HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

Available manpagesFunctionalityCommand
mxnodesecurity(1M, 8),
mxnodesecurity(4)
Adds, modifies, or removes security
credentials for SNMP and Web-Based
Enterprise Management (WBEM) protocols.
Also verifies the certificate used for WBEM.
mxnodesecurity
mxoracleconfig(1M, 8)Enables you to configure HP SIM to use an
Oracle database. This command does not
initiate the database.
mxoracleconfig
mxpassword(1M, 8)Adds, lists, modifies, or removes passwords
stored in HP Systems Insight Manager. The
passwords are displayed in clear text for
readability.
mxpassword
mxquery(1M, 8),
mxquery(4)
Adds, lists, modifies, or removes queries
in HP Systems Insight Manager.
Note: The use of categories in mxquery has
been deprecated in favor of
mxcollection. Using cat works for
mxquery in this release, but you should
use mxcollection for creating and
manipulating collections (previously known
as queries).
mxquery
mxreport(1M, 8),
mxreport(4)
Enables users with sufficient privileges to
run reports and add, delete, and list reports
and report categories.
mxreport
mxstart(1M, 8)Starts the HP SIM daemons.mxstart
mxstm(1M, 8)Adds, removes, and lists System Type
Manager rules.
mxstm
mxstop(1M, 8)Stops the HP SIM daemons.mxstop
mxtask(1M, 8),
mxtask(4)
Lists, executes, removes, creates, and
changes ownership for HP SIM scheduled
tasks using the command line or an
external XML file.
mxtask
mxtool(1M, 8),
mxtool(4)
Enables you to add, list, modify, or remove
HP SIM tools .
mxtool
mxtoolbox(1M, 8) ,
mxtoolbox(4)
Enables administrative rights users to add,
rename, describe, disable, enable, remove,
and list HP SIM toolboxes.
mxtoolbox
mxuser(1M, 8) ,
mxuser(4)
Adds, modifies, removes, or lists users in
HP SIM. Enables you to assign
authorizations for created users and user
groups.
mxuser
mxwbemsub(1M, 8)Enables you to add, list, delete, or move
WBEM event subscriptions from systems
managed by the CMS. This command
requires access to a file that only allows
administrative rights user access.
mxwbemsub
Entering commands
Permissions
On an HP-UX or Linux CMS, you can log in to the operating system as any valid HP SIM user and use the
CLI (not all CLI functionality is available to all users; some functions are only available to users with
administrative rights or operator configuration rights on the CMS). On a Windows CMS, some commands
require that the user be a member of the local Administrators group. This list includes:
• mxagentconfig
• mxauth
• mxcert
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