I have put together a bash script which constructs the xml input file for most of the cimtester (intrinsic) tests: EnumInstances, Associations, References, GetInstance, Sanity, EnumInstanceNames, AssociatorNames, ReferenceNames. I can explain the details of how it works in a README file. The test results are not very spectacular; sanity test was the most insightful in terms of where we need to work. I will post all the test results and their explanations in another email.

Jim, in response to your question about calling external tests - yes, that can definitely be done. I successfully called a python script from within cimtester. In fact, I called your python script up to the point of defining a vm, and then invoked the Xen_ComputerSystem.RequestStateChange method to start it via internal cimtester methods. I also cleaned up the python script a bit, added some print statements for clarity and some comments in case anyone else wanted to pick this up. I am attaching it here in case you want to use any of it.

I suggest we add a testing directory to the main tree and put all the relevant stuff in there - that's how I have it set up on my box.

Luke