HP WBEM Services Version A.02.07 Release Notes, September 2008, Second Edition

Table 1-6 HP-UX 11i v3 WBEM Solution Compatibility Table (continued)
Supported HP WBEM
Services VersionProduct VersionProduct TitleProduct Tag
WBEMPIOTreeIP B.11.31.0709CIM/WBEM Indication
Provider for
IOTreesubsystem
3.1.00.01Application Discovery
Managed Node Agent
AppDiscMN
B.11.31.0803Smart Array Provider
product
RAIDSAPROVIDER
C.02.00.05HP-UX Kernel ProvidersKernalProviders
A.03.00.01.05HP Global Workload
Manager Agent
gWLM-Agent
Compatibility
Starting with the A.02.05 release, HP WBEM Services for HP-UX will support an option
that allows a WBEM Provider (i.e., the management instrumentation) to run as the user
who issued the management request. Prior to this release, all WBEM Providers executed
in a privileged context. With the release of HP WBEM Services A.02.05.02 for HP-UX
11i v3, WBEM Providers will, by default, be invoked in the context of the user requesting
an operation (i.e., “Run-As-Requestor”). This default setting can break backward
compatibility for certain types of Providers.
This means that existing Providers that run in the user context of the CIM Server may
break. To remedy this situation, developers have the following two alternatives:
Alternative 1:
To continue running their Provider in a privileged context, developers will need to
explicitly register their Provider to run in a “Privileged User” context. This is a
configuration file change and should not require a change to the Provider library. That
is, developers will not be required to recompile/relink their providers to continue
running in a privileged context.
To register their Provider to run in a “Privileged User ” context, developers need to
modify the PG_ProviderModule instance definition in their Provider Registration
mof as follows:
1. Change the InterfaceVersion from “2.1.0” to “2.5.0”
2. Add the new property UserContext = 2
Example using an updated PG_ProviderModule instance definition for the
Operating System Provider Module:
instance of PG_ProviderModule
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