Checking a component port availability from the Presentation Server

Supported with 11.3.02 and later

The tssh component portcheck command to check a component's port availability is supported only with TrueSight Presentation Server version 11.3.02 and later.

You can check the availability of a component's port by running the tssh component portcheck command in the Presentation Server. 

Syntax

tssh component portcheck <host> <port> [timeout in milliseconds]
  • host: Specify a host name whose port availability you want to check.
  • port: Specify a port number to check availability. 
  • timeout: The timeout parameter is optional. If you want to set a timeout value, specify it in milliseconds. The default value of timeout is 5000 ms. You can change the default value by running the following command: 
    tssh properties set portcheck.remote.timeout.milliseconds 10000 reload

Examples

Example 1: Connection Success

tssh component portcheck tsimServer.bmc.com 8080

Output

Port 8080 on tsimServer.bmc.com is reachable.

Connection status:- Success.

Example 2: Missing arguments

tssh component portcheck tsimServer1.bmc.com

Output

[Usage : tssh component portcheck <host> <port> [timeout optional default 5000 ms]]

Example 3: Host not reachable

tssh component portcheck tsimServer2.bmc.com 80

Output

Connection status:- Failed: host tsimServer2.bmc.com cannot be resolved.

Recommended action:- Check if the host is valid. Ensure that DNS is resolving host or the hosts file has an entry for the host

Example 4: Port out of range

tssh component portcheck tsimServer3.bmc.com 99999999

Output

Connection status: Failed: Unable to establish a connection with the host tsimServer3.bmc.com on port 99999999, exception: port out of range:99999999

Example 5: Connection refused

tssh component portcheck tsimServer4.bmc.com 9999

Output

Connection status:- Failed: Connection refused: connect while attempting to reach host tsimServer4.bmc.com on port 9999.

Recommended action:- Check if the port is open on host tsimServer.bmc.com and there is no network delay in reaching the host

Example 6: Connection timeout

tssh component portcheck tsimServer5.bmc.com 80 50

Output

Connection status: Failed: timeout while attempting to reach host tsimServer5.bmc.com on port 80 within timeout 50 ms.

Recommended action: Check if the port is open on host tsimServer.bmc.com and there is no network delay in reaching the host

Where to go from here

Presentation Server tssh commands


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