Registering a Common Information Model Provider to a Common Information Model Object Manager

A method, in a server, of registering a Common Information Model CIM) provider to at least one Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM), comprising:

• pre-storing in the at least one CIMOM at least one class definition;
• sending, by the at least one CIMOM, information to the CIM provider in order for the CIM provider to determine the at least one CIMOM existing in a network;
• sending the at least one CIMOM, the at least one class definition stored in the CIMOM in order for the CIM provider to determine if the CIMOM comprises a class definition suitable for the CIM provider to operate;
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• responsive to the CIM provider determining that the CIMOM comprises a suitable class definition, registering, by the at least one CIMOM, the CIM provider by recording an identifier of the CIM provider under the name of the class definition suitable to the CIM provider in the at least one CIMOM.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a storage module for pre-storing in the CIMOM at least one class definition;
• a sending module for sending to the Common Information Model (CIM) provider information to the CIM provider in order for the CIM provider to determine the CIMOM existing in a network;
• a first assisting module for sending the at least one class definition stored in the CIMOM in order for the CIM provider to determine if the CIMOM comprises a class definition suitable for the CIM provider to operate;
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• a second assisting module for registering the CIM provider by recording an identifier of the CIM provider under the name of the class definition suitable to the CIM provider in the at least one CIMOM in response to the CIM provider determining that the CIMOM comprises a suitable class definition.

A computer program product comprising a computer recordable medium having a computer readable program recorded thereon, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:

• pre-store in the at least one Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM) at least one class definition;
• send, by the at least one CIMOM, information to the Common Information Model (CIM) provider in order for the CIM provider to determine the at least one CIMOM existing in a network;
• send, by the at least one CIMOM, the at least one class definition stored in the CIMOM in order for the CIM provider to determine if the CIMOM comprises a class definition suitable for the CIM provider to operate;
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• responsive to the CIM provider determining that the CIMOM comprises a suitable class definition, register, by the at least one CIMOM, the CIM provider by recording an identifier of the CIM provider under the name of the class definition suitable to the CIM provider in the at least one CIMOM.