Web Based Enterprise Management Removed from Windows NT Service Pack 5 CD (219378)

SUMMARY

Microsoft Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) is not included with the Windows NT Server 4.0 Service Pack 5 (SP5) CD. WBEM will be updated and shipped with future WinPack or service pack releases after SP5.

WBEM 1.1 is present in Windows NT Server 4.0 Service Pack 4 (CD only), and can be installed through Wbemcore.exe in the appropriate I386 or Alpha folder.

Installing SP5 will not affect WBEM. The WBEM version will remain at 1.1, and WBEM files will not be overwritten. WBEM version 1.1 can still be installed from the Service Pack 4 CD after SP5 is installed.

MORE INFORMATION

Additional information will be posted on www.microsoft.com as it becomes available.

WBEM is an industry standard used to allow Internet Web browser-based administration of networked computers. WBEM version 1.1 is included with the Windows NT Service Pack 4 CD and is located in the WBEM folder. The WBEM architecture is built into Windows 98 and will be built into Windows 2000 Professional and Server to lower the Total Cost of Ownership. WBEM enables information to be extracted from client computers regarding hardware configuration such as the amount of RAM, processor, Hard disk capacity, and so forth. This information is important for decision making and remote management by other products such as Systems Management Server.

Information about the Service Pack 4 release of the WBEM version 1.1 protocol set may be found at:

http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/recommended/NT4SvcPk4/NT4SvcPk4.asp

The following is a quote from the Web site:

"Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provides a bi-directional instrumentation access mechanism. It brings together the management data from the hardware platform, drivers and applications and passes the consolidated data into a consistent management information store. This store, developed to conform to the requirements of the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) proposals, uses the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) and Common Information Model (CIM) as the basis for exposing and interacting with this information. CIM and WMI are enabling technologies. Together these core technologies provide a powerful and consistent mechanism enabling management applications, platforms and consoles to perform a wide variety of management tasks on Windows-based hardware and software. (Available on CD-ROM only)"