Collections in HP Systems Insight Manager 5.1 or greater (441487-001, January 2009)

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collection. These children are the original children, not copies. The syntax for the mxcollection
command using the copy option is:
mxcollection –cp existcollname –from fromparentcollname
-to toparentcollname [-branch sysbranch|evbranch]
For example,
to copy a collection called sample collection, rename it to sample collection copy,
and assign the parent collection Coll in the Events list, enter the following:
mxcollection -cp "sample collection" -name "sample collection copy"
-
to Coll -branch evbranch
Move
Use the mxcollection –mv command as described in the “Copy” section, except that the original
collection is deleted. The syntax for the mxcollection command using the move option is:
mxcollection -mv existcollname -from fromparentcollname
-to toparentcollname [-branch sysbranch|evbranch]
For example, to move a collection called test collection from the parent collection parent1 to the
parent collection parent2 in the list of System collections, enter the following:
mxcollection -mv "test collection" -from "parent1" -to "parent2"
Combination collections
Use the mxcollection –a combo command to create a combination collection using two existing
collections. This combination collection is created under another collection that you specify. The
syntax for the mxcollection command using the option function is:
mxcollection -a combo newcombocollname -syscoll systemcollname
-evcolleventcollname
-parent
toparentcollname [-branch sysbranch|evbranch]
For example, to create a combination collection named another new combo that includes the
system collection All Servers and the event collection Important Events , and is saved in
the list of Event collections under
the parent collection Login Events, enter the following:
mxcollection -a combo "another new combo"
-syscoll
"All Servers"
-evcoll "All Important Events" -to "Login Events"
-branch
evbranch
See the HP SIM Command Line Interface Reference Guide and the Infrastructure management using
the HP SIM command line interface white paper located at
http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html
for details on
the CLI command syntax of mxcollection and mxquery.
Upgrading
Users of previous versions of HP SIM might have event collections (or queries) that have system
attributes.
In HP SIM 5.1, this collection format is no longer used and these types of collections are migrated to
the new format. In the previous example, the old collection MyEventsOnFinancialServers is
migrated to three new collections:
• MyEventsOnFinancialServers-combination—The same collection in the new format
• MyEventsOnFinancialServers-systems—The system part of the collection
• MyEventsOnFinancialServers-events—The event part of the collection