Adding event suppressions with the CLI

This topic describes how to add single Event Suppression Periods by entering commands from the CLI.

The Manage Event Suppression command line syntax is:

manageEventSuppression [options] add instPath typePath beginTime endTim e repeat

The following table lists the required and optional parameters for the manage event suppression command tool.

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Positional parameters	Description
Add	Indicates that this command is adding Event Suppression Periods.
instPath	Object Instance Path for the object subject to the suppression.
typePath	Object Type Path for the object subject to the suppression.
beginTime	Begin time for the suppression period. Time is of the format :yyyy-MM-ddHH:mm:ss Where yy is the year, MM in the month number, dd is the day of the month, HH is the hour, mm is the minute.
endTime	End time for the suppression period; see beginTime for the format.
Repeat	Repeat type. Can be any case. NONENo repeat EVERYDAYRepeat the suppression every day EVERYWEEKRepeat the suppression on the same day each week EVERYMONTHRepeat the suppression on the same day each month EVERYYEARRepeat the suppression on the same day each year
Optional parameters	Description
-hor -? or --help	Provides a brief help message.
-u username or --user username	Indicates the parameter username used for connecting to the services.
-p password or --password password	Password used for connecting to the services. If -p or -s is not specified, the user is prompted for the password. -p is mutually exclusive with -s.
-s or --stdin	Specify password via stdin. This is mutually exclusive with -p.
-d	Run the command in debug mode.
-v	Run the command in verbose mode.

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