HP WBEM Services for HP-UX System Administrator Guide (5900-1624, April 2011)

• CIM_ERR_FAILED

A general error occurred that is not covered by a more specific error code

• CIM_ERR_INVALID_CLASS

The specified class does not exist

• CIM_ERR_INVALID_NAMESPACE

The target namespace does not exist

• CIM_ERR_INVALID_PARAMETER

One or more parameter values passed to the method were invalid

• CIM_ERR_METHOD_NOT_AVAILABLE

The extrinsic method could not be executed.

• CIM_ERR_METHOD_NOT_FOUND

The specified extrinsic method does not exist.

• CIM_ERR_INVALID_QUERY

The query is not valid for the specified query language.

• CIM_ERR_INVALID_SUPERCLASS

Operation cannot be carried out because the specified superclass does not exist.

• CIM_ERR_NO_SUCH_PROPERTY

The specified property does not exist.

• CIM_ERR_TYPE_MISMATCH

The value supplied is incompatible with the type.

• CIM_ERR_NOT_FOUND

The requested object could not be found.

• CIM_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED

The requested operation is not supported.

Examples of CIM responses

For example, consider a client requesting a createInstance operation on the PG_OperatingSystem

class, when this operation is not supported by the Operating System provider. The requestor will

receive the following response:

<?xml version=”1.0” encoding=”utf-8”?>

<ERROR CODE=”7” DESCRIPTION=”CIM_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED: The requested operation is

not supported: “OperatingSystemProvider does not support createInstance”/>

</IMETHODRESPONSE>

</SIMPLERSP>

</MESSAGE>

</CIM>

In the above example, you see these four components of the response:

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