HP WBEM Services Software Developer's Kit for HP-UX Provider and Client Developer's Guide A.01

Client Implementation
Chapter 590
heterogeneous platform environments or to operate on a particular
platform, manage only the local system on which they are running, or
manage one or more remote systems or entities. Platforms may be
general-purpose servers or specific-purpose devices such as printers or
storage arrays.
While there are many factors in designing a client application (graphical
user interface design, human factors evaluations, plug-in and
infrastructure architecture and others), this section focuses only on the
aspects of interacting with the WBEM CIM Server (discovery, CIM
operations, interpreting results, and other topics). Clients may also want
to make use of their own CIM classes and thus may also be CIM
providers.
To write a client application, you need to:
• Define the management operations you need to perform. This could
include simply monitoring information on a single system or actively
managing several managed entities.
• Identify the schema and applicable providers on the managed
platforms which support those requirements.
• Implement the Client application, including:
— Discovery on platforms of interest, namespaces, classes, and
instrumented elements;
— Client navigation of the schema;
— Security;
— Compiling and linking;
— Test strategy and documentation; and
— Release (including distribution, installation, and upgrade).
Documentation for the C++ Client API may be found in the HP WBEM
Services SDK in the /opt/wbem/html directory.