HP Systems Insight Manager 7.1 Command Line Interface Guide

Command list
The following table lists the HP SIM CLI commands. For more details about each command, see
Command descriptions or the manpage for each command.
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The manpage section numbers for CLI command line usage manpages are different for each
operating system. The CLI command line usage manpage section number is 1M for HP-UX and
Windows operating systems, and 8 for Linux operating systems. The CLI XML usage manpage
section number is 4 for all operating systems.
Available manpagesFunctionalityCommand
mcompile(1M, 8)Compiles a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Management Information Base (MIB) file into an intermediate
mcompile
format configuration (CFG) file for importing into HP SIM using
mxmib.
mxagentconfig(1M, 8)Configures Secure Shell (SSH) on a managed node by copying
the CMS public key to a user's SSH key directory, and then
mxagentconfig
appending that key to the authenticated keys file. The user must
be a valid SSH user on the managed node before running this
command.
mxauth(1M, 8), mxauth(4)Enables administrative rights users to manage HP SIM
authorizations.
mxauth
mxauthconfig(1M, 8),
mxauthconfig(4)
Enables administrative rights users to configure parameters to
enable Two Factor authentication.
mxauthnconfig
mxcert(1M,8)Creates a new certificate, imports a signed or trusted certificate,
removes a certificate, lists certificates, generates a certificate
mxcert
signing request, notes whether or not to require trusted
certificates, upgrades the certificate from HP SIM 4.x, and
synchronizes the public certificate with the share directory.
Manages cipher suites in HP SIM.mxcipher
mxcollection(1M, 8),
mxcollection(4)
Adds, modifies, removes, and lists collections.
Note: mxcollection XML file components and tags are case
sensitive.
mxcollection
mxexec(1M, 8)Executes HP SIM tools with associated arguments on specific HP
SIM managed nodes or node groups, verifies the status of running
mxexec
tools, and enables administrative rights user to kill or cancel a
running task.
mxexport(1M, 8)Enables you to perform the data migration export function,
creating a zip file to migrate entire configuration data from an
mxexport
installation of HP SIM 5.3.x or later to a new version of HP SIM
6.0 running on another CMS.
mxgetdbinfo(1M, 8)Displays information about the HP SIM database.mxgetdbinfo
mxgethostname(1M, 8)Prints the name, IP address, or information about the local host
in HP SIM.
mxgethostname
mxglobalprotocolsettings(1M,
8),
mxglobalprotocolsettings(4)
Used to manage global protocol settings from an XML file or the
command line. This command lists global protocol settings in
detailed or XML format.
mxglobalprotocolsettings
mxglobalsettings(1M, 8)Used to manage the global settings in HP SIMmxglobalsettings
mximport(1M, 8)Enables you to perform the data migration import functionality,
by importing the zip file created during mxexport, which will
mximport
migrates entire data from HP SIM 5.3.x or later to a new copy
of HP SIM 6.0 running on a different CMS.
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