMTF web site to learn hard way from documents. This book did not help me to do my job more efficiently.