HP Systems Insight Manager 7.0 Command Line Interface Guide

Logging in to the CLI
Access the Systems Insight Manager CLI directly on the CMS or from any network client using SSH
client software.
Logging in directly on the CMS
1. Log in to the CMS using a valid user name and password (SSH system name ).
Systems Insight Manager grants authorizations based on your operating system login.
2. Open a terminal window or a command prompt window to execute Systems Insight Manager
commands.
Logging in remotely using an SSH client
NOTE: The preferred way to log in remotely is to use an SSH client. Telnet and rlogin work, but
neither provides a secure connection.
1. Open an SSH client application on any network client.
2. Log in to the CMS through the SSH client software, using a valid user name and password.
Systems Insight Manager grants authorizations based on your operating system login.
Entering commands
Application requirement
Most of the commands in the CLI work only when Systems Insight Manager is running. The following
CLI commands are exceptions to this rule, and can be invoked when Systems Insight Manager is
not running.
• mxgethostname
• mxinitconfig
• mxpassword
• mxversion
• mxgetdbinfo
• mxoracleconfig
• mxstatus
• mximport
• mxexport
Permissions
On an HP-UX or Linux CMS, you can log in to the operating system as any valid Systems Insight
Manager user and use the CLI (complete CLI functionality is available only to users with full
configuration rights or limited configuration rights on the CMS). On a Windows CMS, the following
commands require that the user be a member of the local Administrators group:
• mcompile
• mxagentconfig
• mxauth
• mxcert
• mxcollection
• mxexec
• mxglobalprotocolsettings
• mxglobalsettings
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