Getting Started

       The CIM Browser allows a user to browse a CIM-based schema to retrieve class definitions and its instances.  The tool retrieves class only definitions on a local repository while it can retrieve both classes and instances from the target running J WBEM Server.

I. To Open the CIM Browser tools


  1. Select Window -> Other from the top-level menu bar to show the Show View window
  2. Select WBEM Workshop -> CIM Browser and click OK to open the CIM Browser tool window

II. Connection



  1. Select the type of connection to use from the protocol dropdown list
  2. Type in the complete uri path of either from the repository or the running J WBEM Server, namespace MUST also be included in the path. see examples below:
    -respository:   file://.\cim_2_29_0/final
    -CIM-XML / WS-Management:  https://localhost/interop

    Or you can just use the search button for searching for available repository or running J WBEM Server on your network
  3. Provide a username and password when connecting to a running J WBEM Server by default both are set to "guess", on the otherhand when connecting to a repository no authentication is needed
  4. Lastly, press the connect button.
  5. Note: You can use the Recent URI Connections button to see the recent list of URI used.

III. Start browsing

After the correct connection info is provided, right after editing the uri field just click the lower left tree panel to generate the cim classes. the root of the tree is the namespace name, click the + button to collapse and view the cimclasses under that namespace. as shown below



From the generated cimclasses tree you can also search for a specific class
  1. Click on the Find icon on the upper right corner of CIMBrowser tool window
  2. The following window appears. Enter the classname and hit OK



You can view the cimclass definitions by either selecting a particular class from the tree or searching that class following the previous find class instruction.

The following are the CIMClass definition tabs:

III.a CIMClass definition tabs