movecollectors

Use this command to move data collectors from one or more hosts (where the Collection Stations or Collection Agents are installed) to the target host based on the criterion specified. Additionally, you can preview the data collectors that will be affected by the criterion that you specify.

Note

This command is not supported for the following data collectors:

To understand the syntax and examples, see:

Related topics

Where to find more information

deletecollector

exportcollector

Managing-data-collectors

Agent-types

Using-the-command-line-interface

Syntax

Note

Prefix this command with the following, as appropriate:

  • For Windows: itda.bat
  • For Linux: ./itda.sh

movecollectors -c <criterion> -d <hostName> -p <portNumber> -u <userName> -w <password> -t <targetHostName> [-y][-v] [-s]

  • Angle brackets (< >) indicate a variable value that needs to be user defined.
  • Square brackets ([ ]) indicate optional parameters.

The following table describes the parameters used in the syntax:

Example inputs

The following example provides the input for moving the data collectors starting with the name pun*:

movecollectors -c collectorName=pun* -d localhost -p 9797 -u admin -w admin -t collection-station_WRG-13.bmc.com

The following example provides the input for moving multiple data collectors as per the names specified:

movecollectors -c collectorName=punWindowsEvents,punScriptOverSSH -d localhost -p 9797 -u admin -w admin -t collection-station_WRG-13.bmc.com

 

 

 

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