HP Systems Insight Manager 6.3 Command Line Interface Guide

NOTE: The parameters —s and —b and their arguments are required. The parameters —p and
—a and their arguments are optional. Use the —a parameter and argument to set the credentials
for access to the new database as different from the current user.
IMPORTANT: This command is applicable to HP SIM only.
This command does the following:
• Stops all installed HP SIM partner services.
• Redirects the CMS to use the new SQL database.
• Modifies the HP SIM configuration files and ODBC data source to reflect the new SQL server
name.
• Restarts all installed HP SIM partner services.
Running the Command
To change the database associated with the CMS:
1. Open a command prompt on the CMS and navigate to the install directory of HP SIM.
2. Type the following and then press Enter:
mxreconfig -m sqlredirect -s db-server-name -b db-name
3. Type the database password when prompted and then press Enter.
Warnings
Verify that all HP SIM operations are complete before running this command.
This command is applicable to Systems Insight Manager only.
Dependencies
All of the following must be true:
• The database to be associate with HP SIM has been copied and setup on a different SQL
server.
• HP SIM is installed and configured on a Windows OS, using Microsoft SQL.
mxreport
Adds, deletes, runs, lists reports and report categories in Systems Insight Manager.
Synopsis
mxreport -a -f fully-qualified-file-name
mxreport -d existing-report-name
mxreport -r existing-report-category-name
mxreport -c -f fully-qualified-file-name
mxreport -e existing-report-name [-n] [-S
existing-system-collection-name-or-comma-
separated-nodes-list-when-used-with-option-(n) ] [-E
existing-event-collection-name ] [-x HTML|XML|CSV] [-o
fully-qualified-file-name ]
mxreport -eCat existing-category-name -S
existing-system-collectionname-or-comma-
separated-nodes-list-when-used-with-option(n) [-n] [-E
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