HP Systems Insight Manager 6.0 Command Line Interface Guide

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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 HP SIM 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.