System and method are described for an I/O redirection provider for rapidly adapting legacy services, such as Linux services, into CIM management space. In one embodiment, a method of implementing an I/O redirection provider in a management system including a Common Input Model Object Manager (“CIMOM”) comprises, for each of a number of script files, determining whether a class corresponding to the script file exists; responsive to a determination that a class corresponding to the script file does not exist, selectively using at least one template to generate a new schema for the script file; and compiling the new schema within the CIMOM.