When you install your product on a system, the installation process is responsible for putting the component MIF file into the existing MIF database. If the Service Layer is not running, the system stores the component MIF file in the MIF subdirectory.
Install programs use the DmiCiInstallCmd function to install the MIF file in the MIF database.
To accommodate DMI, your installation process must provide an ASCII text MIF file. When you create the MIF file, follow the format that is found in the SystemView Agent Programmer's Guide on the system.
If the Service Layer is not running when you install the MIF, you can copy the MIF file to the <boot-drive>OS2\SYSTEM\RAS\MIFS directory. The next time the system starts the DMI Service Layer, the system installs the MIF file in the MIF database. Then system copies the file to the <boot-drive>OS2\SYSTEM\RAS\BACKUP directory, and deletes the file from the MIFS directory.