HP Systems Insight Manager 7.0 Command Line Interface Guide

Command list
The following table lists the Systems Insight Manager CLI commands. For more details about each
command, see Command descriptions or the manpage for each command.
NOTE: 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
format configuration (CFG) file for importing into Systems Insight
Manager using mxmib.
mcompile
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
appending that key to the authenticated keys file. The user must
be a valid SSH user on the managed node before running this
command.
mxagentconfig
mxauth(1M, 8), mxauth(4)Enables administrative rights users to manage Systems Insight
Manager authorizations.
mxauth
mxcert(1M,8)Creates a new certificate, imports a signed or trusted certificate,
removes a certificate, lists certificates, generates a certificate
signing request, notes whether or not to require trusted
certificates, upgrades the certificate from Systems Insight Manager
4.x, and synchronizes the public certificate with the HP Insight
Control server migration share directory.
mxcert
Manages cipher suites in Systems Insight Manager.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 Systems Insight Manager tools with associated
arguments on specific Systems Insight Manager managed nodes
or node groups, verifies the status of running tools, and enables
administrative rights user to kill or cancel a running task.
mxexec
mxexport(1M, 8)Enables you to perform the data migration export function,
creating a zip file to migrate entire configuration data from an
installation of Systems Insight Manager 5.3.x or later to a new
version of Systems Insight Manager 6.0 running on another CMS.
mxexport
mxgetdbinfo(1M, 8)Displays information about the Systems Insight Manager
database.
mxgetdbinfo
mxgethostname(1M, 8)Prints the name, IP address, or information about the local host
in Systems Insight Manager.
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 Systems Insight Managermxglobalsettings
mximport(1M, 8)Enables you to perform the data migration import functionality,
by importing the zip file created during mxexport, which will
migrates entire data from Systems Insight Manager 5.3.x or later
to a new copy of Systems Insight Manager 6.0 running on a
different CMS.
mximport
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