HP Systems Insight Manager 6.3 Command Line Interface Guide

Specifies the password. Minimum allowed length is 8 characters. If password is
not specified along with the command, you will be prompted to enter the password.
This prevents the clear text password from being exposed to unintended eyes.The
same password is needed to carry out import on another server in future.
Prerequisites
1. You must be a member of the local Windows Administrators group.
2. The source server has HP Insight Control Suite 3.0 or later installed, which includes Systems
Insight Manager 5.3.x or later.
3. Stop the Systems Insight Manager service and all other HP Insight Control software before
running export function.
4. All Jobs and tasks must be completed. Ensure there are no running discovery, identification
or deployment tasks by viewing the task list in Systems Insight Manager GUI.
5. Determine if enough disk space is available on the server. The required disk space is dependent
on the size of the database.
Return values
No return value.
Note: This tool continues even if an HP Insight Control software fails during export.
Supported Platforms
All versions of Systems Insight Manager supported Windows operating system.
All versions of Systems Insight Manager supported SQL server local or remote database.
Post Export
Disable the CMS on the source server.
Examples
Example 1
To export data without specifying file name and password.
mxexport
Example 3
To export a data by specifying a password, enter
mxexport[-p d&e128Pa ]
Example 4
To export a data by specifying a filename, enter
mxexport[-f c:\data\Products.zip ]
Example 5
To export a data by specifying a filename and a password, enter
mxexport[-f c:\data\Products.zip -p d&128Pa ]
Author
mxexport was developed by the Hewlett-Packard Company.
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