OMC-faq

FAQ

General

What is the OMC project?

The OMC project is a community created to help implement the initiatives defined by the DMTF: Profiles that define management of Systems, Storage, Operating Systems, Applications, etc, in a common open-standards way. While current projects focus on implementing the SMASH profiles, and supporting tools and utilities, this should not preclude participants from proposing additional projects that fit the OMC Mission and Charter

Who should participate in the OMC project?

If you have an interest in standards-based management via CIM, then OMC is for you. See the Participate in OMC page.

Who will use OMC? Who is the target audience?

There are multiple target audiences who would use OMC deliverables:

• Developers could use OMC deliverables in a variety of ways
  • Use the OMC provider packages as an open-standards, open-source data source for management console applications.
  • Use the OMC tools to test or help develop providers, whether or not the providers come from OMC projects.
• SysAdmins could use deliverables such as the omcclp project to manage their enterprises
• IHV's could use OMC deliverable such as the omcclp project to package with their hardware as a means of managing their hardware.
• End-Users could use OMC deliverable, such as future management consoles.

Do participants need to register?

No registration is required for software, source code downloads or participation in mailing lists. However, registration is required to submit bug reports, enhancement requests, or to commit patches and code changes. For details on how to participate, see the Participate in OMC page.

How is the OMC project organized and managed?

See the How the Project Works page.

What is the OMC project Release Schedule?

OMC consists of several sub-projects. Each sub-project will determine its own timeline, schedule, roadmap, deliverables, etc.

What is the OMC Roadmap?

OMC consists of several sub-projects. Each sub-project will determine its own roadmap. Check out the individual project pages (via the OMC Projects page) for more information.

Licensing

What Open-Source License is OMC

OMC is a project with several subprojects. As such, it utilizes by various open-source licenses. Even within a project, some files may have a more restrictive license than the primary license for the project, for various reasons. If your use of the code requires such, please pay attention to the license for each file.

Technical

For technical information, see documents.

Relationship to Novell

What is the relationship of the OMC project to Novell?

All successful open source communities start with a strong vision and the support and leadership of a small, dedicated group. Up to now, OMC has been supported by Novell personnel. The OMC project started with Novell engineers working to implement the DMTF's SMASH profiles. The OMC project is currently sponsored and hosted by Novell, which contributes significant engineering, management and infrastructure resources, including hosting the forge site, svn repository, and bugzilla database. That being said, we hope that this will become a true community effort, with IHVs and ISVs contributing their expertise to complete DMTF profiles and provide tools and applications that use them. Your participation is encouraged.