Thi is related to my other question about where to check the memory/hard drive usage through CIM/SMASH. I THINK this is not possible because VMWare did not implement/populate the classes required to do so. I'm hoping someone will tell me I'm wrong about that 🙂
But if I'm right...then is it possible to add this functionality to the CIM framework? I have breifed through the CIM Development guide, and get the impression this can be done. However, being new to CIM and having a deadline...there are some things I'm hoping to learn before I invest too much time trying to learn the manual.
Remembering that I'M NOT A VENDOR...and only have access to the technology/firmware/SMART/ETC. already existing in my hardware...
- Can a new class be added to the CIM framework on ESXi? BRIEFLY...how? (I don't expect a whole tutorial 🙂
- Can an existing class be told to begin querying the hardware for the information if VMWare is not already doing this?
- Is this a function of VMWare, or the hardware agent (I.e. IBMs server agent for CIM)?
- If so, how ?
Thanks!
