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<HTML> <HEAD> <!-- $MVD$:app("RoboHELP HTML Edition by Blue Sky Software, portions by MicroVision Dev. Inc.","769") --> <!-- $MVD$:template("","0","0") --> <!-- $MVD$:color("2","a8ffd3","Aqua","0") --> <!-- $MVD$:color("18","cde9fe","ochre","0") --> <!-- $MVD$:color("19","fee9cd","Custom #1","0") --> <!-- $MVD$:fontset("Tahoma","Tahoma") --> <!-- $MVD$:fontset("Arial","Arial") --> <TITLE>Welcome to Platinum Technology WMI Page</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="WHITE" TEXT="NAVY" LINK="BLUE" VLINK="FUCHSIA"> <CENTER> <P STYLE="text-align : center;" ALIGN=CENTER> <TABLE WIDTH="800" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0"> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" VALIGN=CENTER> <P STYLE="text-align : center;" ALIGN=CENTER> <FONT FACE="Tahoma"><FONT SIZE="4"><B><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 24.0pt;"><IMG SRC="banner1.jpg" WIDTH="800" HEIGHT="100" VSPACE="0" HSPACE="0" BORDER="0"></SPAN></B></FONT></FONT></P> <P STYLE="text-align : center;" ALIGN=CENTER> <!-- $MVD$:spaceretainer() --> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN=CENTER> <P> <A HREF="http://www.platinum.com/products/provis/index.html"><IMG SRC="pv_prods.gif" WIDTH="229" HEIGHT="137" VSPACE="0" HSPACE="0" BORDER="0"></A></TD> <TD VALIGN=CENTER> <P> <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> <FONT COLOR="BLACK"><FONT FACE="Arial"> </FONT></FONT><BR> <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> <FONT FACE="Arial"> </FONT><BR> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" VALIGN=CENTER> <P STYLE="margin-left : 6.0pt;margin-right : auto;"> <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> <P STYLE="margin-left : 6.0pt;margin-right : auto;"> <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> <P STYLE="margin-left : 6.0pt;margin-right : auto;"> <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> <P STYLE="margin-left : 6.0pt;margin-right : auto;"> <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> <P> <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> <P> <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> <P STYLE="line-height : 8.0pt;margin-top : 0.0pt;"> <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> <P STYLE="margin-left : 6.0pt;margin-right : auto;"> <FONT COLOR="BLACK">© 1995, 1999 PLATINUM <SPAN STYLE="font-style : italic;">technology</SPAN> IP, <SPAN STYLE="font-style : italic;">inc</SPAN>. 800-442-6861 630-620-5000</FONT><SPAN STYLE="font-size : 12.0pt;"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT COLOR="BLACK"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>