Using a Command-Line Interface
Using a command-line interface allows you to bypass any issues related to the correct invocation of the interface functions in a programmatic client.
For convenient interactive access to a CIM server, install
wbemcli
, available from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=128809. Using wbemcli
, you can invoke CIM operations from a shell.To access a CIM server using the WS-Management protocol, install the
wsmancli
package, available from http://sourceforge.net/projects/openwsman/. Using the wsman
command-line interface, you can invoke CIM operations from a shell.