WS SDK Professional Edition Development Utilities

Schematest

The schematest tool compares a new schema to an older schema and generates a report identifying an incompatible changes that may have been made.

Run schematest from the following directory

Platform	Directory
Windows	C:\Program Files\ws\sdk\bin
Linux	/usr/ws/sdk/bin
Solaris	/opt/ws/sdk/bin

Command Line Syntax

The schematest utility can be invoked by typing schematest at the command prompt.

The command line syntax for the schematest utility is included below.


						C:\> cd \Program Files\ws\sdk\bin


						C:\Program Files\ws\sdk\bin>schematest -h
 SchemaTest [options] SCHEMA1 SCHEMA2
 Copyright (c) 2002-2010 WS, Inc.
 Use is Subject
						to License Terms.


						Options:
 -h Display this usage statement
 -v Display the
							version information


						Commands:
 SCHEMA1 The schema to be compared against (original)
 SCHEMA2 The schema to compare (new version)


						Examples:
 schematest schema/2.22.1/final/cim_schema_2.22.1.mof schema/2.23.0/final/cim_s chema_2.23.0.mof
 schematest
						schema/2.23.0/final/cim_schema_2.23.0.mof.mof schema/2.23.0/experim ental/cim_schema_2.23.0.mof

C:\Program Files\ws\sdk\bin>

Default Values

The following table shows the default values for each of the option arguments. If an option is not listed, then it has no default value.

Option	Description	Default
-h	Display this usage statement	FALSE
-v	Display the version information	FALSE

Example

The following command compares the older 2.23 schema and the new 2.24 and reports any incompatible changes that may have been made.

Arguments:

..\..\standards\dmtf\schema\2.22.1\final\cim_schema_2.22.1.mof <Old Schema>
..\..\standards\dmtf\schema\2.23.0\final\cim_schema_2.23.0.mof <New Schema>

The following shows the command and the result.


						C:\>cd \Program Files\ws\standards\dmtf\schema\2.22.1\final
 C:\Program Files\ws\standards\dmtf\schema\2.22.1\final>unzip
						cim_schema_2.22.1Final-MOFs.zip
 .
 .
 inflating: User/CIM_VerificationService.mof
 inflating: cim_schema_2.22.1.mof

						inflating: qualifiers.mof
 inflating: qualifiers_optional.mof


						C:\>cd \Program Files\ws\sstandards\dmtf\schema\2.23.0\final
 C:\Program Files\ws\standards\dmtf\schema\2.23.0\final>unzip
						cim_schema_2.23.0Final-MOFs.zip
 .
 .
 inflating: User/CIM_VerificationService.mof
 inflating: cim_schema_2.23.0.mof

						inflating: qualifiers.mof
 inflating: qualifiers_optional.mof


						C:\>cd \Program Files\ws\sdk\bin
 C:\ProgramFiles\ws\sdk\bin>schematest
 ..\..\standards\dmtf\schema\2.22.1\final\cim_schema_2.22.1.mof

						..\..\standards\dmtf\schema\2.23.0\final\cim_schema_2.23.0.mof
 Loading ..\..\standards\dmtf\schema\2.23.0\final\cim_schema_2.23.0.mof ...

						Loading ..\..\standards\dmtf\schema\2.22.1\final\cim_schema_2.22.1.mof ...
 ERROR[CIM_IndicationSubscription]: The Experimental qualifier can not be
						added in a minor release.
 WARNING[CIM_IndicationSubscription.OnFatalErrorPolicy]: The property CIM_IndicationSubscription.OnFatalErrorPolicy was
						removed from the class, but is inherited - it may have been moved up to a super class.
 WARNING[CIM_IndicationSubscription.OtherOnFatalErrorPolicy]:
						The property CIM_IndicationSubscription.OtherOnFatalErrorPolicy was removed from the class, but is inherited - it may have been moved up to a super class.

						:
 may have been moved up to a super class.
 WARNING[CIM_ComputerSystem.OtherIdentifyingInfo]: The property
						CIM_ComputerSystem.OtherIdentifyingInfo was removed from the class, but is inherited - it may have been moved up to a super class. SchemaTest completed
						successfully.

schematest writes the messages to the console.

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