Summary of Infrastructure Management CLI commands


 

CLI command

CLI subcommands

Return codes

Description

pw acl

pw acl allow

Yes

Controls and displays user group access to configuration items (CIs)

pw acl deny

Yes

pw acl list

Yes

pw adapter

pw adapter add agent

Yes

Controls the associations between adapter and monitor instances

pw adapter delete agent

Yes

pw adapter list_inputs

Yes

pw adapter sync_now

Yes

pw admin

 

No

Launches the Administration Console login prompt

pw agent

pw agent start

No

Manages local agents

pw agent status

No

pw agent stop

No

pw agent_failover

 

Yes

Controls the source agent of the specified monitor

pw baseline reset

 

No

Resets the baseline calculation of all future data for the specified monitor instances

pw blade

pw blade setup connection

Yes

Supports the integration of Infrastructure Management with BMC Server Automation

pw blade clear connection

Yes

pw blade test connection

Yes

pw blade create packages

Yes

pw cmadmin

pw cmadmin enable

No

Supports infrastructure monitoring administration from the TrueSight console

pw cmadmin registerChildServer

Yes

pw cmadmin deregisterChildServer

Yes

pw configwsroles

 

Yes

Sets a BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server as a Central Server Router or a Child Server

pw cmdb

crosslaunch registerlinks

Yes

Enables cross-launch functionality to the BMC Atrium CMDB for devices that are imported and synchronized with the BMC Atrium CMDB

crosslaunch AE

Yes

Enables cross-launch functionality to the BMC Atrium Explorer from the operator console for devices that are imported and synchronized with the BMC Atrium CMDB

pw cmdfile

 

No

Runs a batch of pw commands

pw dataview

pw dataview create

No

Creates and configures dataviews for external reports

pw dataview drop

No

pw dataview gendoc

No

pw dataview update

No

pw database

pw database archive

Yes

Controls the BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server database

pw database restore

Yes

pw database truncatelog

No

pw database validate

No

pw dbconfig

pw dbconfig list

No

Modifies database-related configuration information

pw dbconfig set

pw debug

pw debug file

No

Controls debugging for BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server and Integration Service

pw debug list

No

pw debug on/off

No

pw device

pw device add

Yes

Adds and manages devices

pw device delete

Yes

pw device duplicate

Yes

pw device edit

Yes

pw device help

Yes

pw device list

Yes

pw displaygroup

 

Yes

Toggles the group display between Flat to Hierarchical

pw dump

pw dump 1

No

Creates a package that has a snapshot of the log files, configuration settings, and configuration data

pw dump 2

No

pw event

pw event list period

No

Manages and configures events

pw event edit period

No

pw event notifications enable/disable

No

pw event close

Yes

pw event delete all

No

pw event ack

Yes

pw group

pw group add

Yes

Creates and manages groups

pw group delete

Yes

pw group device_add

Yes

pw group device_delete

Yes

pw group list

Yes

pw group add_subgroup

Yes

pw group delete_subgroup

Yes

pw group add_monitor

Yes

pw group delete_monitor

Yes

pw help

 

No

Lists commands for which online Help is provided

pw itxmlgenerator

 

No

Generates an XML file from a Tivoli Object Definition Interchange (ODI) file, for use with the adapter for IBM Tivoli

pw jproperties

 

No

Must be run after changes have been made to thepronet.conf file to reload the properties from the file

pw license

pw license fingerprint

No

Displays and manages server license information

pw license list

No

pw license update

No

pw license usage

No

pw log

pw log list

No

Displays and controls log information

pw log period

No

pw log period list

No

pw monitor

pw monitor addgraph

Yes

Configures and displays information about monitors

pw monitor edit

Yes

pw monitor undefine

Yes

pw monitor version

Yes

pw motypes

 

No

Displays the list of licensed monitor types

pw ovxmlgenerator

 

No

Generates an XML file from an Smart Plug-In (SPI) file, for use with the adapter for HP OVO

pw process list

 

Yes

Lists Infrastructure Management processes running on the BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server

pw remote

pw remote add

Yes

Remotely manages local agents

pw remote dns

Yes

pw remote add ip

Yes

pw remote delete

Yes

pw remote disconnect

Yes

pw remote edit

Yes

pw remote list

Yes

pw remote reconnect

Yes

pw remote restart

Yes

pw repository

pw repository update

No

Installs the Infrastructure Management Deployable Package Repository if you did not install it with the BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server

pw schedule

pw schedule status

Yes

Controls data collection schedules

pw schedule pause

Yes

pw schedule resume

Yes

pw schedule datacollect

Yes

pw schedule delete

Yes

pw servicetypes

 

No

Reloads server service type information

pw set

pw set snmp

No

Sets the Control tab parameters for a selected device or for all devices on the Device list

pw slo

pw slo add

Yes

Allows you to create, edit, and delete SLOs

pw slo edit

Yes

pw slo add_monitor

Yes

pw slo edit_monitor

Yes

pw slo delete_monitor

Yes

pw slo delete

Yes

pw synctofileserver

 

No

Synchronizes the file data from Central Server to all of its registered Child Servers

pw system

pw system start

Yes

Controls and provides information about TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server processes

pw system status

Yes

pw system stop

Yes

pw template

pw template add

No

Creates and manages templates

pw template delete

No

pw template list

No

pw template reload

No

pw test email

 

Yes

Determines whether email alerts are configured properly

pw threaddump

 

No

Provides a thread dump for specified processes

pw threshold

pw threshold set

Yes

Manages thresholds

pw threshold delete

Yes

pw threshold list

Yes

pw threshold load

Yes

pw threshold unload

Yes

pw threshold show type

Yes

pw version

 

No

Displays the installed BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server and local agent versions, operating system on the host computer, and Service Pack applied

pw viewhistory

 

No

Displays changes made from the time of the BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server installation

 

 

 

 

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