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Pegasus

<hr align="center" color="#009900" noshade="noshade" size="2"

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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 #: 249

PEP #: 230

Title: Release

Notes for OpenPegasus 2.5.1

Notes for OpenPegasus 2.5

Version: 1.0

Version: 1.8

Created: <st1:date year="2004" day="23" month="3">1 March 2006</st1:date>

Created: <st1:date

Authors: Karl Schopmeyer

year="2004" day="23" month="3">1 April 2005</st1:date>

Authors: Warren

Grunbok, Karl Schopmeyer

Status:  draft

Version History:

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

<span

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

</td>

<o:p>  1 March

<span

2006</o:p>

style="font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o:p>  1,April

</td>

2005

</o:p>

Karl Schopmeyer

</td>

Initial

<span

Submission<o:p>

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

</o:p>

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<span

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

Submission<o:p>

</o:p>

</td>

</tr>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center">26, June 2005

</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;">Warren Grunbok

</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;">revisions based on Comments

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">1.2

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center">2 March 2006</td>

</td>

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

<td style="vertical-align: top;">22, July 2005

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;">Fix editorial errors</td>

</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">Warren Grunbok

</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">fixed some broken links, added

security notes.

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">1.3

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center">20 March 2006</td>

</td>

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

<td style="vertical-align: top;">23, Aug 2005

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;">Incorporate comments from

</td>

Review week of 12 March 2006</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">Warren Grunbok

</tr>

</td>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">Revisions based on comments

</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center">22 March

2006</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center">Karl

Schopmeyer</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;">Incorporate comments form

Review 21 March 06 and bring into line with Feature status page</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center">28 March

2006</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center">Karl

Schopmeyer</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;">Remove all statements

concerning status and point to the Feature Status Page.</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center">28 March

2006</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center">Karl

Schopmeyer</td>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;">Remove references to

status "experimental" for certain features</td>

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<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">1.4

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center">28 March

</td>

2006</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">30.Aug 2005

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;" align="center">Karl

</td>

Schopmeyer</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">Warren Grunbok

<td style="padding: 0.75pt;">Typos</td>

</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">More revisions based on Aug 26

review in Architecture meeting

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">1.5

</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">12, Sept 2005

</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">Warren Grunbok

</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">Minor comment updates from 1.4

version  (balloted version)

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">1.6

</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">14,Sept 2005

</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">Warren Grunbok

</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">additional comments from review

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">1.7

</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">20, Sept 2005

</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">Warren Grunbok

</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">Added Solaris back in, corrected

Provider security statement, and clarified Solaris support for 2.5

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">1.8

</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">21, Sept 2005

</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">Warren Grunbok

</td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;">Clarified SLP enablement

Paragraph and correction of Power on Linux in platform table

</td>

</tr>

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Abstract: This document defines the release notes for the 2.5.1

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version of the Pegasus CIM Server. <a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/protected/doc_edit.tpl?grid=632&file=Pegasus2_3_1ReleaseNotes.html&tag=35" target="_self">

width="100%"></div>

Abstract: This document defines the release notes for the 2.5

version of the Pegasus CIM Server. <span

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

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

target="_self">

</a>

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

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</o:p></h2>

width="100%"></div>

<o:p> Contents

</o:p>

<ol>

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

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

this Release</a></li>

<li><a href="#Functionality_of_This_Release">Functionality of

This Release</a></li>

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

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

Bugs</a></li>

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

<li> <a

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

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

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

Documentation</a></li>

</ol>

<h2>Availability

<h2><a name="Availability_of_this_Release_"></a><span

style="color: black;"><a name="Availability_of_this_Release"></a>Availability

of this Release</h2>

This release is available in a number of forms including:

<ul>

<li>Source release in both ZIP 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 2.5.1 binaries are available for Red Hat Enterprise

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

<li>OpenPegasus 2.5 binaries are available for Red Hat Enterprise

Linux 3.0 and 4.2 and SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9.0. A Source RPM is

also available that can be used to build binaries for most

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

<li>The Pegasus CVS. 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.</div>

tree.

<h2>Functionality of This Release</h2>

Instructions for building the Linux RPMs: <span

Pegasus overall status by release is defined by  a

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

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

</>

that is available on the OpenPegasus web site .  That

<ol>

web page shows the Pegasus users and developers

<li>Download

the status of the various features found in Pegasus using a simple color coded

tog-pegasus-2.5.0-1.src.rpm. </li>

key (white, red, yellow, green).  Pegasus 2.5.1 is a minor release, extending Pegasus 2.5.0 in selected

<li>rpm

areas primarily for bug fixes.  However, there were some signification

-ih tog-pegasus-2.5.0-1.src.rpm </li>

changes in the feature status for selected functions in 2.5.1 (moving selected

<li>

functions closer to production-capable status).The following paragraphs list the functionality in this release.   In many cases these features  and interfaces

<span

are conditionally compiled with special environment variables.

class="norm">Build

the rpms:

</li>

</ol>

<table

style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left; width: 712px; height: 116px;"

border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">

<tbody>

<tr>

<td

style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Distro</td>

<td

style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Command

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">RHEL3

</td>

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

class="norm">rpmbuild -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/tog-pegasus-

2.5.0-1.spec</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">RHEL4

</td>

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

class="norm">rpmbuild -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/tog-pegasus-

2.5.0-1.spec</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">SLES 9

</td>

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

class="norm"> rpmbuild -bb /usr/src/packages/SPECS/tog-pegasus-

2.5.0-1.spe</td>

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</tbody>

</table>

<li style="font-weight: bold;">After

the build the rpms will be in the

following locations:</li>

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cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">

<tbody>

<tr>

<td

style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Distro

</td>

<td

style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Location

of RPMs after the build is complete

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">RHEL3

</td>

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

class="norm">/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/[arch]/tog-pegasus-

2.5.0-1.[arch].rpm

/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/[arch]/tog-pegasus-sdk- 2.5.0-1.[arch].rpm.<span

style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span

style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span

class="norm">     </td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">RHEL4

</td>

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

class="norm">/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/[arch]/tog-pegasus-

2.5.0-1.[arch].rpm

/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/[arch]/tog-pegasus-sdk- 2.5.0-1.[arch].rpm.</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;">SLES9

</td>

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

class="norm">/usr/src/packages/RPMS/[arch]/tog-pegasus-

2.5.0-1.[arch].rpm

/usr/src/packages/RPMS/[arch]/tog-pegasus-sdk- 2.5.01-.[arch].rpm.</td>

</tr>

</tbody>

</table>

</ol>

<h2><a name="Functionality_of_This_Release"></a><span

style="color: black;">Functionality of This Release</h2>

New for the Pegasus 2.5 release is a Feature Maturity Dashboard. 

This document shows the Pegasus users and developers the maturity of

the various features found in Pegasus using a simple color coded

key.  That document can be found here:  <a

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

Maturity Link</a>

The overall level of functionality in the Pegasus environment

effective with

this release is as follows:

<h3>CIM Server Functionality</h3>

The following paragraphs list the functions in this release.

All functions are considered community tested and operational unless

specifically noted below. Features that are marked alpha or beta are

not generally of the quality or completeness for production

usage.  Interfaces that are part of the Pegasus public

interface definitions but that the Pegasus team feels may change are

marked experimental. In many cases these features  and interfaces

are conditionally compiled with special environment variables. <a

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/protected/doc.tpl?CALLER=index.tpl&gdid=8502"><span

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

style="text-decoration: underline;">PEP 200 </a>

provides more detailed information on how to enable

functionality that is conditionally compiled in this release.

NOTE: For current information and history on the status of each feature,

please access the

OpenPegasus Feature Status WEB Page</a>.  Please see

the Feature status page for the quality/status of each feature because not all

of the features listed below are production ready.

<h3>CIM Server Functionality</h3>

<h4>CIM Operations over HTTP support</h4>

<ol>

<li>Class Operations (getClass, deleteClass, modifyClass,

<li>Class Operations (getClass, <span

class="SpellE">deleteClass, modifyClass,

enumerateClass, enumerateClassNames)</li>

<li>Qualifier Operations (getQualifier, setQualifier,

deleteQualifier) </li>

<li>Instance Operations (getInstance, deleteInstance, modifyInstance,

<li>Instance Operations (getInstance, <span

enumerateInstance, enumerateInstanceNames, getProperty,

class="SpellE">deleteInstance, modifyInstance,

enumerateInstance, <span

class="SpellE">enumerateInstanceNames, getProperty,

setProperty)</li>

<li>Association Operations (references, referencenames,

associators, associatornames)</li>

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<li>Query operation - Support for ExecQuery was added in 2.4 with

WQL as query language and is defined in PEP 119. This feature is

considered at alpha quality because it has only been contributor

tested.  Additional tests have been added in 2.5 for ExecQuery. Pegasus

tested.  Additional tests have been added in 2.5 for ExecQuery.

today does not support the ExecuteQuery operation defined as the Query

operation for CQL.

</li>

</ol>

</blockquote>

</div>

<h4>Indication Processing</h4>

<h4>Indications</h4>

<ol>

<ul>

<li>Process indications - Process indications are operational in

the

Server.  This includes support

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enablement for the generation of lifecycle indications. For more

details, refer to

</ol>

</ul>

<h4>Query Language</h4>

<h4>Indication Listener</h4>

Pegasus includes the  WQL  query language which is implemented and

The generic components for a CIM Listener and a

used for filters and in version 2.4 for execQuery.

listener API are operational.  This includes the functions for

HTTP, XML indication input and response, and consumers of indications.

This code can be used to define a separate listener package and is used

as an indication listener in the Pegasus server.

CQL Stage 1 has been added for Pegasus 2.5.  PEPs 138, 193, 205

combine to describe the CQL  functionality supported.

Pegasus 2.5

includes a new standalone listener that is separate

from the current standalone CIMListener and the ExportServer listener

in the CIM server.

The use model that this listener fits is the following:

<ul>

<li> The listener may be packaged as

part of the CIMOM or it may be packaged independently as part of

another application. </li>

<li> Consumers

are developed independently of the listener and may be shipped with the

listener or added to an installed listener at a future time. </li>

</ul>

<span

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span

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

new "Dynamic Listener" provides a solution for the above use model. It

is essentially a lightweight, pluggable listener that

provides a small set of management features. The DynamicListener can be

run inside a daemon or a service. It is easily configurable and

bypasses traditional registration procedures.  See <a

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/protected/upreviews/20/1303/PEP195_CIMListenerEnhancementsv1_6.htm"><span

style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); text-decoration: underline;">PEP 195</a> <span

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

details.

<h4>Object Normalization</h4>

The Object Normalizer is an entity introduced in Pegasus 2.4 that

ensures

objects delivered from providers are complete and accurate. Two major

issues were identified with the initial implementation: 1) the Object

Normalizer droped instances it considered bad, and 2) the Object

Normalizer drops instances it considers bad, and 2) the Object

Normalizer code slowed performance. These issues are now addressed by

Normalizer code slows performance. These issues are now addressed by

moving the Object Normalizer from the Dispatcher to the Response

Handler (or equivalent) and optimizing the existing implementation. The

move allows errors to be reported to the provider at the point of

delivery and ensures that only a single copy is made to preserve the

CIMOM/provider boundary.

<h4>Embedded Object Support</h4>

Two new configuration properties were added to control object

Pegasus 2.5 provides embedded object support. The proposed solution

normalization.

is restricted to the following:<ul>

<ol>

<li>The only representation for embedded objects supported by this

<li>enableNormalization (true|false) - Enables or disables object

PEP is CIM-XML (i.e. id does not support MOF encoded objects). </li>

normalization for provider objects.</li>

<li>CIMObject is implemented as a new CIMValue type. This type will be used

<li>excludeModulesFromNormalization (colon delimited list of

provider modules) - List the provider modules by name (as specified in

PG_ProviderModule.Name) to exclude from normalization. Keep in mind

that all objects managed by all providers will be excluded from

normalization if its module name appears in this list.

</li>

</ol>

<h4>Embedded Object support</h4>

Pegasus 2.5 now provides embedded object support. The proposed solution

is restricted to the following:

The only representation for embedded objects supported by this

PEP is CIM-XML.

CIMObject is implemented as a new CIMValue type. This type will be used

internally to represent embedded objects. When externalized (via

CIM-XML) these objects will be converted to strings representing valid

INSTANCE or CLASS elements, in accordance with the CIM Infrastructure

Specification.  Embedded instances will also carry the

EmbeddedObject attribute with

the value "object", as specified by CR Interop-00217.001.

the value "object", as specified by CR Interop-00217.001.

</li>

</ul>

<h3>Pegasus Repositories

</h3>

</blockquote>

<h4>Query Language</h4>

The query language today is based on WQL and is implemented and

used for filters and in 2.4 for execQuery.

CQL Stage 1 has been included for Pegasus 2.5.  PEPs 138,

193, 205 combine to describe the function submitted.

<h4>Schema Repository</h4>

By default, Pegasus uses an XML-based

By default, Pegasus uses an XML-based

schema repository. A binary encoding option is also available for the repository.

schema repository. A binary encoding option is also available.<span

style="font-family: "times new roman";">

Note: Users may experience an incompatibility moving a binary repository from

To use the binary encoding feature a new configuration

properties was

added:

enableBinaryRepository (true|false) - Enables

disables binary repository.

<div style="margin-left: 40px;"> In addition to the binary

repository, the compressed repository

functionality has

been added as a build time conditional compile. It defaults to not

support

compression. When enabled the zlib library, used for the compression

algorithims, must be installed on the build and target systems. With

compression enabled records are always written compressed but both

compressed

and non-compressed records can be read allowing an easy migration path.

Note:  <span

class="norm">Note:

Users may experience an incompatibility moving a binary repository from

Pegasus 2.4 to 2.5. In Pegasus 2.5, measures have been taken to improve

the ability to maintain compatibility with subsequent releases. (See bugzilla 3642 for details.)</div>

the ability to maintain compatibility with subsequent releases. (See

Further information on the use of the binary repository is in the

bugzilla 3642 for details.) <span

readme.binaryrepository file in the Pegasus source root directory.

style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">See bugzilla 3642 for details.

<h4>Instance Repository</h4>

</div>

The

<h4>Compressed Repository</h4>

Pegasus schema repository may also be configured to hold instance

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

data.  Although instances may be place in the

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" color="RED">A compressed repository

repository

it was not designed as a

high volume data store.

<h4>Compressed Repository Feature</h4>

A compressed repository

feature has been added for

pegasus 2.5 that compresses the repository written to disk. This allows

the

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compression library (zlib) and has been tested with zlib 1.2.2. This

feature is

documented in PEP 214 and also in a Readme

(readme.compressed_repository). Note

(readme.compressed_repository). It is

considered experimental today because it is not in the automated tests.

Note

that the tests for this feature are in the test suite but not

activated for

activiated for

automatic tests.Further information on the use of the compressed

automatic tests.

repository is in the readme.compressedrepository file in the Pegasus source

root directory.

</div>

<h4>Pegasus MOF Compilers</h4>

Pegasus implements a MOF compiler that can operate either at the

<h4>Instance Repository</h4>

client

The

interface to the Pegasus CIM Server (cimmof)

Pegasus schema repository may also be configured to hold instance

or directly interfacing with a CIM

data.  <font

repository (cimmofl).

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Although instances may be place in the

The direct interface compiler is used primarily to provide an

repository

initial

it was not designed as a

class/instance repository. WARNING:

high volume data store.

The use of cimmofl

to manipulate instances in the repository bypasses any provider that is

registered to serve these  instances and simply installs the

instances in the

instance repository; this may result in 1) bad data in the repository

if there are registered providers, 2) corruption of the repository if

the CIM Server is running or, 3) MOF data that is loaded but not

available until the server is stopped and restarted in some

cases.  Use of cimmofl in general is

discouraged and particularly  to manipulate

instances served by a registered providers (ex. Provider registration).

<h3>Security Considerations</h3>

<h4>Security Considerations

</h4>

OpenPegasus 2.5 (and

prior versions) contains several mechanisms to perform authorization, but none

prior) contains several mechanisms to perform authorization, but none

of these authorization checks are performed by default.

By registering any provider which fails to do appropriate authorization

checks, the consequences may include information leakage, data

corruption, or unintended elevation of privilege. Please ensure that

one of the following mechanisms is used to ensure appropriate access to

your systems and data:

your systems and data:

1. Only install/register providers which perform authorization

1. Only install/register providers which perform authorization

appropriate for your environment.

appropriate for your environment.

<div style="margin-left: 40px;">a. For providers, this may include registering to

<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"

color="RED">a. For providers, this may include registering to

'Run-as-requestor' (not available prior to Pegasus 2.5) and/or

performing authorization checks within the provider.

b. For administrators, ensure that the providers you have registered in

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3. Namespace authorization is also available.

For administration issues please refer to

the SSL Admin Guide found in the source repository at:   pegasus/doc/PegasusSSLGuidelines.htm

the SSL Admin Guide found at:   pegasus/doc/PegasusSSLGuidelines.htm

<h4>Server Security</h4>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">Basic Authentication

(Note that Digest based security is not implemented in Pegasus)</li>

(Note that Digest based security is not implemented)</li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">PAM authentication <o:p></o:p></li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">SSL support - SSL is

implemented in Pegasus using the OpenSSL

libraries. Pegasus does not provide the OpenSSL

libraries but SSL can be used on any platform supported by OpenSSL. .   This release of Pegasus was tested

libraries but SSL can be used on any platform supported by <span

with multiple versions of  OpenSSL versions

class="SpellE">OpenSSL.  Minimum level known to work

0.9.7 and 0.9.8.   Effective with Pegasus 2.5.1 the Open SSL version

is  0.9.6c .   This release of Pegasus was tested with

0.9.6 is no longer supported. See <a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/Application%20Data/Microsoft/Word/www.openssl.org">openssl.org</a>

0.9.6k.  See <a

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/Application%20Data/Microsoft/Word/www.openssl.org">openssl.org</a>

for OpenSSL release information<o:p>.</o:p></li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">SSL levels - SSLv3

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">SSL levels

SSLv3

and TLSv1 by default. SSLv2 is

disabled by default and only enabled by a compile time option.

See<a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/protected/doc.tpl?CALLER=index.tpl&gdid=8502">

See<a

PEP 237</a> for details on

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/protected/doc.tpl?CALLER=index.tpl&gdid=8502">

PEP 200</a> for details on

configuration.

</li>

</ol>

<h4>Client Security</h4>

<h4>Client Security<span

Certificate management

style="font-style: italic;"></h4>

and User-based certificate authentication . A new control provider and CLI for certificate management tasks. It expands upon the existing SSL

Certificate management 

and User-based certificate authentication . A new control provider and

CLI for certificate management tasks. It expands upon the existing SSL

client verification support by providing a robust solution to managing

client certificates and certificate revocation lists via standard CIM

operations. It allows certificates to be associated with particular

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and are the responsibility of the client to implement on their

own.  See the SSL guide found in the /pegasus/doc directory for

more details on client security.

Note: WBEM clients are responsible for SSL

Note: <span

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">WBEM clients are responsible for SSL

certificate verification using Pegasus and/or SSL libraries as

appropriate. Consequences of not doing so include leakage of

authentication credentials to unauthorized parties.

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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">Configuration through

the defined configuration parameters (cimconfig) and server command

line options.  NOTE: When installed

line options.<font

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" color="RED">  NOTE: When installed

as a service on Windows, setting the run-time config option

enableAuthentication to true can result in improper operation of the

SLP

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See bugzilla 4142 for details. <o:p></o:p></li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">Daemon/service

operation of the Pegasus CIM Server on all supported platforms<o:p>

with the exception of HP OpenVMS.</o:p></li>

with the exception of HP OpenVMS.

</o:p></li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">Operation statistics

capture using the CIM_StatisticalData classes in

capture using the <font

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

the DMTF Interop model. This

function is considered alpha quality and conditionally compiled.

</li>

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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">Platform Globalization

- Pegasus includes support for unicode data transfers and includes a

mechanism for message support in multiple languages using the open

source ICU libraries (<a href="http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/">http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/</a>).</li>

source ICU libraries (<a href="http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/">http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/</a>).

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">Out-of-process providers - See PEP 072 for more information on use of

Note that this is still marked experimental.</li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">Out-of-process

providers (Experimental) - See PEP 072 for more information on use of

this feature </li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">Shared class namespaces - See PEP 129 for more information on use of this feature.</li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">Shared class namespaces

(Experimental) - See PEP 129 for more information on use of this feature</li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">Remote providers for

the CMPI provider interface - See PEP 130 for more

the CMPI provider interface (Experimental) - See PEP 130 for more

information on use of this feature.</li>

information on use of this feature</li>

</ol>

<h4>SLP Discovery</h4>

SLP support is included but is conditionally compiled in or out on

a platform basis. <a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/8502/PEP200_RecommendedReleaseOptions.htm">

a platform basis. <a

PEP 237</a> describes the  environment variable (PEGASUS_ENABLE_SLP) to

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/8502/PEP200_RecommendedReleaseOptions.htm">

enable or disable this code.  Effective with Pegasus 2.5.1, support has

PEP 200</a> describes the use of proper environment variable use to

been added for the use of OpenSLP as the Service Agent (SA) in addition to the

enable or disable this code.  PEGASUS_DISABLE_SLP and

internal to the Service Agent.  This is controlled through an additional

PEGASUS_ENABLE_SLP are the environment variables that control inclusion

environment variable (PEGASUS_HAS_OPENSLP)  Once compiled, SLP

of this feature.  Once compiled, SLP

support is enabled with the slp configuration parameter (slp=true). SLP

support includes an SLP service agent in the Pegasus CIM sever (either the

support includes an SLP service agent in the Pegasus CIM sever and

internal agent or OpenSLP)  and

generates SLP advertisements compatible with the DMTF slp template

specification. The SLP support also includes  extensions to the

CIM Client libraries to execute SLP User Agent requests and analyze the

results (note that these interfaces are not yet part of the Pegasus

public SDK).

Note: Pegasus on Windows is built with SLP support on by default.

Note: Pegasus on Windows is built with SLP support on by default and to

<h4>Indication Handlers</h4>

exclude it from the build, then PEGASUS_DISABLE_SLP must be set.

<h5>System Log Indication Handler

</h5>

The SysLog Indication Handler is a new

for 2.5

type of Indication Handler which allows CIM Indications to be delivered

to the system syslog file. It has following features:

Each syslog file entry has a tag 'CIM Indication' to distinguish

<h4>Provider Managers</h4>

an entry made by Syslog Indication Handler.

If a subscriber includes PerceivedSeverity property in the SELECT

list of the filter condition for the indication, the PerceivedSeverity

will be mapped to syslog error severity. Otherwise, syslog error

severity 'LOG_INFO' is used.

See

<a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/7165/PEP206-SystemLogIndicationHandler.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">PEP

206</a> for details.

<h5>Email Indication Handler

</h5>

The Email Indication Handler is a new

for 2.5

type of Indication Handler that allows CIM Indications to be delivered

to a specified e-mail address.   See

<a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/7166/PEP207-EmailIndicationHandler.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">PEP

207</a>  for details.

</blockquote>

<h4>Pegasus Provider Interfaces</h4>

Pegasus is designed to support multiple Provider Managers to allow

multiple provider interfaces to the CIMOM.  The two default

provider managers are the Pegasus C++ Interface and Common

Manageability Programming Interface (CMPI) Interface.

Manageability Programming Interface (CMPI) Interface.

<h5>C++ Provider Interface</h5>

This is the original

interface defined for OpenPegasus Providers.  It provides an interface

for both operations and indications. Many of the sample and test providers are

written to this interface.  This interface includes a callback into the

CIMOM (CIMOMHandle).

<h5>CMPI C interface Provider Manager<o:p></o:p></h5>

Pegasus 2.5 includes

a provider manager for the CMPI C interfaces. This C interface is the

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http://www.opengroup.org/bookstore/catalog/c051.htm. This provides a

standardized C level interface for creating providers that can be

registered with the Pegasus CIM Server in the same manner as the

current C++ providers.  The

current C++ providers.  <span

style="font-family: "times new roman";">The

ability for CMPI providers to do user authorization is now available in

Pegasus 2.5.1.

Pegasus 2.5.

Information on writing providers with the CMPI interface is available

in the specification today (see above) and in the following documents

(http://sblim.sourceforge.net/whitepaper.html and

http://sblim.sourceforge.net/presentations.html) and readme.cmpi in the

Pegasus source root directory.

Pegasus source root directory.

NOTE: See the Feature status page

for exact status of the CMPI provider manager for different Pegasus

platforms.

<h5>JMPI Java Interface Provider Manager</h5>

Pegasus

Pegasus includes an experimental provider manager for Java

includes a provider manager for Java

provider interfaces based on the SNIA provider interface

definitions.  This provider manager is  considered alpha

quality and is not compiled in the default build.   See

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src/pegasus/controlproviders and include support for the following

classes:

<ul>

<li>DMTF Interop classes including __Namespace,  CIM_Namespace, CIM_ObjectManager,

<li>DMTF Interop classes including __Namespace,  <span

class="SpellE">CIM_Namespace, CIM_ObjectManager,

CIM_CommunicationMechanism, and

CIMOMStatistics.</li>

</ul>

<h4>CMPI Remote Providers</h4>

<h4>CMPI Remote</h4>

Pegasus includes an support for

Pegasus includes an experimental support for

running CMPI providers to be run on remote systems without the need for

an extra CIMOM. It uses a special proxying provider to relay requests

to a remote location using so-called communication layers. The remote

side has to start a CMPIRDaemon process, which accepts remote requests

and passes them on to CMPI style providers.<h3>

and passes them on to CMPI style providers.

Generic Providers</h3>

These are providers that support multiple pegauss platforms and include the Generic OperatingSystem provider. See

<h4>Generic Providers</h4>

Generic OperatingSystem provider. See

the

directory src/Providers/generic.

<h4>Test/Sample Providers</h4>

See the directories src/Providers/TestProviders

and src/Providers/sample for more

and src/Providers/Sample for more

information about test and

sample providers.

<h4>Managed System Providers</h4>

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more information on these providers see the documentation for each

provider in

the directory src/Providers/ManagedSystem

<h4>Server Statistics Provider

<h4>Server Statistics

</h4>

CIM Server statistics, based on the DMTF 'CIM_StatisticalData' class,

are implemented in this release. The statistics gathering is compiled

are implemented in this release. The statistics gathering is disabled

by default but it is disabled through a property in the singleton

by default. It may be enabled or disabled by performing a

CIM_ObjectManager class. It may be enabled or disabled by performing a

ModifyInstance operation on the singleton 'CIM_ObjectManager' instance

ModifyInstance operation on the 'CIM_ObjectManager instance

in the 'PG_InterOp' namespace to set the GatherStatisticalData property

to 'true' or 'false'. This property setting is persistent across CIM

Server restarts. A statistics display test tool, cimperf, is available

from the Pegasus CVS repository. <h4>SLP Provider</h4>

from the Pegasus CVS repository.

<h4>

</h4>

<h4>SLP Provider</h4>

This provider acts as the definer of

SLP information for SLP registration and also controls the Pegasus SLP

Service Agent. It is treated as a normal provider rather than a control

provider because it does not use internal functions of the CIMOM to

generate any of its information today. (conditionally compiled today)

generate any of its information today. (conditionally compiled today)

</blockquote>

<h2>Pegasus Indication Listeners</h2>

The generic components for a CIM Listener and a

listener API are operational.  This includes the functions for

HTTP, XML indication input and response, and consumers of indications.

This code can be used to define a separate listener package and is used

as an indication listener in the Pegasus server.

Pegasus includes 3 separate Indication Listeners.

<h3>Embedded CIMListener</h3>

This listener is embedded in the CIMServer and allows the

server to accept indications and route them.

<h3>Standalone Static CIMListener</h3>

This is a standalone listener that combines the functions

of listener and consumer into a single element.

<h3>Standalone Dynamic Listener</h3>

Pegasus 2.5

includes a new standalone dynamic listener that is separate

from the current standalone CIMListener and the ExportServer listener

in the CIM server.

The use model that this listener fits is the following:

<ul>

<li> The listener may be packaged as

part of the CIMOM or it may be packaged independently as part of

another application. </li>

<li> Consumers

are developed independently of the listener and may be shipped with the

listener or added to an installed listener at a future time. </li>

</ul>

This

dynamic listener provides a solution for the above use model. It

is essentially a lightweight, pluggable listener that

provides a small set of management features. The DynamicListener can be

run inside a daemon or a service. It is easily configurable and

bypasses traditional registration procedures.  See

<a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/protected/upreviews/20/1303/PEP195_CIMListenerEnhancementsv1_6.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">PEP 195</a>  for

details.

</blockquote>

<h3>CIM_Schema</h3>

The default CIM_Schema loaded with this

release is

the DMTF CIM 2.9, final release.  In addition, Pegasus includes

the DMTF CIM 2.9, Final release.  In addition, Pegasus includes

a number of

local classes defined for Pegasus.  These are defined in the pegasus/Schemas

local classes defined for Pegasus.  These are defined in the

pegasus/Schemas

directory.   There are also a

number of older schema available in the CVS.  Further, the CIM 2.10 and CIM

number of older schema available in the CVS.

2.11 schemas are available in the CVS repository and the Pegasus is compatible

with these Schemas.

The mechanism to install other schemas than the default is defined

in the mak/config.mak

NOTE: The CIM 2.5 schema is

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CVS repository because it remains the basis for parts of the Pegasus

test

environment.

</blockquote>

<h3>Pegasus MOF Compilers</h3>

Pegasus implements a MOF compiler that can operate either at the

client

interface to the Pegasus CIM Server (cimmof)

or directly interfacing with a CIM

repository (cimmofl).

The direct interface compiler is used primarily to provide an

initial

class/instance repository. WARNING:

the use of cimmofl

to manipulate instances in the repository bypasses any provider that is

registered to serve these  instances and simply installs the

instances in the

instance repository; this may result in 1) bad data in the repository

if there are registered providers, 2) corruption of the repository if

the CIM Server is running or, 3) MOF data that is loaded but not

available until the server is stopped and restarted in some

cases.  Use of cimmofl in general is

discouraged and particularly  to manipulate

instances served by a registered providers (ex. Provider registration).

<h3>Client Tools</h3>

Lightweight statistics are now implemented for

the

client. The client statistics surfaces the elapsed time spent in the

client,

and the

elapsed time spent on the network between client and server.

<h3>Pegasus CIM Server Administration</h3>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">cimuser

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">cimuser

- Manage Pegasus CIM Server Users.<o:p></o:p></li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">cimconfig

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">cimconfig

- Manage the Pegasus CIM Server configuration parameters.<o:p></o:p></li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">cimauth

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">cimauth

- Manage the CIM Server authorization characteristics. Today this is

authorizing users to namespaces.<o:p></o:p></li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">cimprovider

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">cimprovider

- Manage information about the providers .</li>

</ol>

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<h3>Information client tools</h3>

These tools provide information on the objects managed by the server.

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">tomof

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">tomof

- output classes and/or instance information from the Pegasus

- output classes and/or instance information from the Pegasus

repository in MOF or XML format.<o:p></o:p></li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">dnsinfo

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">dnsinfo

- Generate a set of standard information on the Domain

Name System (DNS) configuration from CIM Classes. Note that the

information generated is dependent on the information available from

providers and differs from system to system.<o:p></o:p></li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">ipinfo

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">ipinfo

- Generates a set of standard information from the Network

Schema.  Information generated varies by system because of the

level of provider support.<o:p></o:p></li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">osinfo

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">osinfo

- Generate a set of standard information on the Operating System from

CIM Classes. Note that the information generated is dependent on the

information available from providers and differs from system to system<o:p></o:p></li>

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

benchmark test environment is provided which includes both a client and

provider component. See src/clients/benchmarkTest

for more information.</li>

for more information.<o:p></o:p></li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">cimperf  - Lightweight statistics are implemented for

the

client. The client statistics surfaces the elapsed time spent in the

client,

and the

elapsed time spent on the network between client and server.</li>

</ol>

<h3>Pegasus Interface APIs</h3>

Details of the Pegasus public interfaces for this release are listed

in PEP 209

available from the web site(<a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/Administrator/My%20Documents/processes/www.openpegasus.org">www.openpegasus.org</a>).

available from the web site(<a

That document is the authorative source for the list

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/Administrator/My%20Documents/processes/www.openpegasus.org">www.openpegasus.org</a>).

of publicly supported Pegasus APIs.   The Client and Provider API were

That document is the authorative source

originally frozen at the Pegasus version 2.1 release. The interfaces in the

for the list of publicly supported Pegasus APIs.   The Client

release of Pegasus 2.1 are forward compatible to this release. Well-behaved

and Provider API were originally frozen at the Pegasus version 2.1

clients and providers compiled to the Pegasus 2.1 or 2.2 interfaces should be

release. The interfaces in the release of Pegasus 2.1 are forward

compatible with this release without compilation.  There have been

compatible to this release. Well-behaved clients and providers compiled

extensions and new interfaces added for this release.

to the Pegasus 2.1 or 2.2 interfaces should be compatible with this

release without compilation.  There have been extensions and new

interfaces added for this release and these are marked as experimental.

  The Pegasus public

interfaces includes the following major functions

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In addition, there are other client interfaces which are not today

in the public SDK including:

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">CIM Listener APIs</li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style=""

lang="DA">CIM Listener APIs</li>

<li class="MsoNormal">CIM Listener

is a component that can be used to consume indications without a

dependency on the Pegasus CIMOM. In environments where no CIMOM is

running or a physical separation between the indication listener and

the CIMOM is desired, CIM Listener fits the bill. Still, there are

several enhancements that are necessary to make CIM Listener scalable. Enhancements were deemed significant

several enhancements that are necessary to make CIM Listener scalable. <font

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Enhancements were deemed significant

enough to propose a new listener that builds off CIMListener's

basic capabilities, yet allows the existing CIMListener to remain the

same.</li>

<ul>

<li>New CIM Listener now provides selective

<li>New CIM Listener now provides selective

indication delivery.

indication delivery.

</li>

<li>New CIM Listener

<li>New CIM Listener

keeps all consumer libraries in memory for the duration of its

execution.

execution.

</li>

<li>New CIM Listener

<li>New CIM Listener

is now pluggable.</li>

is now pluggable.

<li>New CIM Listener

</li>

now provides reliable indication delivery.</li>

<li>New CIM Listener

now provides reliable indication delivery.</li>

</ul>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">SLP

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in the header files extracted with the doc++ tool will be available on

the

OpenPegasus web site.

<o:p></o:p>

WMI Mapper

<h3>WMI Mapper</h3>

The WBEM to WMI Mapper provides a way

to access

WMI data from Windows platform systems. It converts incoming XML/CIM

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on the connection (username and password). The WMI Mapper

authenticates these credentials, verifying if the provided credentials

have

access to the desired WMI data. This is done because the WMI Mapper runs as a service, logged on using an

access to the desired WMI data. This is done because the WMI <span

class="SpellE">Mapper runs as a service, logged on using an

account with

administrative rights (which has all access to WMI data). Because of

this, the

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MUST

contain user credentials.

<h3>Indication Handlers</h3>

System Log Indication Handler

<div style="margin-left: 40px;">The SysLog Indication Handler is a new

for 2.5

type of Indication Handler which allows CIM Indications to be delivered

to the system syslog file. It has following features:

</div>

<ul>

<li>Each syslog file entry has a tag 'CIM Indication' to distinguish

an entry made by Syslog Indication Handler.</li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li>If a subscriber includes PerceivedSeverity property in the SELECT

list of the filter condition for the indication, the PerceivedSeverity

will be mapped to syslog error severity. Otherwise, syslog error

severity 'LOG_INFO' is used.</li>

<li>See <a

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/7165/PEP206-SystemLogIndicationHandler.htm">PEP

206</a> for details.

</li>

</ul>

Email Indicaiton Handler

<div style="margin-left: 40px;">The Email Indication Handler is a new

for 2.5

type of Indication Handler that allows CIM Indications to be delivered

to a specified e-mail address.   See <a

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/7166/PEP207-EmailIndicationHandler.htm">PEP

207</a>  for details.

</div>

<ol>

</ol>

<h2>Relationship to

<h2><a name="Relationship_to_CIMWBEM_Standards"></a>Relationship to

CIM/WBEM Standards</h2>

Pegasus was designed and implemented to comply with the DMTF

specifications The following table defines the level of the DMTF specifications

specifications The following table defines the level of the DMTF

to which this version of Pegasus conforms today.

specifications which which Pegasus conforms today.

<tbody>

<tr>

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Pegasus release are:

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height="26" width="211">

Platform and

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

</td>

<td

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

height="26" width="289">

Compilers<span

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

</td>

</tr>

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width="211">

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

</td>

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

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

width="289">

HP <span

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

</td>

</tr>

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

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

width="211">

</td>

<span

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

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

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

width="211">

</td>

<span

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

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

</td>

<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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</tr>

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

width="211">

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

</td>

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

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

width="289">

<span

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

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</tr>

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width="211">

Linux IA-32<o:p></o:p>

</td>

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

gcc

width="289">

<span

style="color: black;">gcc

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

</td>

</tr>

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width="211">

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.   Works on VC .NET 2003 (aka

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>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

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

Windows XP<o:p>, Windows

width="211">

2003</o:p>

Windows XP<o:p></o:p>

</td>

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

width="289">

Microsoft

Visual C++ Ver. 6 and Microsoft .Net compiler Version 7.1<o:p></o:p>

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

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

</td>

</tr>

<td style="padding: 0.75pt; width: 126.75pt;" height="43" width="211"> MacOS version 10.2 and higher</td>

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

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

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

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

</tr>

<tr>

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

</big></td>

<td style="vertical-align: top;"> <big>HP C++ V6.5-042 for OpenVMS

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

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" color="RED">HP C++ V6.5-042 for OpenVMS

Alpha and above</big> </td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="vertical-align: top;"><big> HP OpenVMS IA64</big></td>

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

<td style="vertical-align: top;"><big>HP C++ V7.1-011 on OpenVMS IA64 and above</big>

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

</td>

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

</tr>

style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">HP C++ V7.1-011 on OpenVMS IA64 and above</big>

<tr>

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

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

</big></td>

color="RED">Solaris 8

<td style="vertical-align: top;"><big>GNU  2.95.3, Sun WorkShop 6

* See below for additional info

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

</big></td>

</td>

</tr>

</tbody>

</table>

Platform patches

Solaris:  Solaris testing

began late in the 2.5 release cycle, thus has not been thoroughly

tested.  In order for Pegasus 2.5 to function properly on that

platform, changes documented in OpenPegasus Bugzilla 4179  must be

applied.

<h2>Platform patches</h2>

The following is a list of platform

patches Pegasus requires.

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

RHAS

2.1 needs the update to fix Red Hat Bugzilla 98815.

</div>

</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 be

found at:

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

<o:p>

</o:p>

<h2><a name="Conformance with DMTF Specifications">Conformance with

DMTF Specifications</a></h2>

It is a major goal

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indications but does not

include any specific support for lifecycle indications.</li>

<li>

IncludeQualifiers

<font

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

option on Instance Operations

The DMTF specifications are unclear regarding the inclusion of

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The development and release of each version of Pegasus is defined

and

controlled through Pegasus PEP documents.  PEP 180 is the

controlling document  for Pegasus 2.5.0 and PEP 239 is the controlling

controlling document

document for this release. These PEPs list the original set of changes proposed and the

this release and lists the original set of changes proposed and the

status of

each of those changes. Note that not all of the originally defined

functionality was completed for this release.

In general, the areas of development for release 2.5.0 were:

In general, the areas of development for this release were:

Addition of CQL

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</li>

Completion of HTTP

chunking. Pegasus

chunking. Pegasus

now supports HTTP V1.1 transfer encoding otherwise known as chunking .<a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/5097/PEP140_ChunkedEncoding_4.3.html">

now supports HTTP V1.1 transfer encoding otherwise known as chunking .<a

PEP 140</a> describes the implementation details.

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/5097/PEP140_ChunkedEncoding_4.3.html">

PEP 140</a> describes the implementation details.

</li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">Client side performance

statistics</li>

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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">Email Indication handler.</li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;">Port to OpenVMS.</li>

</ol>

For release 2.5.1, a number of additional changes were made( See PEP 239 for

more details):.

<li>Significant performance improvements ( better than 10 to 1 for operations

and 3 to 1 for indications). (bug 4225)</li>

<li>Improved support for the several platforms (Solaris, MacOS, HardHat Linux)</li>

<li>Modified Makefile targets for easier usage.</li>

<li>Extended and reorganized unit and end-end tests.</li>

<li>Completed implementation of statistics gathering for operations.</li>

<li>Further integrated CMPI and added additional tests.</li>

<li>Consolidate some of the compile-time variables. Largely this meant moving

from separate variables for DISABLE and ENABLE to a single variable where the

value representes the state.</li>

<li>Corrected error where Pegasus could not maintain general whitespace in

strings (bug 4624).</li>

<li>SLP extended to allow optional use of OpenSLP as the Service Agent (SA) in place of

the Pegasus internal SA.</li>

<li>Changes to align OpenPegasus and Red Hat RPM packaging and configuration

options.</li>

<li>Additonal testing and integration of the  JMPI provider manager.</li>

</ol>

Specifically the status of several components of Pegasus functionality were

moved in status on the Feature Status Page as follows:

<ol>

<li>Binary Repository move to green (production capable). (see bug 4388)</li>

<li>Out of Process providers</li>

<li>Pegasus Provider Interfaces, User Context for Linux and Unix</li>

</ol>

The complete set of changes defined for this release

The complete set of PEPs defined for

is defined in PEP 239

this release is defined in PEP 180.

<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

database</a>.  Note that bugs committed for Pegasus 2.5.1 have been marked

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

with the keyword 2.5.1_APPROVED so that

database</a>.

all bug fixes for this release can be found with the following bug search. 

Note that since this was a minor release all of the fixes were documented as

bugs so that even the changes listed in the previous section are listed as bugs.

http://cvs.rdg.opengroup.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?keywords=2.5.1_APPROVED</a>

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

<h2><a

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

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

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Specifically the following PEPs define the characteristics of this

Pegasus release.

<ol>

<li>

<li><a

<a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/8568/PEP209_ExternalInterface2.5.htm">PEP 209</a> - OpenPegaus 2.5 External Interfaces.

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/protected/upreviews/20/1682/PEP209_ExternalInterface2.5.htm">PEP

</li>

209</a> - OpenPegaus 2.5 External Interfaces (as of this document

<li>

verion of PEP 230, PEP 209 is listed as draft status)

<a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/10083/PEP237_RecommendedReleaseOptions.htm">PEP  237</a> - OpenPegaus 2.5.1 Build and Configuration

</li>

<li><a

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/protected/doc.tpl?CALLER=index.tpl&gdid=8502">PEP 

200</a> - OpenPegaus 2.5 Build and Configuration

Option  for Selected

Platforms</li>

<li>PEP 249 - Pegasus 2.5.1 Release Notes (This document located in the PEP

<li>PEP 230 - Pegasus 2.5 Release Notes (This document)</li>

repository and the Pegasus source tree root directory)</li>

<li><a

<li>

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/protected/doc.tpl?CALLER=index.tpl&gdid=8503">PEP

<a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/9825/PEP242_RuntimePackaging2.5.1.htm">PEP 242</a> -  Pegasus 2.5.1 Runtime Packaging Definition

227</a> -  Pegasus 2.5 Runtime Packaging Definition

</li>

<li>

<li><a

<a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/9820/PEP243_SDKFile2.5.1.htm">PEP 243</a>  - OpenPegasus 2.5.1 SDK Packaging Definition</li>

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/protected/doc.tpl?CALLER=index.tpl&gdid=8466">PEP

<li>PEP 251  - Pegasus readme.txt for 2.5.1 (Located in PEP repository

210</a>  - OpenPegasus 2.5 SDK Packaging Definition</li>

and also in the Pegasus

<li>PEP 235  - Pegasus readme.txt for 2.5 (also in the Pegasus

source

tree root directory).</li>

<li>

<li><a

<a href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/10067/PEP239_2_5_1ReleaseDefinition.htm">PEP 239</a> - OpenPegasus Release Definition - This PEP is used

href="http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/protected/revdoc.tpl?CALLER=revdocuments.tpl&grid=1411">PEP

180</a> - 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

PEPs that represent the Pegasus 2.5 functionality changes.  (as of

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

</ul>

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