IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3

tacmd createAction

Description

Use the tacmd createAction command to create a new Take Action. You must log in by using the tacmd login command before running the tacmd createAction command.

CLI syntax

tacmd createAction
                      {-n|--name} ACTIONNAME
                      {-t|--type} TYPE
                      {-p|--property|--properties} NAME=VALUE
                      [{-d|--detailtextname} TYPEDESC ]

where:
-n|--name
The name of the action to be created.
-t|--type
The application type name. Specifies the application two-digit code for which the action has to be created. Note that you cannot create a Take Action command for the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server managed system (type CQ).
-d|--detailtextname
Application detail text name. Specify detail text of system type name to create the action.
-p|--property|--properties
Specifies one or more NAME=VALUE pairs that identify the properties of the new action and their values. The Cmd property in the -p option is mandatory for creating the new action. Valid property entries for name are:
Desc or Description
The description of the Take Action command to be created. Input given as text enclosed between double quotation marks, such as:
-p Desc="Stops the specified services" 
Cmd or Command
The system command to be executed.
Key
The unique key value to identify the Take Action command. If you have not specified the key value, a random key value would be generated. This value does not support non-ASCII characters.

CLI example

This example creates a new action command of name "Test Alerter Service "of type NT in the logged in server.
   tacmd createAction -n "Test Alerter Service" -t NT -p cmd="net start Alerter" 
desc="To start the alerter service" key="Test Alerter"

Return values

See Table 1.

Related commands

Return to Table 1.



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