Presentation Server tssh commands

Create, import, list, delete, and verify the certificates easily and quickly. You enter a few basic details, and the certificates are created and imported with minimal user intervention. 

tssh certificate create

Creates a private key pair and generates the certificate signing request (CSR). Prompts you to submit the CSR to the CA of your organization for signing. 

tssh certificate import <component name>

Imports the specified component's certificates into the Presentation Server keystore or truststore.

Example: tssh certificate import RSSO

tssh certificate list -f { full path of the keystore or truststore file name } -a aliasname

Lists the specified certificate details.

Example

tssh certificate list -f <TrueSight Presentation Server Installation Directory>\truesightpserver\conf\secure\loginvault.ks -a truesightserver

tssh certificate delete -f { full path of the keystore or truststore file name } -a aliasname

Deletes the specified certificate.

Example:

tssh certificate delete -f <TrueSight Presentation Server Installation Directory>\truesightpserver\conf\secure\loginvault.ks -a truesightserver

tssh certificate verify <component name>

Verifies if a secure connection can be established between the Presentation Server (operating as a client) and the specified component. 

tssh certificate verify TSIM

For more information, see Creating and importing certificates in TrueSight Presentation Server.

Perform actions on components registered with the TrueSight Presentation Server.

tssh component list | sync <component ID> (SYNC_MOMETA | SYNC_MOS | SYNC_GROUPS | SYNC_DEVICES | SYNC_CITYPES) | initialize <component DNS name>

Examples:

tssh component list - Displays the component ID, component name, and connection status of components registered with the TrueSight Presentation Server.

tssh component sync 1 <option> - Synchronizes the component with component ID 1. Options are:

SYNC_MOMETA - Synchronizes the MO meta information.

SYNC_MOS - Synchronizes the MO information.

SYNC_GROUPS - Synchronizes the groups.

SYNC_DEVICES - Synchronizes the devices from the TrueSight Infrastructure Management server.

SYNC_CITYPES - Synchronizes the CI Types from the TrueSight Infrastructure Management server.

tssh component initialize xyz.bmc.com - Re-initializes the TrueSight Infrastructure Management server component to obtain the devices, instances, groups and events.

tssh component update <infrastructure management component> <property> <value>- Updates the TrueSight Infrastructure Management server component's (FQDN format) tsimEventPruneInterval property to the specified value. For information on events pruning, see Events Pruning.

(Applicable only to TrueSight Presentation Server version 11.3.02 and later)

tssh component portcheck: Checks the port availability of a component.

For more information, see Checking a component port availability from the Presentation Server

Add or update custom components to the TrueSight Presentation Server.

Note: If you have configured the TrueSight Presentation Server for high availability, add or update components on both servers.

Back up the TrueSight Presentation Server database and configure backup settings.

Delete stale devices.

Configure the recovery TrueSight Presentation Server in a disaster recovery environment.

See Configuring a disaster-recovery system for Presentation Server

Archive a snapshot of the TrueSight Presentation Serverand restore the snapshot.

Clean up events in the TrueSight Presentation Server.

tssh event

See  Events are not cleaned up in the Presentation Server

(Applicable only to TrueSight Presentation Server version 11.3.02 and later) tssh event reinitialize

See Reinitializing events in the Presentation Server

Configure the TrueSight Presentation Server in High Availability (HA) mode.

See TrueSight Presentation Server high availability deployment

Lists the tssh commands that are available.

Enable debug logging for some or all loggers in the TrueSight Presentation Server.

Start, stop, and view the status of the TrueSight Presentation Server processes.

Set, view, and reload the TrueSight Presentation Server properties.

tssh properties list: Displays the list of properties with the current values.

Syntax: tssh properties list

Example: tssh properties list

tssh properties reload: Reloads the properties. Use this command after you update the values of properties.

Syntax: tssh properties reload

Example: tssh properties reload

tssh properties set: Sets a particular tssh property.

Syntax: tssh properties set <property name> <property value> [reload]

Note: Reload is an optional parameter and enables you to immediately reload a property after its value is set.

Examples:

• tssh properties set cmdb_user_name cmdbuser reload: This command sets the cmdb_user_name property value to cmdbuser and reloads the property.
• tssh properties set include.citypes.as.service <CI Types list seperated by comma>: This command includes any additional CI Types (predefined and user-defined) those are not listed on the Services page of the TrueSight console, when you click Configure CI Types option. For more information, see To configure additional CI Types as a services .

• tssh properties set askCredentialsForAQT <true/false>: This command helps you enable (value, true) or disable (value, false) authentication for running a query on the PATROL Agent.

  Supported with version 11.3.02 and later

  The ability to enable authentication is available only with Presentation Server version 11.3.02 and later.

For enabling the base user group, set these properties to true or false:

• tsps.usergroup.base.enabled
• tsps.usergroup.base.name

Start and stop the TrueSight Presentation Server.

List the version and status of the TrueSight Presentation Server.

Check the TrueSight Presentation Server ports for availability.

tssh server start | stop | version | status | portcheck

Examples:

tssh server start - Starts all the TrueSight Presentation Server services. Note that you cannot start this service if the computer hosting the Presentation Server does not meet the system requirements.

tssh server start force - Forces all the TrueSight Presentation Server services to start irrespective of whether the computer hosting the Presentation Server meets the system requirements.

tssh server stop - Stops all the TrueSight Presentation Server services.

tssh server version - Lists the TrueSight Presentation Server version and build number.

tssh server status - Lists the status of the database, index server, and core server processes of the TrueSight Presentation Server.

tssh server portcheck - Checks the TrueSight Presentation Server ports for availability and displays the status - busy or available. For more information, see Troubleshooting startup problems due to port conflicts.

(Linux only) Register the TrueSight Presentation Server for non-root users.

Note: (Linux) Only a root user can run this command.

tssh service register <non-root User> - Registers the BMCTSPSSvc service under the /etc/init.d folder.

tssh service deregister <non-root User> - Deregisters and removes the BMCTSPSSvc service from the /etc/init.d folder.

For more information, see Post-installation tasks on Linux

Configure the TrueSight Presentation Server to run as a Network Service user.

This command is no longer supported. However, you can configure the TrueSight Infrastructure Management and TrueSight Presentation Server to run as Network Service user. For more information, see Configuring TrueSight Operations Management components to run as a Network Service user.