HP Systems Insight Manager 7.0 Command Line Interface Guide

Tool parameters are specified with -f. The filename specifies the path and name of a file that

contains the tool (user) parameter data for the specified tool. The tool parameter data contained

in this file must be of the exact same XML format as stored in the Systems Insight Manager database.

Example 19

To create task1, with the associated query query1 and tool toolexample that already exists in the

database, with the task type manual, and the task owner owner1, enter mxtask -c task1 -q

query1 -t toolexample -w Tmanual -o owner1.

In this example, there are no tool (user) parameters required for the tool being specified, so -A

and -f are not required.

Example 20

To create task1, with the associated query query1 and tool toolexample that already exists in the

database, with the task type add, the tool parameter data specified in c:\params.xml, the task

owner owner 1, a standard time filter called Business Hours, enter, mxtask -c task1 -q

query1 -t toolexample -w Tadd -f c:\params.xml -o owner 1 -i Business

Hours.

Tool parameters are specified with -f. The filename specifies the path and name of a file that

contains the tool (user) parameter data for the specified tool. The tool parameter data contained

in this file must be of the exact same XML format as stored in the Systems Insight Manager database.

The Task Owner is specified on the command line with -o along with the associated task.

Command line option arguments that contain spaces must be enclosed in double quotation marks.

Example 21

To create a new task based on the XML contents of the file test_file.xml, enter mxtask -cf

test_file.xml.

All required task configuration information must be specified in a predefined task-specific XML

format. See the mxtask(4) manpage for a detailed description of the required XML format. The

general format is shown below.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<task-list>

<task name="task name" type="add|remove|manual|schedule"

owner="taskowner" runmode="runnow|runatstartup">

<queryname>query name</queryname>

</task>

</task-list>

Limitations

This command can only be run on the CMS.