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Pegasus

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align="center">Pegasus

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

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PEP #: 359

PEP #: 355

Title: Release

Notes for OpenPegasus version 2.10.0

Notes for OpenPegasus version 2.11.0

Created: 23

March 2011

Created: 21 January 2010

Authors: Karl

Schopmeyer

Authors: Karl Schopmeyer

Status:  draft

Version History:

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21 January 2010

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<span

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Karl Schopmeyer

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Initial

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

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

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" height="21">Incorporate comments from Vote on

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Abstract: This document defines the release notes for the

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

2.11.0 release of the OpenPegasus CIM Server. The purpose of this PEP

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.

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

<li><a href="#Conformance%20with%20DMTF%20Specifications">Conformance

with DMTF Specifications</a></li>

<li><a href="#PEGASUS%20Bugs">OpenPegasus Bugs</a></li>

<li> <a href="#Pegasus%20Release%20Control%20and%20Version%20Definition%20Documentation">OpenPegasus

<li> <a

href="#Pegasus%20Release%20Control%20and%20Version%20Definition%20Documentation">OpenPegasus

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

<li><a href="#General%20Documentation">General

Documentation</a></li>

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<li>Source release in both ZIP (and ZIP EXE) and TAR formats.

These can be

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>

site at <a

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

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

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

<li>OpenPegasus source RPMs on the OpenPegasus web site..

A 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>

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

release and

subsequent snapshots that are made available in the Pegasus CVS are

defined on the OpenPegasus CVS repository web page (see the <a href="http://cvs.opengroup.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/">OpenPegasus

defined on the OpenPegasus CVS repository web page (see the <a

CVS page</a> for information) using the tags defined on the <a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/page.tpl?CALLER=cvs.tpl&ggid=392">release

href="http://cvs.opengroup.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/">OpenPegasus

CVS page</a> for information) using the tags defined on the <a

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/page.tpl?CALLER=cvs.tpl&ggid=392">release

snapshots page</a>.</li>

</ul>

The instructions for acquiring the released code are on the <a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/page.tpl?CALLER=index.tpl&ggid=392">Pegasus

The instructions for acquiring the released code are on the <a

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

WEB site</a>.

Installation instructions are part of the README in the root of the

Pegasus source

tree.

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

<h2>OpenPegasus Functionality for This

Release</h2>

Pegasus overall status by release is defined by  a

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

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

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

WEB Page</a>

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

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

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

shows the

each feature.Pegasus 2.10.0

Pegasus users and developers the status of the various features found

in Pegasus

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

description of

each feature.

Pegasus 2.11.0

is a major release, extending the previous Pegasus release in selected

areas as described in the Pegasus  PEP defining this release

.

The major areas of development for this release  were as

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

follows. Note that the bugs listed represent only those features

more information access the PEP for each change defined:

incorporated in bugs without PEPS that are considered enhancements, not

all bugs incorporated in the release. For

Table of Major Changes for this Release

more information access the PEP/BUG for each change defined below:

<font

style="font-weight: bold;" size="4">    Table of Major

Changes for this Release

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<th bgcolor="#00ffff">Description of Change</th>

<th bgcolor="#00ffff" width="128">Posted PEP Version</th>

<th bgcolor="#00ffff" width="128">Posted PEP

Version</th>

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<td>Run 32 bit providers in 64 bit OpenPegasus</td>

<td style="text-align: center;"><a

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/23224/PEP_318_32bit_providers_in_64bit_OpenPegasusVer10.htm">1.0</a></td>

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<td align="left" width="75%">WS-Management Support in CIM Server - Phase II.

<td align="left" width="75%">Provider Module Grouping</td>

NOTE: This is an update of the same PEP number that incorporated

<td width="128"> <a

WS_Management changes to Pegasus 2.9.0 to incorporate more WS_Management

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/22030/PEP356_ProviderModuleGrouping.htm">2.2</a>

functionality.</td>

</td>

2.2</a> </td>

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<td align="left" width="75%">Extend CIMCLI to create/modify instances with other features</td>

<td align="left" width="75%">SNMP V3 Trap Generation in Pegasus

Indication Handler</td>

<td style="text-align: center;" width="128"><a

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/23237/PEP_357_-_SNMP_v3_trap_generation_in_Pegasus_.htm">1.0</a></td>

</tr>

<td style="text-align: center;" width="7%">PEP 324

<td align="left" width="75%">Single-Memory-Object for CMPI structure</td>

</td>

<td align="left" width="75%">DMTF Indications Profile (DSP 1054)

Implementation, stage 2

</td>

<td width="128"><a

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/22529/PEP324-DMTF_Indications_Profile_stage2_Ver11.html">1.1</a></td>

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<td style="text-align: center;" width="7%">PEP 349

<td align="left" width="75%">Separate Internal Modules from Common Library</td>

</td>

<td align="left" width="75%"><span

style="">Improve the

1.1</a></td>

availability of the CIMOM by better isolation from faulty providers</td>

<td width="128"> <a

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/22386/PEP_349_-_Improve_the_availability_of_the_CIMOM_by_better_isolation_from_faulty_providers.htm">0.5</a></td>

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<td style="text-align: center;"><a

<tr><td style="text-align: center;">PEP 350</td><td>Multi CIMOM support on

href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8787">Bug 8787</a>

same OS </td><td style="text-align: center;">

</td>

<td>Add External SLP support to release builds

1.0</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;">

</td>

<td style="text-align: center;"> <a

<a name="comtag_90">repupgrade utility enhancement to

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/21277/PEP350_MultiCIMOM.htm">

update SystemName property in indication filter/handler and

</a></td>

ObjectManager instances</a> </td><td style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr><tr align="center">

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<td style="text-align: center;"> <a

<a name="comtag_95">Indication service can be

href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8800">Bug 8800

disabled/enabled dynamically</a> </td>

</a></td>

<td> <a name="comtag_90"></a>enable

PEGASUS_USE_RELEASE_CONFIG_OPTIONS build option to have true/false

values

</td>

</td>

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<td style="text-align: center;"><a

href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8806">Bug

8806</a></td>

<td>Diagnose data for BAD UTF8 exception</td>

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<td><a href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8825">Bug

8825</a></td>

<td>Option to specify multiple provider dirs for release builds</td>

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<tr>

<td style="text-align: center;"><a

href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8839">Bug

8839</a></td>

<td>OOP Provider recovery enhancement</td>

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<tr>

<td><a href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8845">Bug

8845</a></td>

<td><big><big>Enhance SSL Certificate info to

expose the whole certificate</big></big>

</td>

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<td style="text-align: center;" width="7%"> <a

href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8871">Bug 8871

</a> </td>

<td align="left" width="75%"><span

style="text-decoration: underline;">Enhance WSMan Server Adpater 

to include enumeration association filters</td>

</td>

</tr>

<td width="128"><a

href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8171">

</a></td>

</tr>

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</table>

The status of several components of Pegasus functionality change status

The status of several components of Pegasus functionality change

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

status

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

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

that

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

release to this release</a> on the

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

<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

Finally, a significant number of internal changes and corrections

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

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>

NOTE: This functionality was incorporated in OpenPegasus 2.7.0 but it

NOTE: This functionality was incorporated in OpenPegasus

was felt that the information below was worth repeating in subsequent Release

2.7.0 but it

was felt that the information below was worth repeating in subsequent

Release

Notes

IPv6 is short for "Internet

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

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

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

PEP

291</a>.

The IPv6 support in OpenPegasus is

controlled by the PEGASUS_ENABLE_IPV6 build variable. The default for this

controlled by the PEGASUS_ENABLE_IPV6 build variable. The default for

this

variable is "true"; setting this to

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

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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); font-family: monospace;"><big>osinfo -h

<div

style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-family: monospace;"><big><font

color="#000000">osinfo -h

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

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; font-family: monospace;"><big>cimcli ns -l [3ffe:1:2:1]</big></div>

<div style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: monospace;"><big>cimcli ns

-l [3ffe:1:2:1]</big></div>

or

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

<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><big><span

style="font-family: monospace;">cimcli ns -l [3ffe:1:2:1]:5989</big>

</div>

For more information on

specifying

IPv6 addresses, refer to <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2373.txt">IETF RFC 2373 - IP Version

IPv6 addresses, refer to <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2373.txt">IETF

RFC 2373 - IP Version

6 Addressing Architecture</a>

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

and <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2732.txt">IETF RFC 2732 -

Format for

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

<h4>IPv6 on Linux</h4>

Modern Linux distributions already

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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); font-family: monospace;"><big>test -f

<div

style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-family: monospace;"><big><font

color="#000000">test -f

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

For more information on

enabling

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described in

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

bug 6586</a>

and

and

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

bug 248052</a>,

and manifests itself as an intermittent IPv6 socket failure. You

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

should be aware

that OpenPegasus with IPv6 enabled may be significantly impacted in these

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 ipv6.exe tool to install, uninstall, and

On Windows XP, you can use the ipv6.exe

tool to install, uninstall, and

query

your IPv6 configuration. For example:

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

<div

style="margin-left: 40px; color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-family: monospace;"><big><font

color="#000000">ipv6 install

ipv6 if</big></div>

Windows Vista

and Windows Server 2008 support an integrated

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For more information on

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

the document

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

IPv6

color="#000000">IPv6

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

<h4>Testing your OpenPegasus IPv6

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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:

osinfo -h ::1</big></div>

<big style="font-family: monospace;"> osinfo -h ::1</big></div>

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

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

Support for forward-compatibility is a fundamental design principle

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

for the

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

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

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

OpenPegasus

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

Providers or Clients, using only the externally defined OpenPegasus

significantly affects interoperability) that may require the Community to make

interface,

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

to continue to work with a minor version upgrade of OpenPegasus.

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

However, there

upgrading to this OpenPegasus release.

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 this OpenPegasus release.

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<th bgcolor="#00ffff" width="10%">Bugzilla #</th>

<th bgcolor="#00ffff">Description</th>

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<td align="left">The requirement for providers (CMPI and C++) to

filter properties from instances has been relieved. The server will do

the filtering at the protocol adapter level. To avoid a negative impact

on performance the CIMInstance::filter() and

CMPIInstanceFT.setPropertyFilter() functions have been changed to a

NOP. This may be a change in behavior for provider relying in some

unknown way on the instance being filtered through these functions. To

allow users to actually filter properties from an instance, new

function CIMInstance::filterInstance() will actually filter properties

from an instance exactly as the CIMInstance::filter() did in previous

versions of Pegasus.</td>

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<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.  For

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

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

color="#ff0000">  For

pegasus/src/Unsupported/LifecycleIndicationProvider/README.LifecycleIndications.htm</a>.</li>

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

size="2">  pegasus/src/Unsupported/LifecycleIndicationProvider/README.LifecycleIndications.htm</a><font

size="2">.</li>

<li>

IncludeQualifiers

<font

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

option on Instance Operations

The DMTF specifications have deprecated the use of qualifiers on

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that Pegasus will deprecate the use of qualifiers on instance

operations completely.  When Pegasus uses object normalization,

the normalizer does apply qualifiers to returned instances if the

includeQualifiers operation parameter is set.</li><li>LocalOnly option on instance

includeQualifiers operation parameter is set.

</li>

<li>LocalOnly option on instance

Operations - With the 1.1 version of Specification for CIM

Operations over HTTP, the definition of the LocalOnly parameter for the

GetInstance and Enumerate Instances operations was modified. This change

GetInstance and Enumerate Instances operations was modified. This

change

was incorrect, resulted in reduced functionality and introduced a

number of backward compatibility issues. As a result of issues

introduced by this change, we strongly recommend that CIM Clients set

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<li>CIMOperation Trailer - Pegasus implements

chunking

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

based on the DSP0200 1.2.0 preliminary spec. including the operation

defined in that specification Refer to bug

trailer defined in that specification Refer to bug <a

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

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

This trailer was completely removed from the DSP0200 1.2 final specification

for more details. This trailer was completely removed from the DSP0200

as a non-compatible change so that if chunking is used Pegasus is returning

1.2 final specification as a non-compatible change so that if chunking

a noncompliant response to enumerate type requests.

is used Pegasus is returning a noncompliant response to enumerate type

</li>

requests. </li>

<li>Whitespace in XML value Element

- Pegasus trims the leading and trailing whitespace from XML value

elements that are of the Type String.  This behavior is documented

in Pegasus bug <a

href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8773">8773</a>

and there is a patch available for users.  However, since the

change is considered a change to behavior this will not be patched

until pegasus does a major version update. NOTE: There are some

documented bugs in Pegasus such as this that the OpenPegasus team feels

cannot be modified until a major version update.  These bugs are

documented with the Bugzilla tag <big style="font-weight: bold;"><samp>"3.0_TARGET".</samp></big></li>

<li>modifyInstance operation

behavior in the Pegasus repository does not match the DMTF specification.

Under some conditions (ex. if no propertyList is supplied) it modifies

all properties rather than just the properties supplied with the

request thereby Nulling out existing values. See bug <a

href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8752">8752</a>

for more information.</li>

</ol>

<h2>OpenPegasus <a name="Supported Platforms">Supported

<h2>OpenPegasus <a

name="Supported Platforms">Supported

Platforms</a></h2>

Each OpenPegasus release lists as 'active' platforms those

Each OpenPegasus release lists as 'active' platforms

hardware/software platforms that have recognized ports for the Pegasus code base

those

including a maintainer for the platform that will be willing to regularly

hardware/software platforms that have recognized ports for the Pegasus

document issues and/or fix defects as the Pegasus code base is changed. 

code base

Pegasus may be operable on other platforms (ex. Windows 98) but without a group

including a maintainer for the platform that will be willing to

to provide the role of test and maintenance, correct operation of  Pegasus

regularly

cannot be assured.  In all cases, including the active platforms, it is the

document issues and/or fix defects as the Pegasus code base is

responsibility of the entity that packages and/or compiles OpenPegasus for

changed. 

shipment or deployment, to read, and actively monitor the Pegasus bugzilla

Pegasus may be operable on other platforms (ex. Windows 98) but without

database for a list of relevant defects that affect their platform.  

a group

The platforms that are considered ported are shown in the two tables below. 

to provide the role of test and maintenance, correct operation of 

The first table represents platform sofr which testing is done on a regular

Pegasus

basis and reported to the Pegasus Nightly Build Test WEB Page. Those platforms

cannot be assured.  In all cases, including the active platforms,

which have been ported but do not have test results that are current at the time

it is the

of the release are reported in the second table.Actively Supported Platforms (Nightly Tests Reported for this release)

responsibility of the entity that packages and/or compiles OpenPegasus

for

shipment or deployment, to read, and actively monitor the Pegasus

bugzilla

database for a list of relevant defects that affect their

platform.  

The platforms that are considered ported are shown in the two tables

below. 

The first table represents platform sofr which testing is done on a

regular

basis and reported to the Pegasus Nightly Build Test WEB Page. Those

platforms

which have been ported but do not have test results that are current at

the time

of the release are reported in the second table.

Actively Supported Platforms (Nightly Tests Reported for this

release)

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Platform and

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

</td>

<td

Compilers<o:p></o:p>

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height="26">

Compilers<span

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

</td>

</tr>

HP-UX<o:p> PA_RISC and

HP-UX<o:p>

Itanium</o:p>

PA_RISC and Itanium</o:p>

</td>

HP aC++ B3910B<o:p></o:p>

HP <span

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

</td>

</tr>

Linux on Power<o:p></o:p>

<span

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

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

</td>

gcc<o:p></o:p>

<span

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

</td>

</tr>

zLinux<o:p></o:p>

<span

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

</td>

gcc<o:p></o:p>

<span

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

</td>

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

</td>

gcc<o:p></o:p>

<span

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

</td>

</tr>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <font

Linux IA-32</td>

size="3">Linux IA-32</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> <span

gcc

style="color: black;">gcc<span

style="color: black;">

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

</tr>

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

</td>

gcc

<span

style="color: black;">gcc

(versions 3.xx, 4.xx)

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">XL C/C++ from z/OS Version

<td style="vertical-align: top;">XL C/C++ from

1.7 and up</td>

z/OS Version 1.7 and up</td>

</tr>

</tbody>

</table>

Platforms not Actively supported for this release (No

Platforms not Actively supported for this release

(No

current Nightly Build Test Results

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Platform and

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

</td>

<td

Compilers<o:p></o:p>

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height="26">

Compilers<span

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

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

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

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

</td>

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

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

</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> Microsoft Visual

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

Ver. 6 no longer being regular tested. </td>

</tr>

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

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

and higher</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top;"><big>Solaris 8</big></td>

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

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Solaris 8</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>Solaris 9</big></td>

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

color="RED">Solaris 9</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>

</td>

</tr><tr><td><big>HP OpenVMS 8.3 or later Alpha</big></td><td><big>HP C++ V7.3-009 or later required for OpenVMS

</tr>

Alpha</big></td></tr>

<tr>

<tr><td><big> HP OpenVMS 8.3 or later IA64</big></td><td><big>HP C++ V7.3-023 or

<td><big>HP OpenVMS 8.3 or later Alpha</big></td>

later required on OpenVMS IA64</big></td></tr>

<td><big>HP C++ V<span

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

OpenVMS

Alpha</big></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td><big> HP OpenVMS 8.3 or

later IA64</big></td>

<td><big>HP C++ V7.<font

color="#993399">3-023 or later required<font

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

</tr>

<tr>

Windows 2000

</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> Microsoft Visual

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

C++ Ver.  6 and Microsoft .Net compiler version. Works on VC

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

.NET 2003 v7.1). NOTE: Visual C++ Ver. 6 no longer being regularly

tested.</td>

</tr>

<tr>

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

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

</td>

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

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

</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;"> Microsoft Visual

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

Ver. 6 no longer being regular tested. </td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td><big>OpenSolaris 11 (Nevada) Community Edition (Sparc and

IX86)</big></td>

<td><big>CC Compiler Sun Studio 5.11</big></td>

</tr>

<tr><td><big>OpenSolaris 11 (Nevada) Community Edition (Sparc and IX86)</big></td><td><big>CC Compiler Sun Studio 5.11</big></td></tr>

</tbody>

</table>

Platform patches

The following is a list known of platform

<font

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

patches Pegasus requires.

<ol>

<li>

<font

RHAS

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

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

2.1 needs the update to fix Red Hat Bugzilla 98815.

</li>

<li>

RHEL 4.4 multithreading bug in

RHEL 4.4

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

multithreading bug in

RHEL 4.5</li>

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

fixed in

RHEL 4.5

</li>

<li>

Red Hat and SUSE Linux

Red Hat and SUSE

multiple versions -

Linux multiple versions -

multithreaded client intermittently fails connecting to IPv6 (Pegasus Bugzilla

multithreaded client intermittently fails connecting to IPv6 (Pegasus

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

Bugzilla

6586) (Red Hat bug 248052)

</li>

</ol>

</div>

Further information regarding Pegasus support on IBM platforms can

found at: <a href="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r1/en_US/index.htm?info/icmain.htm">http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r1/en_US/index.htm?info/icmain.htm</a>

found at: <a

href="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r1/en_US/index.htm?info/icmain.htm"><span

style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r1/en_US/index.htm?info/icmain.htm</a>

Further information regarding Pegasus support on HP 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 href="http://cvs.rdg.opengroup.org/bugzilla/">OpenPegasus bugzilla

and  is available through the following link:  <a

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

database</a>.

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

CVS tree are documented through bugs.  Bugs reports are filed not

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

version

(ex. 

2.6.0_APPROVED</a>,

href="http://cvs.rdg.opengroup.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?keywords=2.6.0_APPROVED">2.6.0_APPROVED</a>,

href="http://cvs.rdg.opengroup.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?keywords=2.6.1_APPROVED">

2.6.1_APPROVED</a>,

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

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

etc) will yield all changes to

the Pegasus CVS tree for that Pegasus release.

     - Changes for this release (bugs Tagged

2.10.0_APPROVED). The link is <a href="http://cvs.rdg.opengroup.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?keywords=2.10.0_APPROVED">

2.11.0_APPROVED). The link is <a

Pegasus 2.10.0_APPROVED bug list.</a>

href="http://bugzilla.openpegasus.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=2.11.0_APPROVED">

Pegasus 2.11.0_APPROVED bug list.</a>

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

<h2><a

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

The Pegasus project is controlled largely through the CVS repository and a set of documents

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

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

The Pegasus project is controlled largely through the CVS repository

and a set of documents

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

and

modified Pegasus functionality and for the definition and documentation

of releases.The following documentation defines the characteristics of this

of releases.

Pegasus release. The PEPs are available at

The following documentation defines the characteristics of this Pegasus

release. The documents are available in the OpenPegasus CVS

OpenPegasus Approved PEPs.</a><ol>

repository.

<li>

<ul>

OpenPegasus Release Definition/Status -  </li>No PEP (See Wiki Section <a href="http://wiki.opengroup.org/pegasus-wiki/doku.php?id=dev:release:2_9_x">OpenPegasus 2.10.x Release Status</a>) - A

<li> OpenPegasus Release Definition/Status -No PEP (See Wiki

Section <a

href="https://wiki.opengroup.org/pegasus-wiki/doku.php?id=dev:release:2_11_x">OpenPegasus

2.11.x Release Status</a>) - A

section in the Pegasus wiki 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 PEPs that

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

represent the Pegasus  functionality changes for this version of Pegasus.

PEPs that represent the Pegasus  functionality changes for this

version of Pegasus. </li>

OpenPegasus

OpenPegasus  Build and Configuration

Build and Configuration

Options  for Selected

Platforms -

Platforms -  In previous

<a href="http://cvs.opengroup.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/pegasus/doc/BuildAndReleaseOptions.html?rev=1.18">CVS Respository Build And Release Options Document</a> -

versions of Pegasus this information was  released as a Pegasus

In previous versions of Pegasus this

PEP. Starting with Pegasus 2.9.0 the information is located in the

information was  releases as a Pegasus PEP. Starting with Pegasus 2.9.0

OpenPegasus CVS repository as <big style="font-weight: bold;"> <span

the information is located in the OpenPegasus CVS repository as <big>

style="font-family: monospace;">pegasus/doc/BuildAndReleaseOptions.html</big>.

pegasus/doc/BuildAndReleaseOptions.html</big>.</li>

<li> OpenPegasus External Interfaces -<span

style="font-weight: normal;">The list of the OpenPegasus interfaces

<li>

that are considered external and therefore "frozen". Unless an

OpenPegasus External Interfaces -

exception is explicitly approved by the Steering Committee all

subsequent releases of Pegasus MUST continue to support these

CVS Repository External Interfaces Document</a>- THE list of the

interfaces. Interfaces not explicitly listed in this document, should

OpenPegasus interfaces that are considered external and therefore "frozen".

be considered as internal and subject to change.In previous Pegasus

Unless an exception is explicitly approved by the Steering Committee all

releases this information was available as a separate PEP. Starting

subsequent releases of Pegasus MUST continue to support these interfaces.

with Pegasus 2.9.0 this information is integrated into the Pegasus

Interfaces not explicitly listed in this document, should be considered as

repositoryas  <font

internal and subject to change.

face="Courier New" size="4">pegasus/doc/EnternalInterface.html<span

style="font-weight: normal;">.</li>

In previous Pegasus releases this information was available as a separate

<li> OpenPegasus  SDK Packaging Definition - <span

PEP. Starting with Pegasus 2.9.0 this information is integrated into the

style="font-weight: normal;">Defines the recommended set of files for

Pegasus repository as  pegasus/doc/EnternalInterface.html.

inclusion in the OpenPegasus

SDK. Starting with Pegasus release 2.11.0, this document is available

in the Pegasus CVS repository as <big style="font-weight: bold;"><samp>pegasus/doc/SDKPackaging.html</samp></big>.

<li>

previous Pegasus releases this document was made available as s

OpenPegasus  SDK Packaging Definition - </li>

separate Pegasus PEP document rather than in the CVS repository.

</li>

PEP 352</a> - Defines the

<li> Pegasus  Runtime Packaging Definition

recommended set of files for inclusion in the OpenPegasus SDK

- Defines the recommended set

of files for inclusion in this OpenPegasus

release. Starting with Pegasus release 2.11.0, this idocument contained

in the CVS repository as <big style="font-weight: bold;"><samp>pegasus/doc/RuntimePackaging.html</samp></big>.

<li>

In previous

Pegasus  Runtime Packaging Definition -

releases this was made available as a seperate Pegasus PEP document

rather than in the CVS repository.  </li>

PEP 351</a> - </li>Defines the

<li>Pegasus Release Notes - <span

recommended set of files for inclusion in this OpenPegasus release.

style="font-weight: normal;"> PEP 355 - <span

style="font-weight: normal;"> (This document is located in the

approved PEP repository and the OpenPegasus source tree root directory (<big

style="font-weight: bold;">pegasus/ReleaseNotes.htm</big>)</li>

<li>Pegasus Release Notes -  PEP 355

- (This document is located in the

</ul>

approved PEP

repository and the OpenPegasus source tree root directory (<big>pegasus/ReleaseNotes.htm</big>)

</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 - </li>A

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

A

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

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

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

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

documentation - </li>

See the header files and the HTML  API

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

documentation - </li>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.

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

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

Providers - </li>

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

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

Providers - </li>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.

which is available on the Pegasus web site. <li class="MsoNormal"

style="color: black;">Building and Debugging

Clients - </li>

API documentation and the documentation on the Pegasus

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

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

Clients - </li>API documentation and the documentation on the Pegasus

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

Technical Workshop which is available on the Pegasus web site.

The

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

</ul>

<hr>Licensed to The Open Group (TOG) under one or more contributor

<hr>Licensed to The Open Group (TOG) under one or more contributor license

license

agreements. Refer to the OpenPegasusNOTICE.txt file distributed with

this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.

Each contributor licenses this file to you under the OpenPegasus Open

Source License; you may not use this file except in compliance with the

License.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person

copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),

obtaining a

to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation

copy of this software and associated documentation files (the

the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,

"Software"),

to deal in the Software without restriction, including without

limitation

the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute,

sublicense,

and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the

Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be

included

in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,

EXPRESS

OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF

MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY

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TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE

SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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