Introduction to Pegasus An Open-Source WBEM implementation March 19 2001 Karl Schopmeyer Chair Enterprise Management Forum k.schopmeyer@attglobal.net

Agenda What is Pegasus? Introduction to the Technologies CIM and WBEM The CIM Manageability Environment The Pegasus Architecture and Environment The Pegasus Project A Challenge for the Future

1. Overview

What is Pegasus? Pegasus is an open-source reference implementation of the DMTF WBEM specifications Pegasus is a work project of the TOG Enterprise Management Forum Pegasus is a platform for building application management

Why Produce Pegasus? Demonstrate certain manageability concepts. Provide additional standards for WBEM Provide a working implementation of WBEM technologies Provide an effective modular implementation Support other TOG manageability standards Base Platform for Open Group Application management Projects

Major Objectives of The Project Create standards and implemented solutions for an open architecture for manageability Use DMTF WBEM as basis for information and interoperability Modular and componentized implementation Wide variety of platforms Integrate with other TOG standards such as AIC, ARM, etc. Allow extensibility (pluggability) New manageability resources, resource providers New manageability services Connectibility to wide variety of management systems.

The Working Group Philosophy Manageability not management The working group’s objective is not to manage systems but to make them manageable by promoting a standard instrumentation environment The actual management of systems is left to systems management vendors No standards without implementation The process of implementation provides a rigorous process for testing the validity of standards Therefore all standards must be validated by implementation

Major Objectives of Pegasus Standards Based and Compliant DMTF CIM/WBEM Interoperable DMTF cim-xml Interface Efficient and Lightweight Implemented in C++ Portable NT, Linux, and others planned Modular Replacable modules for function change and addition Extensible Manageabilitys Service extensions

The Progress of Management Standards 2. The Technologies CIM and WBEM The Progress of Management Standards WBEM CIM-XML CIM CIM SNMP DMI CMIP 1980s 1990s 2000

What is WBEM? A major initiative of the DMTF A set of management and internet standard technologies developed to unify the management of enterprise computing environments WBEM CIM-XML CIM

What is CIM? Implementation neutral schema for describing management information CIM facilitates the common understanding of management data across different management systems CIM facilitates the integration of management information from different sources CIM is a data model, not an implementation model MOF syntax supports sharing of information across management systems CIM provides models for both instrumentation and management

CIM Available today CIM Schema v2.5 (853 classes) CIM Specification V2.5 Meta Model Extension Schema System Apps User MOF Parser & Editor Core Output HTML SQL Visio ASCII Network DAP Device

Scope of the various CIM Schemas (total: 16) Core Defines generic Managed Object Classes and concepts Other schemas define extensions by subclassing from Core Systems & Devices Define the System, ComputerSystem, OperatingSystem, LogicalDevice and PhysicalElement classes Network/QoS Defines parameters for Networks, mechanism for dealing with QoS Applications Defines application states, supports distribution, installation, updating, asset tracking , monitoring, configuration, and control of distributed applications

Scope Of Schemas (cont) Distributed Application Performance (DAP) / Metrics Defines performance metrics of distributed applications Continues Tivoli/HP work on Application Response Measurement Users Service Policy today

Web-based Enterprise Management (WBEM) Information Model CIM Schema (Core, System,…) Communication Model CIM Operations over HTTP Transport Encoding Cim-xml – CIM/XML mapping Event Model CIM indications (new in 2.5) CIM Object Manager (CIMOM) Today: confined to a single host Distributed CIMOMs planned Object Providers Instrumentation subagents Management Applications CIM Server cim-xml Transport CIM Object Manager Schema CIM Server Object Providers CMIP Objects CMIP SNMP MIBs SNMP DMI MIFs RPC CIM Objects Internet

Managed Object Format (MOF)

CIMOM Capabilities Respond to Operations defined in “CIM Operations” spec. Create, Modify, Delete operations on Class, Instance, Property, Qualifier Handle Provider Registration Forward Requests to Providers, repositories, etc. Read/Write access to Management Information Maintain Class/Instance Information Traversal of Associations Use of WBEM Query Language Syntax/Semantic checking (by means of Qualifiers) Available Implementations Microsoft (in Windows2000), Sun WBEM SDK, SNIA, TOG MSB void ModifyClass ([IN] <class> ModifiedClass) > > The ModifiedClass input parameter defines the set of changes (which MUST > be correct amendments to the CIM Class as defined by the CIM > Specification [1]) to be made to the current class definition. > In processing the modification of the Class, the following rules MUST be > conformed to by the CIM > Server: > If the modified Class has no Superclass, the ModifiedClass > parameter defines modifications to a > base Class. The Server MUST ensure that: > Any Properties, Methods or Qualifiers in the existing Class > definition which do not appear in > the ModifiedClass parameter are removed from the resulting > modified Class. > The request to modify the Class MUST fail if the Server cannot update > any existing Subclasses or Instances of that Class in a consistent > manner. > ==== > so it seems to me that the instances of the class itself and of its > subclasses will be updated at run-time. > But of course rejecting the operation if there are existing instances is > a way to also support the spec without violating object paradigm, but I > do not think that they were thinking that way (else they would have > mentioned "FAIL if existing instances"). > But those standards are so obscure ;) I was actually part of the group that wrote the spec. Our intention was to reject on existing instances, but we did not want to limit an implementation that wanted to do all this work. I do not know of an implementation that supports this, they could but are not required to. We set it up to get the best level of interoperability while allowing as much flexibility as possible for the implementation.

Architecture and Design 3. Pegasus Architecture and Design

Pegasus Architecture Consumers Clients Standard Interfaces CIM/HTTP Interoperable* CIM Server Services Interoperable* CIM/HTTP In-Process Consumers Providers

The CIM Operations Standard Interfaces Consumers Clients CIM/HTTP Interoperable* Services CIM Server Repository Repository Interoperable* CIM/HTTP In-Process Consumers Providers Indicators

Key Interoperability Interfaces Enterprise Management Console Management System Manageability to Manager Multiple management systems Common open manageability CIM Object Manager Object Manager / Providers Multiple Providers Encourage common providers CIM Providers Provider / Resource Interface Protect Applications Make application management easy Application Application Application Application

Key Characteristics Open source Portable C++ core Available Today Portable Designed to build and run on wide variety of platforms C++ core C++ CIM Objects C++ Operation/Provider/Service/Respsitory interfaces Modular and extensible Modular components to extend the core Manageability service extensions to extend functionality Light weight

Modularity and Extensibility Providers Grow with DMTF provider concepts Protocol Adapters (connectors) Client - Xml-cim today (Soap, etc. in future) Provider, service, repository, etc. Modules Modularize core so it can be extended and modified through attachable modules Manageability Service Extensions Think super providers

Building A Manageability Environmnent Connector CIM Client XML-CIM CIM Client CIM Client Service Extension Service Extension Module Core Object Broker Repository Repository Repository Provider Connector Undefined Connector . . . Provider Resources

Pegasus Manageability Environment Management System Management System CIMOM Consumers Providers Application Consumer Services core*** additional Application Consumer Management System Connector Application Consumer Consumers Gateways Apps XML/CIM Connector Management System Connector CIM Object Broker Broker) Provider Registration Service Registration Request Routing Securiy Broker Class Repository Instance Repository AIC Provider ARM Provider SNMP Provider . . . Providers Interface For Spec Resource Apps OS Etc.

Provider Interoperability In the classical architecture, interoperability is only supported between the client and server. In addition, the Pegasus architecture aims to support provider/server interoperability. Goal Write a provider once and run it under any CIM server implementation. Provider/Server Interoperability will be achieved in three ways: Participating in efforts to standardize the Provider/Server protocol. Proposing provider API standards. Writing adapters enabling Pegasus providers to run under other CIM servers.

In-Process and Out-of-process Providers It will be possible to develop a provider and compile it once and then configure it dynamically to run in-process (within the server process) or out of process (communicates with the server using either IPC or CIM/HTTP).

Modules The core server components are organized into loadable modules. Standard APIs are defined for each module. Alternative implementations can be provided later without recompiling the Pegasus server.

Core Modules Authentication module Thread module Traffic Encryption module

Thread Module Example There will be a thread service: Pegasus will provide a thread service based on ACE wrappers. Alternative thread services can be implemented and plugged in.

Manageability Service Extensions Super Providers Access to the Core Broker

Example Services Event service. Query engine service. Class repository service. Instance repository service. Repository

Repository Service Example One example of a core service is the repository. Pegasus provides a simple repository implementation (based on disk files). An alternative repository based on a commercial database may be implemented later.

Connectors Functions Some Examples Adapt to different protocols Adapt to other languages Some Examples Xml-cim SUN Java C adapter Other Object Models WMI

Pegasus Interfaces Common Interface base for Clients, providers, services, connectors Based on CIM Operations over HTTP Additional functions for each interface Interfaces separated from implementation Connector CIM Client Service Extension Core Object Broker Repository Provider

4. The Pegasus Project

Overview of the Project Active project of the Enterprise Management Forum of the Open Group Produce Pegasus open-source Implementation Core, clients, providers, repositories SDKs (Provider and Client) Documentation for use and development Specifications for major Interfaces Continue support and growth of Pegasus Portability New functions New Standards requirements New Providers Tools

Pegasus Status Today Phase 1 of 4+ Phases Source Code available today Effectively 0.8 release Source Code available today Licenses with MIT open-source license Preliminary documentation available Multiple users evaluating today Tested on Windows platforms and Linux

Pegasus Project Phases Phase 1 (March 2001) Goals Model Validation Client and Provider development Basic Environment Core model Cim-xml Operations Class and instance repositories Providers Phase 2 (May 2001) Goals Production Code Additions Threaded model Configuration Security Service Extensions Query Language Phase 3 (June 2001) Events Extensions Remote Providers Phase 4 (Unsure) Other extensions including other Language Interfaces (ex. Java connector)

Participants The Open Group BMC IBM Tvioli CA Hermes Softlab SIAC The Open Group Research Institute Focal Point

Additional Activities Providers Clients Growth of functionality with DMTF Discovery Provider standardization (registration, interfaces) Next generation interoperability

Pegasus Manageability Environment Object Browser Editor Client SDK Service extensions Consumers Gateways Apps XML/CIM Connector Security CIM Object Broker Broker) Provider Registration Service Registration Request Routing Broker Queuing Class Repository Events Security MOF Compiler Instance Repository Provider SDK ARM Provider Provider SDK . . . AIC Provider Apps Providers Remote Provider Interface For Spec Resource

Pegasus and Other Manageability Projects AIC – Application and Control AIC as a Pegasus Provider ARM – Applications Response Measurement ARM and DMTF DAP Information as Pegasus Provider Other possible Providers JMX (Java)

4. A Challenge for all of us

CIMOMs - Basic Concepts Tool to create Management Interoperability Tool to create manageability interoperability Infrastructure for manageability Manageability interoperability Xml-cim today, ??? Tomorrow Instrumentation Interoperability Many providers, few CIMOMs Lots of applications – limited numbers of providers

However We do not make money off of infrastructure If we don’t have common interfaces we will not have interoperability. CIM is not Easy. Creating complete and Correct CIM environments is not easy There is a lot of work to do with a common environment and much more with many different envrionments

The Alternatives Creating a common interoperability environment Management – Manageability – xmp-cim Providers – APIs and protocols Provider building – Common object implementations The choice Build a common structure with contributions Everybody does their own thing. (Many incompatible and incomplete WBEM Implentations

openWBEM Consortium to create common WBEM manageability In fomative stages today About 10 involved organizations today Sun, Compaq,IBM, Tivoli, Open Group, SNIA, Caldera, Novell, Nokia, Intel Open Group Proposing to host

openWBEM openWBEM Objectives Create an environment of open-source WBEM implementations Create a library of providers and tools Create common interfaces and APIs openWBEM Create commonality between implementations and integrate different implementations. Create an environment of conformance

The Challenge!!! Can we create a common WBEM infrastructure? OR do we all go our own way?

Where to Get More Information Pegasus is public www.opengroup.org/management/pegasus Pegasus WEB Site Source Code Builds on Linux and Windows Snapshots and CVS Binary Release (end of March) Documentation Pegasus Working Group Contributors and Users of the Code are Welcome