CIM_System class (CIMWin32 WMI Providers)

The CIM_System class aggregates an enumerable set of managed system elements. The aggregation operates as a functional whole. Within any particular subclass of the system, there is a well-defined list of managed system element classes whose instances must be aggregated.

The CIM_System object and its derivatives are top-level objects of CIM. They provide the scope for numerous components and are required to have unique system keys.

Important

The DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force) CIM (Common Information Model) classes are the parent classes upon which WMI classes are built. WMI currently supports only the CIM 2.x version schemas.

The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and includes all of its inherited properties. Properties are listed in alphabetic order, not MOF order.

Syntax

[Abstract, UUID("{8502C524-5FBB-11D2-AAC1-006008C78BC7}"), AMENDMENT]
class CIM_System : CIM_LogicalElement
{
  string   Caption;
  string   Description;
  datetime InstallDate;
  string   Status;
  string   CreationClassName;
  string   Name;
  string   NameFormat;
  string   PrimaryOwnerContact;
  string   PrimaryOwnerName;
  string   Roles[];
};

Members

The CIM_System class has these types of members:

• Properties

Properties

The CIM_System class has these properties.

Caption

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: MaxLen (64), DisplayName ("Caption")

A short textual description of the object.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.

CreationClassName

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: CIM_Key

Name of the class or subclass used in the creation of an instance. When used with other key properties of the class, this property allows all instances of the class and its subclasses to be uniquely identified.

Description

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: DisplayName ("Description")

A textual description of the object.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.

InstallDate

Data type: datetime

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: MappingStrings ("MIF.DMTF|ComponentID|001.5"), DisplayName ("Install Date")

Indicates when the object was installed. Lack of a value does not indicate that the object is not installed.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.

Name

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: Override ("Name"), Key

Defines the label by which the object is known.

NameFormat

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Identifies how the system name was generated, using the subclass heuristic.

PrimaryOwnerContact

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

How the primary system owner can be reached (for example, phone number or email address).

PrimaryOwnerName

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: MaxLen (64)

Name of the primary system owner.

Roles

Data type: string array

Access type: Read/write

Roles the system plays in the information technology environment. Subclasses of the system can override this property to define explicit role values. Alternately, a working group can describe the heuristics, conventions, and guidelines for specifying roles. For example, for an instance of a networking system, this property might contain the string "Switch" or "Bridge".

Status

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: MaxLen (10), DisplayName ("Status")

String that indicates the current status of the object. Operational and non-operational status can be defined. Operational status can include "OK", "Degraded", and "Pred Fail". "Pred Fail" indicates that an element is functioning properly, but is predicting a failure (for example, a SMART-enabled hard disk drive).

Non-operational status can include "Error", "Starting", "Stopping", and "Service". "Service" can apply during disk mirror-resilvering, reloading a user permissions list, or other administrative work. Not all such work is online, but the managed element is neither "OK" nor in one of the other states.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.

Values include the following:

OK ("OK")

Error ("Error")

Degraded ("Degraded")

Unknown ("Unknown")

Pred Fail ("Pred Fail")

Starting ("Starting")

Stopping ("Stopping")

Service ("Service")

Stressed ("Stressed")

NonRecover ("NonRecover")

No Contact ("No Contact")

Lost Comm ("Lost Comm")

Remarks

The CIM_System class is derived from CIM_LogicalElement.

WMI does not implement this class. For WMI classes derived from CIM_System, see Win32 Classes.

This documentation is derived from the CIM class descriptions published by the DMTF. Microsoft may have made changes to correct minor errors, conform to Microsoft SDK documentation standards, or provide more information.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008
Namespace	Root\CIMV2
MOF	CIMWin32.mof
DLL	CIMWin32.dll

See also

CIM_LogicalElement