Querying WBEM Operations for a Specific Class

1	Select WBEM Operation from VMware >> CIM Browser.

This displays the WBEM Operation view.

2	Select the host.

You can either select the CIM host from the drop-down list or click Add CIM Host to add a host/workspace.

Note If you select the CIM host from the list, you should click the Refresh icon () to make sure the host/namespace has the latest CIM classes. If any classes were added to the host/namespace since the host was added to the view, they will not be included in the WBEM Operation view until you click this icon.

3	Select a CIM class.

You can either type the name in the text box, or click Search to open a CIM class name search wizard. The search wizard (Search Wizard) contains all CIM classes in the selected CIM host/workspace.

Search Wizard

4	Select the WBEM operation from the drop-down list.

The following operations are available:

■	Enumerate CIM class names

■	Enumerate CIM classes

■	Enumerate CIM instances

■	Enumerate CIM instance names

■	Get CIM Class

5	Check the desired boxes to indicate the extent of the query.

■	Deep – the result contains the specified class and all subclasses.

■	Local Only – only elements defined in or overridden in the class are included in the result.

■	Include Qualifiers – All qualifiers for each class and its elements are present in the result.

■	Include Class Origin – The class origin attribute is the name of the class that first defined the property or method. If checked, the class Origin attribute will be present for each property and method on all returned CIM Classes.

6	Click Execute to query the selected WBEM operation for the selected class.

The operation will be executed. The results will be shown in a tree view (WBEM Operation View).

WBEM Operation View