CIM_System class

A logical element that aggregates an enumerable set of managed system elements. The aggregation operates as an functional whole. Within any particular subclass of CIM_System, there is a well-defined list of CIM_ManagedSystemElement classes whose instances must be aggregated.

The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and includes all of the inherited properties.

Syntax

[Abstract, AMENDMENT]
class CIM_System : CIM_LogicalElement
{
  string   Caption;
  string   Description;
  datetime InstallDate;
  string   Status;
  string   CreationClassName;
  string   Name;
  string   NameFormat;
  string   PrimaryOwnerContact;
  string   PrimaryOwnerName;
  string   Roles[];
};

Members

The CIM_System class has these types of members:

• Properties

Properties

The CIM_System class has these properties.

Caption

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: MaxLen (64)

The Caption property is a short textual description (one-line string) of the object.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.

CreationClassName

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: CIM_Key, MaxLen (256)

The CreationClassName property indicates the name of the class or the subclass used in the creation of an instance. When used with the other key properties of this class, this property allows all instances of this class and its subclasses to be uniquely identified.

Description

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

The Description property provides a textual description of the object.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.

InstallDate

Data type: datetime

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: MappingStrings ("MIF.DMTF|ComponentID|001.5")

The InstallDate property is a datetime value indicating when the object was installed. A lack of a value does not indicate that the object is not installed.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.

Name

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: Override ("Name"), Key, MaxLen (256)

The inherited Name property serves as key of a CIM_System instance in an enterprise environment.

NameFormat

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: MaxLen (64)

The CIM_System object and its derivatives are top level objects of CIM. They provide the scope for numerous components. Having unique system keys is required. A heuristic can be defined in individual system subclasses to attempt to always generate the same system name key. The NameFormat property identifies how the system name was generated, using the subclass' heuristic.

PrimaryOwnerContact

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: MaxLen (256), MappingStrings ("MIF.DMTF|General Information|001.3")

A string that provides information on how the primary system owner can be reached (e.g. phone number, email address, ...).

PrimaryOwnerName

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: MaxLen (64), MappingStrings ("MIF.DMTF|General Information|001.4")

The name of the primary system owner.

Roles

Data type: string array

Access type: Read-only

A collection of strings that specify the roles this system plays in the IT-environment.

Status

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: MaxLen (10)

The Status property is a string indicating the current status of the object. Various operational and non-operational statuses can be defined. Operational statuses are "OK", "Degraded" and "Pred Fail". "Pred Fail" indicates that an element may be functioning properly but predicting a failure in the near future. An example is a SMART-enabled hard drive. Non-operational statuses can also be specified. These are "Error", "Starting", "Stopping" and "Service". The latter, "Service", could apply during mirror-resilvering of a disk, reload of a user permissions list, or other administrative work. Not all such work is on-line, yet the managed element is neither "OK" nor in one of the other states.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.

("OK")

("Error")

("Degraded")

("Unknown")

("Pred Fail")

("Starting")

("Stopping")

("Service")

Requirements

See also

CIM_LogicalElement