Read Introducing the SystemView Agent and the DMI for an introduction to the SystemView Agent program and a brief overview of the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) specification of the DMI. This chapter also outlines the steps involved in developing management applications and developing managed components that use the DMI.

Read Understanding the MIF for information about the structure and conventions of the Management Information Format (MIF) used to describe components to the DMI.

Read Using the DMI Management Interface for information about using the Management Interface (MI) of the DMI. This chapter describes registration with the service layer and status code processing.

Read Using the DMI Component Interface for information about using the Component Interface (CI) of the DMI. This chapter describes installing MIF files, registering component instrumentation with the service layer, and generating indications.

Read DMI Command Blocks for information on the command blocks used to build DMI commands. This chapter describes common command blocks, MI command blocks, and CI command blocks.

Read Enabling a Product for the DMI for information about defining the manageable elements of a product to be managed through the DMI. This chapter discusses how to plan and code the Management Information Format (MIF) file for the new component and how to create program code to manage the component. How to send events to the service layer is also discussed.

Read DMI Procedure Library (DMIAPI) for information about the DMI procedure library supplied with the SystemView Agent. This chapter describes the function calls and data types used to communicate with the DMI.

Read Implementing DMI on OS/2 for information about developing applications and component instrumentation in an OS/2 environment.

Read Implementing DMI on AIX for information about developing applications and component instrumentation in an AIX environment.

Read Implementing DMI on Windows NT/Windows 95 for information about developing applications and component instrumentation in a Windows NT or Windows 95 environment.

This book also contains a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.