wbemcli(1)wbemcli(1)NAMEwbemcli - independent command line CIM Client
SYNOPSISwbemcli gc|gcd|dc|ec|ecn|gi|ci|mi|di|ei|ein|ai|ain|ri|rin|gp|sp|cm|cmx
[-nl] [-h] [-t] [-cte] [-dx] [-dr] [-noverify] [-cacert file]
[-clientcert file] [-clientkey file] [-ac assocClass] [-arc result‐
Class] [-ar role] [-arr resultRole] objectPath [prop=value[,...]]
[prop[,...]]
Alternate formats:
wbemgc [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop[,...]]
wbemgcd [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
wbemdc [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
wbemec [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-cte] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop[,...]]
wbemecn [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
wbemgi [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop[,...]]
wbemci [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop=value[,...]]
wbemmi [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop=value[,...]]
wbemdi [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
wbemei [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-cte] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop[,...]]
wbemein [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
wbemai [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-cte] [-dx] [-dr] [-ac assocClass]
[-arc resultClass] [-ar role] [-arr resultRole] objectPath [prop[,...]]
wbemain [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] [-ac assocClass] [-arc result‐
Class] [-ar role] [-arr resultRole] objectPath
wbemri [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-cte] [-dx] [-dr] [-arc resultClass]
[-ar role] objectPath [prop[,...]]
wbemrin [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] [-arc resultClass] [-ar role]
objectPath
wbemgp [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath prop
wbemsp [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath prop=value
wbemcm [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
method[.param=value[,...]]
wbemcmx [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
method[.param=value[,...]]
DESCRIPTIONwbemcli is a command line based CIM Client. It uses one of the
gc|gcd|dc|ec|ecn|gi|ci|mi|di|ei|ein|ai|ain|ri|rin|gp|sp|cm|cmx opera‐
tions and the fully qualified path to the CIM Object to get to the host
and execute the specified operation. This implementation is CIMOM
library independent and can be used with all WBEM compliant CIMOM
implementations. The objectPath parameter is used to locate the CIM
object and has the following format:
<scheme>://[user:pwd@]<host>:<port>/<namespace[/..]>:<class‐
name>[.<key=value[,..]>]
The objectPath should be enclosed in single quotes so that double
quoted
strings are perserved by the command line shell. Refer to the
examples section.
The only scheme supported is http. Example:
http://krz:xyz@localhost:5988/root/cimv2:rpm_pack‐
age.name=glibc
The prop=value[,...] parameter is used to specify <Property>=<Value>
pairs for the ci, mi and sp operations. Only one <Property>=<Value>
pair must be specified for the sp operation.
Example:
stringProp="a string",booleanProp=true,numericProp=25
Arrays of property values are supported by specifying additional values
separated by commas
Example:
stringProp="a string","another string",numericProp=25,49,12
The prop[,...] parameter specifies the properties to be returned. One
prop must be specified for the gp operation. For other operations this
parameter is optional, if none are specified all properties will be
returned.
Example:
stringProp,booleanProp,numericProp
The method[.param=value[,...] parameter is used to specify <Parame‐
ter>=<Value> pairs for the cm operation.
Example:
Method2Execute.stringParam="a string",booleanParam=true,numeric‐
Param=25
Arrays of property values are supported by specifying additional values
separated by commas
Example:
Method2Execute.stringParam="a string","another string",numeric‐
Param=25,49,12
OPERATIONS:
Supported operations are:
gc get class
gcd get class definition
dc delete class
ec enumerate classes
ecn enumerate class names
gi get instance
ci create instance
mi modify instance
di delete instance
ei enumerate instances
ein enumerate instance names
ai enumerate association instances
ain enumerate association instance names
ri enumerate reference instances
rin enumerate reference instance names
gp get property
sp set property
cm call method
cmx call method (return XML)
OPTIONS-h Print a help message
-nl Start a new line for every property returned
-t Append array ([]), reference (&) and key property (#) indicators
to property names
-cte Enable support for chunked responses from CIMOM
-v Show version information
-dx Show XML messages payload as received from CIMOM
-dr Delineate references with { } pairs
-noverify
Do not verify the server certificate for https URLs (useful for
testing)
-cacert
CA certificate file (required for https URLS unless -noverify is
specified)
-clientcert
Client certificate file (if the CIM server requires client cer‐
tificates)
-clientkey
Client private key file (required if -clientcert is specified)
-ac association class name (ai, ain only)
-arc result class name (ai, ain, rin, ri only)
-ar role name (ai, ain, rin, ri only)
-arr result role name (ai, ain only)
LIBRARIESwbemcli requires either libghttp, libwww, or winhttp, depending on
build options used.
Example
To get all instances of rpm_packages, i.e. all installed rpm packages
on the local system, the following command can be used:
wbemcli ei 'http://localhost:5988/root/cimv2:rpm_package'
The get instance operation can be specified to get more information
about a certain package:
wbemcli gi 'http://localhost:5988/root/cimv2:rpm_package.name="glibc"'
The create instance (ci) operation can be called using the following
format example. Property values can also be specified/add to the
sytax.
wbemcli ci 'http://localhost:5988/root/cimv2:TST_InstanceProper‐
ties.CreationClassName="TST_InstanceProperties",Id="Instance #2"'
'CreationClassName="TST_InstanceProperties",Id="Instance #2",Prop‐
erty_string2="This is instance#2",Property_uint8=250'
More command line examples can be found from the wbemcli/samples
directory.
Host indirection support
The scheme and host specification in the object path can be replaced by
an arbitrary token that will be used to locate the proper scheme and
host specification in ./wbemcli.ind or any file specified via the WBEM‐
CLI_IND environment variable. The format of this file is as follows:
<token>: <scheme>://[user:pwd@]<host>:<port>
Assuming the following entry in ./wbemcli.ind:
myCimom: http://localhost:5988
The example in the previous section can then be specified as:
wbemcli gi 'myCimom/root/cimv2:rpm_package.name="glibc"'
FILES
${datarootdir}/sblim-wbemcli/cacert.pem
The default CA certificate file. Can be overriden with -cacert.
AUTHOR
Adrian Schuur <schuur@de.ibm.com>
BUGS
The SBLIM project maintains a mailing list to which you should direct
all questions regarding sfcb, sfcc, wbemcli, or any of the SBLIM
providers. To subscribe to this mailing list visit
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sblim-issues
The SBLIM Project Bug tracking page can be found at
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=128809&atid=712784
COPYRIGHT
(C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009
AVAILABILITYwbemcli is a part of the SBLIM project. The most recent version is
available on the web at
http://sblim.sourceforge.net/
SEE ALSOcimserver(1)wbemcli Version 1.6.1 June 2009 wbemcli(1)
