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<FONT COLOR="BLACK"><FONT FACE="Arial">The purpose of this document
is to provide you with information on the integration of WMI and <A HREF="http://www.dmtf.org/wbem/index.html">WBEM</A>
with the ProVision suite of products from PLATINUM <SPAN STYLE="font-style : italic;">technology</SPAN>.</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT COLOR="BLACK">PLATINUM <SPAN STYLE="font-style : italic;">technology</SPAN>
is committed to supporting the Microsoft Windows Management
Instrumentation (WMI) standard. PLATINUM is active in the Web-Based
Enterprise Management (WBEM) initiative through its work on the <A HREF="http://www.dmtf.org">Desktop
Management Task Force</A> that is defining the WBEM standard and the
CIM data model.</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial">PLATINUM
ProVision is a suite of highly integrated tools that address the
complexities of managing your IT environment. ProVision's management
tools enable users to identify, respond to, and resolve problems
across multiple disciplines and multiple environments, including
UNIX, Windows NT and heterogeneous relational databases.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial">The
ProVision WMI A</FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><FONT FACE="Arial">gent</FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial">
uses WMI technology derived from the WBEM initiative. The WMI A</FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><FONT FACE="Arial">gent</FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial">
enables any ProVision tool to both consume and provide management
data fr</FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><FONT FACE="Arial">o</FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial">m
and to WMI. Such capabilities are useful for managing WMI because
ProVision features a sophisticated event management service with
features like publish and subscribe messaging, guaranteed delivery,
and event correlation.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial">The
WMI </FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><FONT FACE="Arial">A</FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial">gent
for ProVision can also provide better data integration for
management applications and new ways to deliver custom reports and
views into Windows or browser-based consoles like the PLATINUM Director.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial">For
example, AutoSys Job Management for ProVision can consume and
provide information about scheduled jobs running in the Windows
environment and can take appropriate actions using the ProVision
Event Management Service. ProVision Performance Management tools can
collect system and application performance data from the entire
enterprise, provide that information to WMI consumers, and exploit
WMI information for analysis and reporting within ProVision.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial">Technical
specifications for the WMI </FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><FONT FACE="Arial">A</FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial">gent
for ProVision are available. For more information, download the
readme.txt and the PLATINUM WMI white paper from our web site, </FONT></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><A HREF="http://www.platinum.com"><FONT COLOR="BLUE"><FONT FACE="Arial">www.platinum.com.</FONT></FONT></A></SPAN></P>
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<SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"><FONT FACE="Arial">Click
<A HREF="setup.exe">setup</A> to install the WMI Agent.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<FONT COLOR="BLACK"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-style : italic;font-size : 9.0pt;">Note:
ProVision components must be installed to view and provide WMI events.</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE="font-style : italic;font-size : 9.0pt;"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
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