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2wbemcli(1)                  General Commands Manual                 wbemcli(1)
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NAME

7       wbemcli - independent command line CIM Client
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SYNOPSIS

10       wbemcli  gc|gcd|dc|ec|ecn|gi|ci|mi|di|ei|ein|ai|ain|ri|rin|gp|sp|cm|cmx
11       [-nl]  [-h]  [-t]  [-cte]  [-dx]   [-dr]   [-noverify]   [-cacert file]
12       [-clientcert file]   [-clientkey file]  [-ac assocClass]  [-arc result‐
13       Class]  [-ar role]  [-arr resultRole]   objectPath   [prop=value[,...]]
14       [prop[,...]]
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Alternate formats:

17       wbemgc     [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop[,...]]
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19       wbemgcd    [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
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21       wbemdc     [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
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23       wbemec     [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-cte] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop[,...]]
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25       wbemecn    [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
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27       wbemgi     [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop[,...]]
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29       wbemci     [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop=value[,...]]
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31       wbemmi     [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop=value[,...]]
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33       wbemdi     [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
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35       wbemei     [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-cte] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop[,...]]
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37       wbemein    [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
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39       wbemai       [-nl]   [-h]  [-t]  [-cte]  [-dx]  [-dr]  [-ac assocClass]
40       [-arc resultClass] [-ar role] [-arr resultRole] objectPath [prop[,...]]
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42       wbemain    [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr]  [-ac assocClass]  [-arc result‐
43       Class] [-ar role] [-arr resultRole] objectPath
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45       wbemri      [-nl]  [-h]  [-t]  [-cte]  [-dx]  [-dr]  [-arc resultClass]
46       [-ar role] objectPath [prop[,...]]
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48       wbemrin    [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx]  [-dr]  [-arc resultClass]  [-ar role]
49       objectPath
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51       wbemgp     [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath prop
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53       wbemsp     [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath prop=value
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55       wbemcm         [-nl]     [-h]     [-t]     [-dx]    [-dr]    objectPath
56       method[.param=value[,...]]
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58       wbemcmx       [-nl]    [-h]     [-t]     [-dx]     [-dr]     objectPath
59       method[.param=value[,...]]
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DESCRIPTION

62       wbemcli  is  a  command  line  based  CIM  Client.  It  uses one of the
63       gc|gcd|dc|ec|ecn|gi|ci|mi|di|ei|ein|ai|ain|ri|rin|gp|sp|cm|cmx   opera‐
64       tions and the fully qualified path to the CIM Object to get to the host
65       and execute the specified  operation.   This  implementation  is  CIMOM
66       library  independent  and  can  be  used  with all WBEM compliant CIMOM
67       implementations.  The objectPath parameter is used to  locate  the  CIM
68       object and has the following format:
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70            <scheme>://[user:pwd@]<host>:<port>/<namespace[/..]>:<class‐
71       name>[.<key=value[,..]>]
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73       The objectPath should be enclosed  in  single  quotes  so  that  double
74       quoted
75              strings  are  perserved  by the command line shell. Refer to the
76              examples section.
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78       The only scheme supported is http. Example:
79                   http://krz:xyz@localhost:5988/root/cimv2:rpm_pack‐
80              age.name=glibc
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82       The  prop=value[,...]  parameter  is used to specify <Property>=<Value>
83       pairs for the ci, mi and sp operations.   Only  one  <Property>=<Value>
84       pair must be specified for the sp operation.
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86       Example:
87              stringProp="a string",booleanProp=true,numericProp=25
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89       Arrays of property values are supported by specifying additional values
90              separated by commas
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92       Example:
93              stringProp="a string","another string",numericProp=25,49,12
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95       The  prop[,...] parameter specifies the properties to be returned.  One
96       prop must be specified for the gp operation. For other operations  this
97       parameter  is  optional,  if  none are specified all properties will be
98       returned.
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100       Example:
101              stringProp,booleanProp,numericProp
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103       The method[.param=value[,...] parameter is  used  to  specify  <Parame‐
104       ter>=<Value> pairs for the cm operation.
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106       Example:
107              Method2Execute.stringParam="a string",booleanParam=true,numeric‐
108              Param=25
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110       Arrays of property values are supported by specifying additional values
111              separated by commas
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113       Example:
114              Method2Execute.stringParam="a string","another  string",numeric‐
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OPERATIONS:

118       Supported operations are:
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120       gc     get class
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122       gcd    get class definition
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124       dc     delete class
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126       ec     enumerate classes
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128       ecn    enumerate class names
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130       gi     get instance
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132       ci     create instance
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134       mi     modify instance
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136       di     delete instance
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138       ei     enumerate instances
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140       ein    enumerate instance names
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142       ai     enumerate association instances
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144       ain    enumerate association instance names
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146       ri     enumerate reference instances
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148       rin    enumerate reference instance names
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150       gp     get property
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152       sp     set property
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154       cm     call method
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156       cmx    call method (return XML)
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OPTIONS

159       -h     Print a help message
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161       -nl    Start a new line for every property returned
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163       -t     Append array ([]), reference (&) and key property (#) indicators
164              to property names
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166       -cte   Enable support for chunked responses from CIMOM
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168       -v     Show version information
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170       -dx    Show XML messages payload as received from CIMOM
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172       -dr    Delineate references with { } pairs
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174       -noverify
175              Do not verify the server certificate for https URLs (useful  for
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178       -cacert
179              CA certificate file (required for https URLS unless -noverify is
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182       -clientcert
183              Client certificate file (if the CIM server requires client  cer‐
184              tificates)
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186       -clientkey
187              Client private key file (required if -clientcert is specified)
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189       -ac    association class name (ai, ain only)
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191       -arc   result class name (ai, ain, rin, ri only)
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193       -ar    role name (ai, ain, rin, ri only)
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195       -arr   result role name (ai, ain only)
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LIBRARIES

198       wbemcli  requires  either  libghttp,  libwww,  or winhttp, depending on
199       build options used.
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Example

202       To get all instances of rpm_packages, i.e. all installed  rpm  packages
203       on the local system, the following command can be used:
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205        wbemcli ei 'http://localhost:5988/root/cimv2:rpm_package'
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207       The  get  instance  operation  can be specified to get more information
208       about a certain package:
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210        wbemcli gi 'http://localhost:5988/root/cimv2:rpm_package.name="glibc"'
211        The  create  instance (ci) operation can be called using the following
212        format example.  Property values can  also  be  specified/add  to  the
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215        wbemcli    ci    'http://localhost:5988/root/cimv2:TST_InstanceProper‐
216        ties.CreationClassName="TST_InstanceProperties",Id="Instance      #2"'
217        'CreationClassName="TST_InstanceProperties",Id="Instance     #2",Prop‐
218        erty_string2="This is instance#2",Property_uint8=250'
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220        More command line examples  can  be  found  from  the  wbemcli/samples
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Host indirection support

226       The scheme and host specification in the object path can be replaced by
227       an arbitrary token that will be used to locate the  proper  scheme  and
228       host specification in ./wbemcli.ind or any file specified via the WBEM‐
229       CLI_IND environment variable.  The format of this file is as follows:
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231            <token>: <scheme>://[user:pwd@]<host>:<port>
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233       Assuming the following entry in ./wbemcli.ind:
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237       The example in the previous section can then be specified as:
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239             wbemcli gi 'myCimom/root/cimv2:rpm_package.name="glibc"'
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ENVIRONMENT

242       WBEMCLI_CURL_SSLVERSION
243              Specifies the SSL protocol that will be used.  Valid values  are
244              SSLv2,  SSLv3,  TLSv1,  TLSv1.0  (TLSv1_0), TLSv1.1 (TLSv1_1) or
245              TLSv1.2 (TLSv1_2).  If this variable is not  set,  wbemcli  will
246              attempt to figure out the remote SSL protocol version.
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FILES

249       /etc/pki/Pegasus/client.pem
250              The default CA certificate file. Can be overriden with -cacert.
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AUTHOR

253       Adrian Schuur <schuur@de.ibm.com>
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BUGS

256       The  SBLIM  project maintains a mailing list to which you should direct
257       all questions regarding sfcb,  sfcc,  wbemcli,  or  any  of  the  SBLIM
258       providers.  To subscribe to this mailing list visit
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260              http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sblim-issues
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262       The SBLIM Project Bug tracking page can be found at
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264              http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=128809&atid=712784
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COPYRIGHT

267       (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009
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AVAILABILITY

270       wbemcli  is  a  part  of  the SBLIM project. The most recent version is
271       available on the web at
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273              http://sblim.sourceforge.net/
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SEE ALSO

276       cimserver(1)
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281wbemcli Version 1.6.2              June 2009                        wbemcli(1)