HP Systems Insight Manager 7.0 Command Line Interface Guide

You can only delete a report that you created, or that you have permission to delete. You cannot
delete system-defined reports and report categories. There are many predefined report categories
in Systems Insight Manager. A report category contains a logical grouping of reportable items.
The mxreport command enables you to define your own report categories. Run the following
command to define your own report categories:
# mxreport –c –f categories.xml
Where categories.xml contains the XML definitions of the categories. For the details on creating
the report categories XML definitions, see the man page mxcategoryitem(4).
To remove a report category, use the -r option:
# mxreport –r report-category-name
Use the following command to execute the reports from the command line:
# mxreport [-x format] [-o report.out] –e report-name
• The -x option (optional) specifies the output format, either XML (the default), HTML, or CSV.
• The -o option (optional) specifies a file name, for example report.out used in the example,
where the report output is saved. If you do not provide the -o option, the report output appears
on the console only.
The mxreport command also provides options to view report or report category information,
displaying the data on the console in XML format. To save the date in a file, you must use redirection.
The general format for viewing report or report category data is:
# mxreport -l –x [report | category] [-n r-or-c-name]
To see a list of all reports in Systems Insight Manager, enter either of these commands:
# mxreport –l –x
# mxreport –l –x report
To view a list of all report categories in Systems Insight Manager, enter:
# mxreport –l –x category
The -n option enables you to select a specific report, or specific report category, for display. The
output is XML formatted data that includes details of the report or report category. To view the
details of a report, enter:
# mxreport –l –x report –n â report nameâ
To view the details of a report category, enter:
# mxreport –l –x category –n â report category nameâ
Third-party device management
Systems Insight Manager can manage third-party equipment if the equipment management agents
and fault management mechanisms adhere to industry standards like SNMP and WBEM. Systems
Insight Manager provides system definitions for a number of third-party systems. The System Type
Manager enables you to modify existing definitions, add new definitions for equipment unknown
to Systems Insight Manager, and remove definitions using the mxstm command.
Through the command line, the mxstm command enables you to add, remove, and list system type
definitions. For more information on this command, see the mxstm man page.
To add a new system type definition, use one of the following commands:
# mxstm –a –n product-name –p protocol (–x attribute=value)+
# mxstm –a –f stmfile.xml
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