Infrastructure management using the HP SIM command line interface (436331-002, January 2009)

If you define a report in the XML file using the name of an existing report , the duplicate report is not

processed. The mxreport command does not support a modify option. Therefore, to modify a report,

you must delete the existing report, and then create the modified report. To delete an existing report:

# mxreport –d report-name

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

HP SIM. 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 HP SIM, enter either of these commands:

# mxreport –l –x

# mxreport –l –x report

To view a list of all report categories in HP SIM, 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 “report name”

To view the details of a report category, enter:

# mxreport –l –x category –n “report category name”

Third-party device management

HP SIM can manage third-party equipment if the equipment management agents and fault

management mechanisms adhere to industry standards like SNMP and WBEM. HP SIM 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 HP SIM, 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.