cimprovider(1)cimprovider(1)NAMEcimprovider - disable, enable, remove , list or display status of reg‐
istered CIM providers or CIM provider modules
SYNOPSIScimprovider-d -m module
cimprovider-e -m module
cimprovider-r -m module [ -p provider ]
cimprovider-l [ -s | -m module ]
cimprovider-h
cimprovider--help
cimprovider--version
Remarks
The -l option for this command can be executed by any user(s). All
other options require superuser permissions.
This command disables, enables, or removes one CIM provider module or
CIM provider at a time.
DESCRIPTION
The cimprovider command provides a command line interface to disable,
enable, unregister, and list registered CIM providers. If a CIM
provider is disabled, the CIM Server rejects any requests to the
provider. If a CIM provider is enabled, the CIM Server forwards
requests to the provider. And if a CIM provider is unregistered, the
CIM Server will no longer have any information about the provider.
In order to use the cimprovider command, cimserver has to be running
and the specified provider module (a grouping of providers in the same
shared library) or provider has to be registered with WBEM Services.
The first form of cimprovider disables the specified provider module.
When a specified provider module is in the disabled state, any new
requests to the providers that are contained in the specified provider
module will be rejected.
The second form of cimprovider enables the providers that are contained
in the specified provider module. The providers that are contained in
the specified provider module are now ready to accept new requests.
The third form of cimprovider removes (un-registers) the specified
provider module and all of its contained providers or the specified
provider in the specified provider module. Once removed, a provider or
provider module must be re-registered (typically by loading its regis‐
tration schema via the cimmof command).
The last form of cimprovider lists all the registered provider modules
and module status or all the providers in the specified provider mod‐
ule. To list all providers in all modules, issue a cimprovider-l com‐
mand, followed by cimprovider-l -m for each listed module.
The following provider module status values are defined:
OK The provider module is enabled.
Stopping The provider module is in the process of being disabled.
Stopped The provider module is disabled.
Degraded A failure was detected in an out-of-process provider
module. Disable and re-enable the provider module to
ensure any active indication subscriptions are being
served.
Error An invalid registration instance was encountered upon
CIM Server initialization.
Specifying no options with the cimprovider command displays the command
usage.
Options
The cimprovider command recognizes the following options:
-d Disables the specified CIM provider R module .
If user(s) try to disable a module that is
already disabled, an error message is returned
and no action is taken.
-e Enables the specified CIM provider R module . If
user(s) try to enable a module that is already
enabled or try to enable a module that is dis‐
abling, an error message is returned and no
action is taken.
-h, --help Display command usage information.
-l Displays all the registered provider modules.
-m module Specifies the provider module for the operation.
-p provider Specifies the provider for the operation.
-r Removes the specified provider module and all of
its contained providers. If provider is speci‐
fied, removes the specified provider in the spec‐
ified provider module (not affecting any other
providers in that module).
-s Displays the status of provider modules.
--version Display CIM Server version number.
EXIT STATUS
When an error occurs, an error message is written to stderr and an
error value 1 is returned. The following return values are returned:
0 Successful completion
1 Error
USAGE NOTES
The cimprovider command requires that the CIM Server is running. If an
operation requires more than two minutes to be processed, the cim‐
provider command prints a timeout message and returns an error value.
EXAMPLES
Disable provider module "OperatingSystemProvider" and all of its con‐
tained providers (placing them in a stopped state).
cimprovider-d -m OperatingSystemProvider
Enable provider module "OperatingSystemProvider" and all of its con‐
tained providers (placing them in an OK state).
cimprovider-e -m OperatingSystemProvider
Remove (un-register) the "OperatingSystemProvider" provider module and
all of its contained providers.
cimprovider-r -m OperatingSystemProvider
Remove (un-register) the "PG_OperatingSystemProvider" provider that is
contained in the "OperatingSystemProvider" provider module.
cimprovider-r -m OperatingSystemProvider -p PG_OperatingSystem‐
Provider
List the registered provider modules.
cimprovider-l
List the registered provider modules and their status (such as OK,
Stopping, Stopped).
cimprovider-l -s
List the registered providers which are contained in the "OperatingSys‐
temProvider" provider module.
cimprovider-l -m OperatingSystemProvider
SEE ALSOcimmof(1), cimserver(1).
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