HP WBEM Services for HP-UX and Linux System Administrator's Guide

Troubleshooting

HP WBEM Services Messages

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One or more parameter values passed to the method were invalid

• CIM_ERR_METHOD_NOT_AVAILABLE

The extrinsic method could not be executed.

• CIM_ERR_METHOD_NOT_FOUND

The specified extrinsic method does not exist.

• CIM_ERR_INVALID_QUERY

The query is not valid for the specified query language.

• CIM_ERR_INVALID_SUPERCLASS

Operation cannot be carried out because the specified superclass

does not exist.

• CIM_ERR_NO_SUCH_PROPERTY

The specified property does not exist.

• CIM_ERR_TYPE_MISMATCH

The value supplied is incompatible with the type.

• CIM_ERR_NOT_FOUND

The requested object could not be found.

• CIM_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED

The requested operation is not supported.

Examples of CIM Responses

For example, consider a client requesting a createInstance operation on

the PG_OperatingSystem class, when this operation is not supported by

the Operating System provider. The requestor will receive the following

response (shown below encoded in XML)

<?xml version=”1.0” encoding=”utf-8”?>

<ERROR CODE=”7” DESCRIPTION=”CIM_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED:

The requested operation is not supported: “OperatingSystemProvider

does not support createInstance”/>