HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Command Line Interface reference guide

Table of Contents
1 About this guide.........................................................................................9
Intended audience..................................................................................................................................9
Prerequisites...........................................................................................................................................9
Related documentation............................................................................................................................9
Typographic conventions..........................................................................................................................9
HP technical support................................................................................................................................9
Other HP web sites..........................................................................................................................10
2 About the HP SIM Command Line Interface..................................................11
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................11
Commands..........................................................................................................................................11
manpages (manual pages)................................................................................................................11
Command list..................................................................................................................................11
Logging in to the CLI.............................................................................................................................13
Logging in directly on the CMS..........................................................................................................13
Remotely using an SSH client.............................................................................................................14
Entering commands...............................................................................................................................14
Application requirement....................................................................................................................14
Permissions.....................................................................................................................................14
Quotation marks..............................................................................................................................15
Logging out of the CLI............................................................................................................................15
3 Command descriptions..............................................................................16
mcompile.............................................................................................................................................16
Synopsis.........................................................................................................................................16
Description......................................................................................................................................16
Options..........................................................................................................................................16
Return values...................................................................................................................................16
Examples........................................................................................................................................16
See also.........................................................................................................................................17
mxagentconfig......................................................................................................................................17
Synopsis.........................................................................................................................................17
Description......................................................................................................................................17
Options..........................................................................................................................................17
Return values...................................................................................................................................18
Files...............................................................................................................................................18
Example.........................................................................................................................................18
See also.........................................................................................................................................18
mxauth................................................................................................................................................19
Synopsis.........................................................................................................................................19
Description......................................................................................................................................19
XML file support...............................................................................................................................20
Options..........................................................................................................................................20
External influences...........................................................................................................................21
Return values...................................................................................................................................21
Examples........................................................................................................................................21
Diagnostics.....................................................................................................................................22
Limitations.......................................................................................................................................23
See also.........................................................................................................................................23
mxcert.................................................................................................................................................23
Synopsis.........................................................................................................................................23
Description......................................................................................................................................23
Options..........................................................................................................................................23
Return values...................................................................................................................................24
Examples........................................................................................................................................24
mxcollection.........................................................................................................................................25
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