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IPM Command Reference
This appendix provides a list of the IPM commands. Table B-1 shows the format
of the commands and a description of the actions that they perform.
Table B-1 IPM Commands
Command Description
ipm help Displays the command syntax for the ipm command
and all of its options. For a sample output for this
command, see the “Output of ipm status Command”
section on page B-5.
ipm Starts all IPM servers and one IPM client on the local
host.
ipm start [server] Starts all IPM servers on the local host.
ipm stop [server] Stops all IPM servers on the local host.
ipm restart Restarts all IPM servers on the local host.
ipm status Displays thestatus of all IPM servers on the local host.
For a sample output for this command, see the “Output
of ipm help Command” section on page B-6,
ipm version Displays version information for all IPM servers on the
local host.
ipm start client
[hostname]
ipm start db Starts the IPM database server on the local host.
Starts an IPM client on the specified host. If no host
name is specified, then an IPM client is started on the
local host.
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Table B-1 IPM Commands (continued)
Command Description
ipm stop db Stops the IPM database server on the local host.
ipm start web Starts the IPM web server on the local host.
ipm stop web Stops the IPM web server on the local host.
ipm start name Starts the IPM naming server on the local host.
ipm stop name Stops the IPM naming server on the local host.
ipm start pm Starts the IPM process manager on the local host.
ipm stop pm Stops the IPM process manager on the local host.
ipm debug [hostname] Starts the message log display and displays the
Message Log window which provides a log of status
messages generated by IPM. Connects to IPM servers
on the local host or on the host specified.
ipm pmstatus
[hostname]
Displays the Process Manager Information window
and connects to the IPM servers on local host or
<hostname>. The Process Manager Information
window displays status information about the IPM
processes and provides options for starting or stopping
a process or for viewing more detailed information
about a process.
ipm dbbackup Backs up the IPM database.
ipm dbrestore Restores the IPM database from a previous backup.
ipm forcestop Forcefully stops all IPM servers running on the local
host.
ipm stopclients Stops all IPM clients running on the local host.
ipm readme Displays the contents of the README file for IPM.
ipm iosinfo Displays the contents of the IPM-IOS-Info file.
ipm ipm.conf Displays the contents of the ipm.conf file.
ipm services.conf Displays the contents of the services.conf file.
ipm console Displays the contents of the ipmConsoleLog.log file.
ipm viewlog Displays the ipmLoggerLog.x file with PAGER.
ipm logger Displays the ipmLoggerLog.x file with tail -f.
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Table B-1 IPM Commands (continued)
Command Description
ipm browserpath Resets the path to the system web browser.
ipm export Starts the ipm export utility. For more information on
ipm mirror [source |
target | collector]
ipm mirror all Exports in IPM device data for sources, targets, and
ipm listsrc Displays a directory listing of the source seed files on
ipm listtarg Displays a directory listing of the target seed files on
ipm listcoll Displays a directory listing of the collector seed files
ipm viewsrc filename Displays the contents of the specified source seed file.
ipm viewtarg filename Displays the contents of the specified target seed file.
ipm viewcoll filename Displays the contents of the specified collector seed
ipm editsrc filename Allows you to edit the contents of the specified source
ipm edittarg filename Allows you to edit the contents of the specified target
ipm editcoll filename Allows you to edit the contents of the specified
ipm loadsrc filename Loads the specified source seed file into the IPM
this command, use the ipm export help command. For
a sample output of the ipm export help command, see
the “Output of ipm export help Command” section on
page B-8.
Exports IPM device data in seed file format.
collectors in seed file format and creates a tar fileof all
components in a file named
/tmp/ipm.mirror.host_name.tar.
the local host.
the local host.
on the local host.
file.
seed file.
seed file.
collector seed file.
database.
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