Monthly Archives: June 2013

Standards for Manageability

Since OpenLMI is based on open industry standards, it is useful to take a closer look at these standards, including the organizations that develop and support them. Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF, formerly “Desktop Management Task Force”) is an industry … Continue reading

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System Manageability

The greatest need for improving the manageability of Linux systems is to provide a standard programming interface – an API – for system management functions. The API should be a low-level interface that provides the needed control over managed systems. … Continue reading

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OpenLMI Agent Infrastructure

The DMTF/CIM technology stack has been chosen for the agent infrastructure. This provides several building blocks that accelerate development and reduce cost of implementation: A standard object broker, called a CIMOM (CIM Object Monitor), which provides a standard method for … Continue reading

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Introducing OpenLMI

OpenLMI, the Linux Manageability Infrastructure, is building the infrastructure to standardize the management of Linux systems. It is an open project, hosted at http://www.openlmi.org. OpenLMI consists of a set of system management agents installed on a managed system, an OpenLMI … Continue reading

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