class CIM_Action : CIM_ManagedElement


Description:

A CIM_Action is an operation that is part of a process to either create a SoftwareElement in its next state or to eliminate the SoftwareElement in its current state. A CIM_ComputerSystem object represents the environment in which CIM_SoftwareElements are already deployed/installed or into which the elements will be deployed/installed. For the case in which an element is already installed, the CIM_InstalledSoftwareElement association identifies the CIM_ComputerSystem object that represents the "environment". When a SoftwareElement is being deployed for installation on a ComputerSystem, that system is the target of the Action and is identified using the TargetSystem reference of the InvokeOnSystem method.

Definition:

Feature Type Class Origin Qualifiers
Caption string CIM_ManagedElement
Description The Caption property is a short textual description (one- line string) of the object.
MaxLen 64
Description string CIM_ManagedElement
Description The Description property provides a textual description of the object.
ElementName string CIM_ManagedElement
Description A user-friendly name for the object. This property allows each instance to define a user-friendly name in addition to its key properties, identity data, and description information. Note that the Name property of ManagedSystemElement is also defined as a user-friendly name. But, it is often subclassed to be a Key. It is not reasonable that the same property can convey both identity and a user-friendly name, without inconsistencies. Where Name exists and is not a Key (such as for instances of LogicalDevice), the same information can be present in both the Name and ElementName properties.
Name string CIM_Action
Key TRUE
Description The name used to identify the SoftwareElement that is being acted upon.
MaxLen 256
Propagated CIM_SoftwareElement.Name
Version string CIM_Action
Key TRUE
Description The version of the SoftwareElement being acted upon.
MaxLen 64
Propagated CIM_SoftwareElement.Version
SoftwareElementState uint16 CIM_Action
Key TRUE
Description The SoftwareElementState of the SoftwareElement being acted upon.
ValueMap 0, 1, 2, 3
Values "Deployable" [0]
"Installable" [1]
"Executable" [2]
"Running" [3]
Propagated CIM_SoftwareElement.SoftwareElementState
SoftwareElementID string CIM_Action
Key TRUE
Description This is an identifier for the SoftwareElement being acted upon.
MaxLen 256
Propagated CIM_SoftwareElement.SoftwareElementID
TargetOperatingSystem uint16 CIM_Action
Key TRUE
Description The Target Operating System of the SoftwareElement being acted upon.
ValueMap 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77
Values "Unknown" [0]
"Other" [1]
"MACOS" [2]
"ATTUNIX" [3]
"DGUX" [4]
"DECNT" [5]
"Tru64 UNIX" [6]
"OpenVMS" [7]
"HPUX" [8]
"AIX" [9]
"MVS" [10]
"OS400" [11]
"OS/2" [12]
"JavaVM" [13]
"MSDOS" [14]
"WIN3x" [15]
"WIN95" [16]
"WIN98" [17]
"WINNT" [18]
"WINCE" [19]
"NCR3000" [20]
"NetWare" [21]
"OSF" [22]
"DC/OS" [23]
"Reliant UNIX" [24]
"SCO UnixWare" [25]
"SCO OpenServer" [26]
"Sequent" [27]
"IRIX" [28]
"Solaris" [29]
"SunOS" [30]
"U6000" [31]
"ASERIES" [32]
"HP NonStop OS" [33]
"HP NonStop OSS" [34]
"BS2000" [35]
"LINUX" [36]
"Lynx" [37]
"XENIX" [38]
"VM" [39]
"Interactive UNIX" [40]
"BSDUNIX" [41]
"FreeBSD" [42]
"NetBSD" [43]
"GNU Hurd" [44]
"OS9" [45]
"MACH Kernel" [46]
"Inferno" [47]
"QNX" [48]
"EPOC" [49]
"IxWorks" [50]
"VxWorks" [51]
"MiNT" [52]
"BeOS" [53]
"HP MPE" [54]
"NextStep" [55]
"PalmPilot" [56]
"Rhapsody" [57]
"Windows 2000" [58]
"Dedicated" [59]
"OS/390" [60]
"VSE" [61]
"TPF" [62]
"Windows (R) Me" [63]
"Caldera Open UNIX" [64]
"OpenBSD" [65]
"Not Applicable" [66]
"Windows XP" [67]
"z/OS" [68]
"Microsoft Windows Server 2003" [69]
"Microsoft Windows Server 2003 64-Bit" [70]
"Windows XP 64-Bit" [71]
"Windows XP Embedded" [72]
"Windows Vista" [73]
"Windows Vista 64-Bit" [74]
"Windows Embedded for Point of Service" [75]
"Microsoft Windows Server 2008" [76]
"Microsoft Windows Server 2008 64-Bit" [77]
Propagated CIM_SoftwareElement.TargetOperatingSystem
ActionID string CIM_Action
Key TRUE
Description The ActionID property is a unique identifier assigned to a particular Action for a SoftwareElement.
MaxLen 256
Direction uint16 CIM_Action
Description The Direction property is used to indicate whether this Action is part of a sequence to transition the SoftwareElement to its next state ("Install") or to remove the element ("Uninstall").
ValueMap 0, 1
Values "Install" [0]
"Uninstall" [1]
Invoke method CIM_Action
Description The Invoke method takes this Action. The details of how the Action is implemented are described by specific subclasses of CIM_Action. When the SoftwareElement being transitioned or eliminated is already installed, the CIM_InstalledSoftwareElement association identifies the CIM_ComputerSystem in whose context the Invoke is executed. If this association is not in place, then the InvokeOnSystem method should be used - since it identifies the TargetSystem as a parameter of the method. The results of the Invoke method are based on the return value. A zero is returned if the Action is satisfied. A one is returned if the method is not supported. Any other value indicates the Action is not satisfied.
InvokeOnSystem method CIM_Action
Description The InvokeOnSystem method takes this Action. The details of how the Action is implemented are described by specific subclasses of CIM_Action. The method's TargetSystem input parameter specifies the ComputerSystem in whose context the method is invoked. The results of the InvokeOnSystem method are based on the return value. A zero is returned if the Action is satisfied. A one is returned if the method is not supported. Any other value indicates the Action is not satisfied.

Typographical Conventions:

  1. Inherited properties are italicized.
  2. Local properties are bolded.
  3. Key properties are highlighted in gold