Provided by: sblim-wbemcli_1.6.3-1_amd64 
NAME
wbemcli - independent command line CIM Client
SYNOPSIS
wbemcli gc|gcd|dc|ec|ecn|gi|ci|mi|di|ei|ein|ai|ain|ri|rin|gp|sp|cm|cmx [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-cte] [-dx] [-dr]
[-noverify] [-cacert file] [-clientcert file] [-clientkey file] [-ac assocClass] [-arc resultClass]
[-ar role] [-arr resultRole] objectPath [prop=value[,...]] [prop[,...]]
Alternate formats:
(These symlinks are not installed by the Debian package, but work if created manually.)
wbemgc [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop[,...]]
wbemgcd [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
wbemdc [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
wbemec [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-cte] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop[,...]]
wbemecn [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
wbemgi [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop[,...]]
wbemci [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop=value[,...]]
wbemmi [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop=value[,...]]
wbemdi [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
wbemei [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-cte] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath [prop[,...]]
wbemein [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath
wbemai [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-cte] [-dx] [-dr] [-ac assocClass] [-arc resultClass] [-ar role]
[-arr resultRole] objectPath [prop[,...]]
wbemain [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] [-ac assocClass] [-arc resultClass] [-ar role] [-arr resultRole]
objectPath
wbemri [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-cte] [-dx] [-dr] [-arc resultClass] [-ar role] objectPath [prop[,...]]
wbemrin [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] [-arc resultClass] [-ar role] objectPath
wbemgp [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath prop
wbemsp [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath prop=value
wbemcm [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath method[.param=value[,...]]
wbemcmx [-nl] [-h] [-t] [-dx] [-dr] objectPath method[.param=value[,...]]
DESCRIPTION
wbemcli is a command line based CIM Client. It uses one of the
gc|gcd|dc|ec|ecn|gi|ci|mi|di|ei|ein|ai|ain|ri|rin|gp|sp|cm|cmx operations and the fully qualified path to
the CIM Object to get to the host and execute the specified operation. This implementation is CIMOM
library independent and can be used with all WBEM compliant CIMOM implementations. The objectPath
parameter is used to locate the CIM object and has the following format:
<scheme>://[user:pwd@]<host>:<port>/<namespace[/..]>:<classname>[.<key=value[,..]>]
The objectPath should be enclosed in single quotes so that double quoted
strings are perserved by the command line shell. Refer to the examples section.
The only scheme supported is http. Example:
http://krz:xyz@localhost:5988/root/cimv2:rpm_package.name=glibc
The prop=value[,...] parameter is used to specify <Property>=<Value> pairs for the ci, mi and sp
operations. Only one <Property>=<Value> pair must be specified for the sp operation.
Example:
stringProp="a string",booleanProp=true,numericProp=25
Arrays of property values are supported by specifying additional values
separated by commas
Example:
stringProp="a string","another string",numericProp=25,49,12
The prop[,...] parameter specifies the properties to be returned. One prop must be specified for the gp
operation. For other operations this parameter is optional, if none are specified all properties will be
returned.
Example:
stringProp,booleanProp,numericProp
The method[.param=value[,...] parameter is used to specify <Parameter>=<Value> pairs for the cm
operation.
Example:
Method2Execute.stringParam="a string",booleanParam=true,numericParam=25
Arrays of property values are supported by specifying additional values
separated by commas
Example:
Method2Execute.stringParam="a string","another string",numericParam=25,49,12
OPERATIONS:
Supported operations are:
gc get class
gcd get class definition
dc delete class
ec enumerate classes
ecn enumerate class names
gi get instance
ci create instance
mi modify instance
di delete instance
ei enumerate instances
ein enumerate instance names
ai enumerate association instances
ain enumerate association instance names
ri enumerate reference instances
rin enumerate reference instance names
gp get property
sp set property
cm call method
cmx call method (return XML)
OPTIONS
-h Print a help message
-nl Start a new line for every property returned
-t Append array ([]), reference (&) and key property (#) indicators to property names
-cte Enable support for chunked responses from CIMOM
-v Show version information
-dx Show XML messages payload as received from CIMOM
-dr Delineate references with { } pairs
-noverify
Do not verify the server certificate for https URLs (useful for testing)
-cacert
CA certificate file (required for https URLS unless -noverify is specified)
-clientcert
Client certificate file (if the CIM server requires client certificates)
-clientkey
Client private key file (required if -clientcert is specified)
-ac association class name (ai, ain only)
-arc result class name (ai, ain, rin, ri only)
-ar role name (ai, ain, rin, ri only)
-arr result role name (ai, ain only)
LIBRARIES
wbemcli requires either libghttp, libwww, or winhttp, depending on build options used.
Example
To get all instances of rpm_packages, i.e. all installed rpm packages on the local system, the following
command can be used:
wbemcli ei 'http://localhost:5988/root/cimv2:rpm_package'
The get instance operation can be specified to get more information about a certain package:
wbemcli gi 'http://localhost:5988/root/cimv2:rpm_package.name="glibc"'
The create instance (ci) operation can be called using the following format example. Property values can
also be specified/add to the sytax.
wbemcli ci
'http://localhost:5988/root/cimv2:TST_InstanceProperties.CreationClassName="TST_InstanceProperties",Id="Instance
#2"' 'CreationClassName="TST_InstanceProperties",Id="Instance #2",Property_string2="This is
instance#2",Property_uint8=250'
More command line examples can be found from the wbemcli/samples directory.
Host indirection support
The scheme and host specification in the object path can be replaced by an arbitrary token that will be
used to locate the proper scheme and host specification in ./wbemcli.ind or any file specified via the
WBEMCLI_IND environment variable. The format of this file is as follows:
<token>: <scheme>://[user:pwd@]<host>:<port>
Assuming the following entry in ./wbemcli.ind:
myCimom: http://localhost:5988
The example in the previous section can then be specified as:
wbemcli gi 'myCimom/root/cimv2:rpm_package.name="glibc"'
FILES
/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt The default CA certificate file. Can be overridden with -cacert.
EXIT CODES
0 Normal termination.
16 Abnormal termination, see diagnostics printed to the standard error.
AUTHOR
Adrian Schuur <schuur@de.ibm.com>
BUGS
The SBLIM project maintains a mailing list to which you should direct all questions regarding sfcb, sfcc,
wbemcli, or any of the SBLIM providers. To subscribe to this mailing list visit
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sblim-issues
The SBLIM Project Bug tracking page can be found at
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=128809&atid=712784
COPYRIGHT
(C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009
AVAILABILITY
wbemcli is a part of the SBLIM project. The most recent version is available on the web at
http://sblim.sourceforge.net/
SEE ALSO
cimserver(1)