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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center;"

align="center">Pegasus

Enhancement Proposal (PEP)<o:p></o:p>

<span

style="color: black;">

PEP #: 305

PEP #: 306

Title: Release

Notes for OpenPegasus 2.6.1

Notes for OpenPegasus 2.7.0

Created: <st1:date

year="2004" day="23" month="3">3 August 2007

</st1:date>

Created: 3 October 2007

Authors: Dave

Sudlik

Authors: Karl Schopmeyer

Status:  approved

Status:  draft

Version History:

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<o:p> </o:p>

style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p>Version </o:p>

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<o:p> </o:p>

style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p>Date </o:p>

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<o:p> </o:p>

style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p> Author</o:p>

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<span

<o:p> </o:p>

style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p> Change Description

</o:p>

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<span

style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"> 1.0<o:p></o:p>

1.0<o:p></o:p>

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<span

style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p>  3

<o:p> </o:p>3

August 2007

October 2007

</o:p>

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<span

style="font-family: Arial;">Dave Sudlik

Karl Schopmeyer

</td>

<span

style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">Initial

Initial

Submission. Updates for 2.6.1 (from 2.6) are highlighted <span

Submission<o:p>

style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">in

</o:p>

this color. <o:p><font

size="2"> </o:p>

</td>

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<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">1.1

</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">8 August 2007

</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center" height="21">8 October 2007</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">Dave Sudlik

</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center" height="21">Karl Schopmeyer</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">Updates from review <span

style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" height="21">Incorporate data from 2.6.1

</td>

release notes. Fix per comments in 1.0</td>

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<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center" height="21">11 October 2007</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center" height="21">Karl Schopmeyer</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" height="21">Comments from V 1.1 and add

existing document links. Add pep 302 to enhancements</td>

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<tr>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center" height="21">15 October 2007</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center" height="21">Karl Schopmeyer</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" height="21">Add final links</td>

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<o:p> </o:p>

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Abstract: This document defines the release notes for the

2.6.1 release of the OpenPegasus CIM Server. The purpose of this PEP is

2.7.0 release of the OpenPegasus CIM Server. The purpose of this PEP is

simply to summarize the characteristics of this release, point to other

to summarize the characteristics of this release, point to other

documentation that defines the release in more detail, and provide

additional information about this release that is not available in the

other Pegasus documentation. <span

other Pegasus documentation.

style="font-size: 9pt;"><a

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/protected/doc_edit.tpl?grid=632&file=Pegasus2_3_1ReleaseNotes.html&tag=35"

<span

target="_self">

</a>

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<h2 style="margin-bottom: 1px;"><o:p> Contents

<h2 style="margin-bottom: 1px;"><o:p> Contents</o:p></h2>

</o:p></h2>

<ol>

<li><a href="#Availability_of_this_Release_">Availability of this

Release</a></li>

<li><a href="#Functionality_of_This_Release">OpenPegasus

Functionality of This Release</a></li>

<li><a href="#Compatibility_Considerations_">Compatibility Considerations</a></li>

<li><a href="#Relationship_to_CIMWBEM_Standards">Relationship

to CIM/WBEM Standards</a></li>

<li><a href="#Supported%20Platforms">OpenPegasus Supported Platforms</a></li>

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downloaded from the OpenPegasus Web

site at <a

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/page.tpl?CALLER=index.tpl&ggid=392">www.openpegasus.org.</a> </li>

<li>OpenPegasus  binary and source RPMs on the

<li>OpenPegasus source RPMs on the OpenPegasus web site.. A source RPM is  available on the

OpenPegasus web site.. The source RPM is  available on the

OpenPegasus web site that can be used to build binaries for most LSB-compliant RPM-based Linux distributions and versions.</li>

OpenPegasus web site that can be used to build binaries for most

LSB-compliant RPM-based Linux distributions and versions.</li>

<li>The Pegasus CVS repository. The CVS tags representing this

release and

subsequent snapshots that are made available in the Pegasus CVS are

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tree.

</div>

<h2>OpenPegasus Functionality for This

<h2>OpenPegasus Functionality for This Release</h2>

Release</h2>

Pegasus overall status by release is defined by  a <a

Pegasus overall status by release is defined by  a

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/page.tpl?ggid=799">Feature Status WEB

<a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/page.tpl?ggid=799">Feature Status WEB Page</a>

Page</a> that is available on the OpenPegasus web site .  That web

that is available on the OpenPegasus web site .  That web page shows the

page shows the Pegasus users and developers the status of the various

Pegasus users and developers the status of the various features found in Pegasus

features found in Pegasus using a simple color coded key (white, red,

using a simple color coded key (white, red, yellow, green) and a description of

yellow, green) and a description of each feature.

each feature.Pegasus 2.7.0

Pegasus 2.6.1 is a "point"

is a major release, extending Pegasus 2.6 in selected

release, extending Pegasus 2.6 in

areas as described in the Pegasus  PEP defining this release

selected areas. Normally an OpenPegasus "point" release does not

.

contain major new pieces of functionality, but in this case one new PEP

was added for IPv6 support, the description of which has been added to

The major areas of development for this release  were as follows. For

these Release Notes.

more information access the PEP for each change defined:

The major areas of development for this release  were as

follows. For more information access the documented PEP:

Table of Major Changes for this Release

Table of Major Changes for this Release

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<tbody>

<TBODY>

<th bgcolor="#e0e8ef">Description</th>

<TH bgColor=#00FFFF>Description of Change</TH>

<th bgcolor="#e0e8ef">Posted PEP

<TH bgColor=#00FFFF width="128">Posted PEP Version</TH>

Version</th>

</TR>

</tr>

<TD align="left" width="75%">Add Platform support IBM i5/PASE - Portable Application

<td style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);" align="left">OpenPegasus

Solutions Environment (PASE)</TD>

Support for IPv6: Stage 1

</td>

<td style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> <a

1.6</a></TD>

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/14222/PEP_291_IPv6.html">1.2</a>

</TR>

</td>

</tr>

</tbody>

<TD align="left" width="75%">Reduce the Amount of CIM Server code that runs Privileged

</table>

(Privilege Separation)</TD>

The status of several components of Pegasus functionality change

status between Pegasus versions. <a

name="comtag_116">Features that have changed status can be identified

1.8</a></TD>

by a change in color from the previous release to this release</a>

</TR>

on the <a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/page.tpl?ggid=799">Feature

Status WEB Page</a>.

Finally, a significant number of internal changes and corrections

<TD align="left" width="75%">Add Support for IPv6 - Stage 1 (Note: This functionality

were made under the control of the Pegasus bugzilla bug system. See the

was made available but normally disabled

bug section below for more information.

Pegasus 2.6.1)</TD>

<h3 style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">IPv6 Support

</h3>

1.2</a></TD>

IPv6 is short for "Internet

</TR>

<TD align="left" width="75%">Add IPV6 Support for SNMP Indication Handler

and include NET-SNMP indication handler in Linux RPM </TD>

1.1</a></TD>

</TR>

<TD align="left" width="75%">Enable Remote CMPI for Windows</TD>

1.2</a></TD>

</TR>

<TD align="left" width="75%">Enhanced Log File Support</TD>

1.0</a></TD>

</TR>

<TD align="left" width="75%">Add support for certificate-based authentication audit

logging</TD>

1.5</a></TD>

</TR>

<TD width="7%">Bugzilla 6466</TD>

<TD align="left" width="75%">Add two new trace components to facilitate

triage of indication delivery issues</TD>

Bug 6466</a></TD>

</TR>

</TBODY>

</TABLE>

</html>

The status of several components of Pegasus functionality change status

between Pegasus versions. <a name="comtag_116">Features that

have changed status can be identified by a change in color from the previous

release to this release</a> on the

<a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/page.tpl?ggid=799">Feature Status WEB Page</a>.

Finally, a significant number of internal changes and corrections were made

under the control of the Pegasus bugzilla bug system. See the bug section below

for more information.

<h3>Information on  IPv6 Support (PEP 291)</h3>

IPv6 is short for "Internet

Protocol

Version 6". IPv6 is the "next generation" protocol designed by the IETF

to replace the current version Internet Protocol, IP Version 4

("IPv4"). IPv6 Support for OpenPegasus is documented in <a

("IPv4"). IPv6 Support for OpenPegasus is documented in <a

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/14222/PEP_291_IPv6.html">PEP

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/14222/PEP_291_IPv6.html">

291</a>.

PEP

291</a>.

The IPv6 support in OpenPegasus is

The IPv6 support in OpenPegasus is

controlled by the PEGASUS_ENABLE_IPV6 build variable. Setting this to

controlled by the PEGASUS_ENABLE_IPV6 build variable. The default for this

'true' before building OpenPegasus will enable the IPv6 support. In

variable is "true"; setting this to

2.6.1 this variable will default to 'false' to omit the IPv6 support.

'false' before building OpenPegasus will disable the IPv6 support.

The following subsections provide

The following subsections provide

some information on IPv6 support for the Linux and Windows platforms.

Note that in the 2.6.1 release there is no automatic run-time detection

of IPv6 support on a platform by OpenPegasus. If you build with

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Listener components. For more information on IPv6 support for your

specific platform, refer to the documentation for that platform.

All OpenPegasus externals that

All OpenPegasus externals that

support either a hostname or an IP address as input have been updated

to allow an IPv6 address to be specified. If the required input is just

an IP address (eg. no optional or required port number), then the IPv6

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case a host with an IPv6-configured network interface would be

specified as:

<div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">osinfo -h

<div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">osinfo -h

3ffe:1:2:1 -p 5988

3ffe:1:2:1 -p 5988</div>

</div>

But the cimcli command, which

But the cimcli command, which

takes

an optional "location" option including an optional port number,

requires the IPv6 address to be delimited with brackets, for example:

<div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">cimcli ns -l

<div style="margin-left: 40px;">cimcli ns -l [3ffe:1:2:1]</div>

[3ffe:1:2:1]</div>

or

or

<div style="margin-left: 40px;">cimcli ns -l [3ffe:1:2:1]:5989

<div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">cimcli ns -l

[3ffe:1:2:1]:5989

</div>

For more information on

For more information on

specifying

IPv6 addresses, refer to <a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"

IPv6 addresses, refer to <a

href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2373.txt">IETF RFC 2373 - IP Version

6 Addressing Architecture</a>

6 Addressing Architecture</a>

and <a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"

and <a

href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2732.txt">IETF RFC 2732 - Format for

Literal IPv6 Addresses in URL's</a><span

Literal IPv6 Addresses in URL's</a>.

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">.<br

<h4>IPv6 on Linux</h4>

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">

Modern Linux distributions already

<h4 style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">IPv6 on Linux

</h4>

Modern Linux distributions already

contain IPv6-ready kernels, the

IPv6 capability is generally compiled as a module, but it's possible

that this module is not loaded automatically on startup.

Note:

Note:

you shouldn't anymore use kernel series 2.2.x, because it's not

IPv6-up-to-date anymore. Also the IPv6 support in series 2.4.x is no

longer improved according to definitions in latest RFCs. It's recommend

to use series 2.6.x now.

To check whether your current

To check whether your current

running

kernel supports IPv6, take a look into your /proc filesystem. The entry

/proc/net/if_inet6 must exist. A short automated test looks like:

<div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">test -f

<div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">test -f

/proc/net/if_inet6 && echo "Running kernel is IPv6 ready"

/proc/net/if_inet6 && echo "Running kernel is IPv6 ready"</div>

</div>

For more information on

For more information on

enabling

IPv6 in the Linux kernel and configuring network interfaces, refer to <a

IPv6 in the Linux kernel and configuring network interfaces, refer to

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"

href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Linux+IPv6-HOWTO/">The Linux

Documentation Project's IPv6 HOWTO</a><span

Documentation Project's IPv6 HOWTO</a>.

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">.

Warning:

Warning:

There is currently an open issue with RedHat to address a problem that

is seen intermittently on RHEL5 and SLES10 systems. This problem is

described in <a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"

described in <span

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">

href="http://cvs.opengroup.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6586">Pegasus

bug 6586</a> and <a

bug 6586</a>

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"

href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248052">RedHat

and<span

bug 248052</a>, and manifests

itself as an intermittent IPv6 socket failure. You should be aware that

OpenPegasus with IPv6 enabled may be

significantly impacted in these environments.<br

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">

href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=248052">RedHat

bug 248052</a>,

<h4 style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">IPv6 on Windows</h4>

and manifests itself as an intermittent IPv6 socket failure. You should be aware

Microsoft provides supported IPv6

that OpenPegasus with IPv6 enabled may be significantly impacted in these

environments.

<h4>IPv6 on Windows</h4>

Microsoft provides supported IPv6

implementations for Windows Server

2003, Windows XP with Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows XP with Service

Pack 2 (SP2), and Windows CE .NET 4.1 and later.

On Windows XP, you can use the <span

On Windows XP, you can use the <span

style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">ipv6.exe<span

style="font-weight: bold; ">ipv6.exe tool to install, uninstall, and

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> tool to install, uninstall, and

query

your IPv6 configuration. For example:<br

your IPv6 configuration. For example:

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">

<div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">ipv6 install

<div style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">ipv6 install

ipv6 if</div>

ipv6 if

Windows Vista

</div>

Windows Vista

and Windows Server 2008 support an integrated

IPv4 and IPv6 implementation known as the Next Generation TCP/IP stack.

Note that the OpenPegasus IPv6 support in 2.6.1 has not yet been tested

Note that the OpenPegasus IPv6 support has not yet been tested

on Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.<br

on Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">

For more information on

For more information on

installing, configuring, and using IPv6 on Windows platforms, refer to

the document <a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"

the document

href="https://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/ipv6/ipv6faq.mspx">IPv6

for Microsoft Windows: Frequently Asked Questions</a><span

href="https://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/ipv6/ipv6faq.mspx">

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">.<br

IPv6

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">

for Microsoft Windows: Frequently Asked Questions</a>.

<h4 style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Testing your OpenPegasus IPv6

support</h4>

<h4>Testing your OpenPegasus IPv6

As part of the OpenPegasus

support</h4>

As part of the OpenPegasus

automated tests, the TestClient, g11ntest, and IndicationStressTest

test clients were modified to run tests using the IPv6 loopback address

(::1) if PEGASUS_ENABLE_IPV6=true.<br

(::1) if PEGASUS_ENABLE_IPV6=true.

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">

You can also perform manual

You can also perform manual

tests

using the IPv6 loopback or a real IPv6-configured network interface.

For example, using the IPv6 loopback on a system with OpenPegasus

running on the wbem standard http port of 5988:<br

running on the WBEM standard http port of 5988:

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">

osinfo -h ::1</div>

osinfo -h ::1

<h2><a name="Compatibility_Considerations_">Compatibility Considerations</a></h2>

</div>

Support for forward-compatibility is a fundamental design principle for the

OpenPegasus project. As a Community, our goal is for well-behaved OpenPegasus

<ol>

Providers or Clients, using only the externally defined OpenPegasus interface,

</ol>

to continue to work with a minor version upgrade of OpenPegasus. However, there

are certain classes of errors (e.g., non-compliance with a standard that

significantly affects interoperability) that may require the Community to make

potentially incompatible changes. The following table contains a list of defect

fixes that MAY impact, even well-behaved, OpenPegasus Providers or Clients when

upgrading to OpenPegasus 2.7.0.

<TABLE style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" cellSpacing=1 borderColorDark=#666666

borderColorLight=#CCCCCC border=1 width="80%">

<TBODY>

<TH bgColor=#00FFFF width=10%>Bugzilla #</TH>

<TH bgColor=#00FFFF>Description</TH>

</TR>

<TD align="left">HP-UX only: Introduction of the "explicit" keyword in CIMClass.h and CIMInstance.h may introduce

a compile error in some code. Specifically, a compiler-supplied automatic conversion from CIMObject

type to CIMClass or CIMInstance has been removed. The cast operation must be explicitly specified.

</TD>

</TR>

<TD>

WIPCR00430 recommends an unquoted charset parameter in Content-type header. See the writeup in this bug for a discussion of the validation of the charset parameter in various OpenPegasus releases. In 2.7 we perform "extended" validation that should ignore differences based on whitespace or quotes. The CR recommendation is to not use quotes on the charset parameter, but only at a time when it is expected that all CIMOMs have been updated to accept the charset parameter with or without quotes.</TD>

</TR>

<TD>

The MOF Compiler now rejects some property values that are invalid according to the DMTF specification that it previously accepted.</TD>

</TR>

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<h2>OpenPegasus Relationship to

CIM/WBEM Standards</h2>

Pegasus was designed and implemented to comply with the DMTF

CIM/WBEM specifications The following table defines the level of the

DMTF specifications to which this version of Pegasus aims to conform

today.

<tbody>

<tr>

<td bgcolor="#00ffff" width="33%">DMTF Specification</td>

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<tr>

<td width="33%">CIM Schema </td>

<td width="33%">2.9 Final, Jan. 2005 ( default) 2.13.1 (available

<td width="33%">2.13.1 Final, Jan. 2005 ( default) </td>

in pegasus CVS)</td>

</tr>

</tbody>

</table>

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provider registration.  This is not a deviation from the

specifications but is a different method of registration than many CIM

Servers and means that the the provider qualifier is unused in Pegasus.</li>

<li> Indications -Today Pegasus supports process

<li>Indications -Today Pegasus supports process

indications and lifecycle indications when defined specifically by

providers. Pegasus does not support lifecycle indications if they are

not defined by the provider or for changes to CIM Classes.<font

color="#ff0000">  For

more information see the Pegasus CVS file  <a name="comtag_137"> <font

more information see the Pegasus CVS file:<a name="comtag_137">

face="Courier New">pegasus/src/Unsupported/LifecycleIndicationProvider/README.LifecycleIndications.htm</a>.</li>

<font

face="Courier New" size="2"> pegasus/src/Unsupported/LifecycleIndicationProvider/README.LifecycleIndications.htm</a>.</li>

<li>

<font

<font

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">IncludeQualifiers

option on Instance Operations

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filter the set of set of properties returned. See Appendix C of this

specification for more information.</li>

<li>

MultiRequest Oprations - Pegasus

MultiRequest Operations - Pegasus

does not support the DMTF defined MultiRequest Operation option.

</li>

<li>

MOFCompiler namespace pragma - The

Pegasus compiler does not support the namespace pragma.

</li>

<li>Pegasus implements

<li>Pegasus implements

chunking

based on the DSP0200 1.2.0 preliminary spec. Refer to bug <a

based on the DSP0200 1.2.0 preliminary spec. including the operation trailer

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"

defined in that specification Refer to bug

href="http://cvs.opengroup.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6760">6760</a><span

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> for more details.

href="http://cvs.opengroup.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6760">6760</a> for more details.

</li>

</ol>

<h2>OpenPegasus <a

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platform.   The platforms that are considered 'active' for this

Pegasus release are:

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cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1">

<tbody>

<td

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Platform and

OS<o:p></o:p>

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Compilers<span

style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p>

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width="211">

HP-UX<o:p></o:p>

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<td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="25"

width="289">

HP <span

class="SpellE">aC++ B3910B<o:p></o:p>

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</tr>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="25"

width="211">

<span

style="color: black;">Linux on Power<span

style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p>

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<td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="25"

width="289">

<span

style="color: black;">gcc<o:p></o:p>

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width="211">

<span

style="color: black;">zLinux<o:p></o:p>

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<td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="25"

width="289">

<span

style="color: black;">gcc<o:p></o:p>

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<td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="25"

width="211">

Linux Itanium<o:p></o:p>

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<td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="25"

width="289">

<span

style="color: black;">gcc<o:p></o:p>

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<td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="25"

width="211">

Linux IA-32</td>

Linux IA-32, <span

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">X86_64<o:p></o:p>

<span

style="color: black;">gcc

(versions 2.9x, 3.xx, 4.xx)<o:p></o:p></td>

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Linux X86_64<o:p></o:p>

</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="25"

width="289">

<span

style="color: black;">gcc

(versions 2.9x, 3.xx, 4.xx)<o:p></o:p>

(versions 2.9x, 3.xx, 4.xx)

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Windows 2000

Windows 2000<o:p></o:p>

</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="91"

width="289">

Microsoft

Visual C++ Ver 6 and Microsoft .Net compiler Version.   <span

style="color: black;">Works on VC .NET 2003 (aka

v7.1)<o:p></o:p>

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Microsoft Visual C++ Ver.  6 and Microsoft .Net compiler version. Works on VC .NET 2003 v7.1).

NOTE: Visual C++ Ver. 6 no longer being regularly tested.</td>

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<tr>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="69"

<td style="padding: 0.75pt; "> Windows XP, Windows 2003

width="211">

Windows XP<o:p>,

Windows 2003</o:p>

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<td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="69"

width="289">

Microsoft Visual C++ Ver. 6 and Microsoft .Net compiler Version 7.1.

Microsoft

Note: Visual C++ Ver. 6 no longer being regular tested.

Visual C++ Ver. 6 and Microsoft .Net compiler Version 7.1<span

style="color: black;" lang="NL"><o:p></o:p>

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</tr>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="43"

<td style="padding: 0.75pt; "> MacOS version 10.3 and higher</td>

width="211"> MacOS version 10.2 and higher</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 173.25pt;" height="43"

width="289"> gcc 3.3, gcc 4.01</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top;"><big>HP OpenVMS Alpha

<td style="vertical-align: top;"><big>HP OpenVMS 8.3 or later Alpha</big></td>

</big></td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;"> <big><font

<td style="vertical-align: top;"> <big><font

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" color="RED">HP C++ V<span

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">7.3-009 for OpenVMS

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">7.3-009 or later required for OpenVMS

Alpha and above</big> </td>

Alpha</big></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top;"><big><font

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> HP OpenVMS IA64</big></td>

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> HP OpenVMS 8.3 or later IA64</big></td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;"><big><font

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">HP C++ V7.<span

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">HP C++ V7.3-023 or

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">2-021 on OpenVMS IA64 and

later required<font

above</big> </td>

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> on OpenVMS IA64</big></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top;"><big><span

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Solaris 8

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Solaris 8</big></td>

</big></td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;"><big>GNU  2.95.3,  Sun

CC compiler V 5.8. Note that the latest thread patch (108993) may be

required. (see Pegasus bug 4632)</big>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top;"><big><font

<td style="vertical-align: top;"><big><font

color="RED">Solaris 9

color="RED">Solaris 9</big></td>

</big></td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;"><big>GNU  2.95.3, Sun

WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3, patch 111685-22 2005/04/09</big>

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Platform patches

<font

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The following is a list of platform

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The following is a list known of platform

patches Pegasus requires.

patches Pegasus requires.

<font

<ol>

<li>

<font

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">RHAS

2.1 needs the update to fix Red Hat Bugzilla 98815.

2.1 needs the update to fix Red Hat Bugzilla 98815.</li>

<li>

RHEL 4.4 multithreading bug in

getpwuid-r could cause a CIM Server failure (Bugzilla 6232). This is fixed in

RHEL 4.5</li>

<li>

Red Hat and SUSE Linux

multiple versions -

multithreaded client intermittently fails connecting to IPv6 (Pegasus Bugzilla

6586) (Red Hat bug 248052) </li>

</ol>

</div>

Further information regarding Pegasus support on IBM platforms can

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<a href="http://www.hp.com/go/wbem">http://www.hp.com/go/wbem</a>.

<h2><a name="PEGASUS Bugs">Pegasus Defects</a></h2>

The Pegasus bugzilla database documents any defects found in Pegasus

and  is available through the following link:  <a

and  is available through the following link:  <a href="http://cvs.rdg.opengroup.org/bugzilla/">OpenPegasus bugzilla

href="http://cvs.rdg.opengroup.org/bugzilla/">OpenPegasus bugzilla

database</a>.

database</a>.  Note that all changes  committed for this

Effective with the start of the Pegasus 2.6 work, all changes to the CVS tree

release have been marked with the keyword 2.6.<span

were documented through bugs.  Bugs reports were filed not only for bugs and

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">1_APPROVED

their corresponding fixes but also as part of the process of committing new code

so that all changes for this release can be found with the following

representing the work on PEPs done for Pegasus 2.6 and all subsequent versions.  Therefore, a search of

bug search. Effective with the start of the Pegasus 2.6 work, all

the Open Pegasus bugzilla base for bugs with the tag for a particular version

changes to the CVS tree were documented through bugs.  Thus bugs

(ex. 

were filed not only for bugs and their corresponding fixes but also as

part of the process of committing new code representing the work on

2.6.0_APPROVED</a>,

PEPs done for Pegasus 2.6.  Therefore, a search of the bugzilla

base for bugs with the tag 2.6.<span

2.6.1_APPROVED</a>,

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">1_APPROVED will

<a href="http://cvs.rdg.opengroup.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?keywords=2.7.0_APPROVED">2.7.0_APPROVED</a>) will yield all changes to

yield

the Pegasus CVS tree for that Pegasus release.

all changes to the

Pegasus RELEASE_2_6-branch

CVS branch since

Pegasus 2.6.0.

- Changes for Pegasus 2.6.<span

     - Changes for Pegasus 2.7.0 release (bugs Tagged

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">1 point release (bugs Tagged <font

2.7.0_APPROVED) 

face="Courier New">2.6.1_APPROVED)

<a href="http://cvs.rdg.opengroup.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?keywords=2.7.0_APPROVED">Pegasus 2.7.0_APPROVED bug list</a>

href="http://cvs.rdg.opengroup.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=2.6.1_APPROVED&bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=VERIFIED&bug_status=CLOSED&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailqa_contact2=1&emailcc2=1&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=">Pegasus

2.6.1_APPROVED bug list</a>

<h4>2.6.1 bugs of special interest:

</h4>

<ul>

<li><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"

href="http://cvs.opengroup.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6643">Bug 6643</a><span

style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> changed the way OpenPegasus loads

libraries (such as providers) in a POSIX environment. The dlopen() call

was changed to include the RTLD_GLOBAL option for all POSIX platforms

except VMS.

</li>

</ul>

<h2><a

name="Pegasus Release Control and Version Definition Documentation">Pegasus

name="Pegasus Release Control and Version Definition Documentation">Release Control and Version Definition Documentation</a></h2>

Release Control and Version Definition Documentation</a></h2>

The Pegasus project is controlled largely through a set of documents

(PEPs) that serve as the definition and review mechanism for new and

(PEPs) that serve both as the definition and review mechanism for new and

modified Pegasus functionality and for the definition and documentation

of releases.

Specifically the following PEPs define the characteristics of the

Pegasus 2.6 release. These PEPs are available as

Specifically the following PEPs define the characteristics of this

Pegasus release. These PEPs are available at

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/protected/documents.tpl?CALLER=index.tpl&gdc_docage=0&S=gdc_title&R=desc">OpenPegasus

Approved PEPs.</a>

OpenPegasus Approved PEPs.</a>

For this 2.6.1 point release,

only

this document, the 2.6.1 Release Notes, was updated. All other

references should be back to the 2.6 release PEPs.

<ol>

<li> PEP 218 - OpenPegasus 2.6 Release Definition - This PEP

<li>

used

PEP 296 - OpenPegasus Release Definition - This PEP is used

throughout the development of this version as the control point for

functionality that will go into the release and points to all of the

functionality that will go into the release and points to all of the PEPs that

PEPs that represent the Pegasus  functionality changes for this

represent the Pegasus  functionality changes for this version of Pegasus.</li>

version of Pegasus.</li>

<li> PEP 277 -  OpenPegasus 2.6 Build and Configuration

Options  for Selected

<li>

<a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/14873/PEP292_RecommendedReleaseOptions.htm">PEP 292</a> -  OpenPegasus  Build and Configuration

Options  for Selected

Platforms</li>

<li> PEP 278 OpenPegaus 2.6 External Interfaces - Lists the

public interfaces for clients and providers that are considered

<li>

external and therefore "frozen".

<a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/14874/PEP293_ExternalInterface2.7.htm">PEP 293</a> - OpenPegasus 2.7 External Interfaces - Lists the public

interfaces for clients and providers that are considered external and

therefore "frozen".

</li>

<li> PEP 279 - OpenPegasus 2.6 SDK Packaging Definition - Defines

the recommended set of files for inclusion in the OpenPegasus SDK</li>

<li>

<li>PEP 280 - Pegasus  2.6 Runtime Packaging Definition -

<a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/14875/PEP294_SDKFile2.7.0.htm">PEP 294</a> - OpenPegasus  SDK Packaging Definition - Defines the

Defines the recommended set of files for inclusion in this OpenPegasus

recommended set of files for inclusion in the OpenPegasus SDK</li>

release.</li>

<li>PEP 305 - Pegasus 2.6.1

Release

Notes (This document located in

<li>

the approved PEP repository and the OpenPegasus source tree root

<a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/14877/PEP295_RuntimePackaging2.7.0.htm">PEP 295</a> - Pegasus  Runtime Packaging Definition - Defines the

directory)

recommended set of files for inclusion in this OpenPegasus release.</li>

<li>PEP 306 - Pegasus Release Notes (This document located in the

approved PEP

repository and the OpenPegasus source tree root directory)

</li>

<li>PEP 289  - Pegasus 2.6 readme.txt (Located in PEP

repository and also in the OpenPegasus

source

tree root directory).</li>

</ol>

<h2><a name="General Documentation">General Documentation</a></h2>

The following documentation is available for the this Pegasus

release:

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">Utilities - A

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">Utilities - A

combination of help generally available with the -h option for each

combination of help generally available with the --help option for each

command and HTML documentation for most of the tools.<o:p></o:p></li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">API and  usage

documentation - See the header files and the HTML  API

documentation - See the header files and the HTML  API

documentation that is on the web site. The best API usage documentation

is the existing utilities and test programs and the examples in the API

documentation.  In particular the Common/tests unit tests contain

extensive examples of the use of the Common APIs.</li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">Building and Debugging

Providers - Readme.html in the Pegasus Root Directory, API

Providers - Readme.html in the Pegasus source tree Root Directory, API

documentation, and documentation from the Pegasus Technical Workshop

which is available on the Pegasus web site.</li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">Building and Debugging

Clients - API documentation and the documentation on the Pegasus

Clients - API documentation and the documentation on the Pegasus

Technical Workshop which is available on the Pegasus web site.</li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">Compiler operation and

commands - compiler help (cimmofl -h)</li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">PEPs - The

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">PEPs - The

features of Pegasus that have been installed in this and the previous

few versions are defined by Pegasus PEPs that are available on the

OpenPegasus web site.  While these are the original design

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overall characteristics of new functionality, they serve as a guide to

the design and implementation of these features.</li>

</ul>

<span

style="color: black;">  <o:p></o:p>

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Corporation; Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.; IBM Corp.; The

Open Group; VERITAS Software Corporation; Intel Corp.

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