tacmd help

Specifies the command you want detailed help for. The following lists and describes the available commands:

tacmd acceptbaseline

Sets a situation override based on the baseline (situation override) values calculated by using one of several statistical functions for a situation attribute based on historical data from the Tivoli® Data Warehouse. This command yields identical calculations to the suggestBaseline command. You can use the acceptBaseline command to calculate and set baseline values with a single command invocation.

tacmd addbundles

Adds component bundles to a deployment depot. This command can only be run from a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server installation with a depot.

tacmd addcalendarentry

Adds a calendar entry to the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.

tacmd addgroupmember

Adds a group member to the specified group.

tacmd addsdainstalloptions

Adds a version to the Self-Describing Agent (SDA) install option record.

tacmd addsystem

Adds a new system to the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server..

tacmd bulkexportpcy

All or the specified types and policies are exported from Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.

tacmd bulkexportsit

All or the specified types and situations are exported from Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.

tacmd bulkimportpcy

All or the specified types and policy objects are imported to Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.

tacmd bulkimportsit

All or the specified types and situation objects are imported to Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.

tacmd checkprereq

Checks the specified managed system for required prerequisites for a specified agent installation.

tacmd cleanms

Deletes the entries for offline managed systems.

tacmd clearappseedstate

Clear the seed state of an application supports install records.

tacmd cleardeploystatus

Remove entries from the table that stores the status of the asynchronous agent deployment operations.

tacmd configureportalserver

Configure a user-defined portal server data source.

tacmd configuresystem

Updates the configuration of a system.

tacmd createaction

Creates a new Take Action command definition on the monitoring server.

tacmd createeventdest

Creates a new event destination definition on the monitoring server.

tacmd creategroup

Creates a new deployment, bundle, or situation group definitions in the agent deployment tables on the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.

tacmd createnode

Creates a node and starts an OS agent on it.

tacmd createsit

Creates a situation on the server.

tacmd createsitassociation

Creates one or more situation associations for a Tivoli Enterprise Portal navigator item. Optionally, you can also create one or more managed system or managed system list assignments for the navigator item.

tacmd createsysassignment

Assigns one or more managed systems or managed system lists to a Tivoli Enterprise Portal navigator item.

tacmd createsystemlist

Creates a system list on the server.

tacmd createuser

Creates a new user in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server.

tacmd createusergroup

Creates a new user group in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server.

tacmd deleteaction

Deletes a Take Action command on the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.

tacmd deleteappinstallrecs

Deletes application supports install records from the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.

tacmd deletecalendarentry

Deletes a calendar entry from the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.

tacmd deleteeventdest

Deletes an event destination server definition from the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.

tacmd deletegroup

Deletes a group definition and all group members belonging to the group from the deployment tables on the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.

tacmd deletegroupmember

Deletes a group member definition from the group.

tacmd deleteoverride

Deletes the situation overrides defined for a specified situation on a managed system or list of managed systems.

tacmd deletesdainstalloptions

Deletes a version from a Self-Describing Agent (SDA) install option record.

tacmd deletesdaoptions

Deletes Self-Describing Agent (SDA) option configuration entries.

tacmd deletesdasuspend

Delete the Self-Describing Agent (SDA) Suspend record from the database.

CAUTION:

Do not use the deleteSdaSuspend command unless directed by IBM Software Support.

tacmd deletesit

Deletes a situation from the server.

tacmd deletesitassociation

Dissociates one or more situations from a Tivoli Enterprise Portal navigator item.

tacmd deletesysassignment

Deletes one or more managed system assignments from a Tivoli Enterprise Portal navigator item.

tacmd deletesystemlist

Deletes a system list from the server.

tacmd deleteuser

Deletes a specified user from the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server.

tacmd deleteusergroup

Deletes a specified user group from the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server.

tacmd deleteworkspace

Deletes a global or user-customized Tivoli Enterprise Portal workspace from the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server.

tacmd describesystemtype

Displays the configuration options available for a system.

tacmd editaction

Edits a Take Action command definition on the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.

tacmd editcalendarentry

Modifies an existing calendar entry definition on the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.

tacmd editeventdest

Modifies an existing event destination server definition on the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.

tacmd editgroup

Modifies an existing deployment, bundle, or situation group definition in the agent deployment tables on the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.

tacmd editgroupmember

Modifies or defines an alias for an existing situation group member, modifies the properties for a deployment group, or modifies the type, version, platform, or properties for a bundle definition.

tacmd editsdainstalloptions

Edits the version of a Self-Describing Agent (SDA) install option record.

tacmd editsdaoptions

Edits Self-Describing Agent (SDA) option configuration entries.

tacmd editsit

Edits a situation definition.

tacmd editsystemlist

Edits a system list definition.

tacmd edituser

Edits a specified user definition.

tacmd editusergroup

Edits a specified user group definition.

tacmd executeaction

Executes the Take Action command.

tacmd executecommand

Executes a command on a managed system.

tacmd exportBundles

Exports one or more deployment bundles to the specified export directory.

tacmd exportcalendarentries

Exports all the calendar entries available in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server to the specified XML file.

tacmd exportnavigator

Exports a Tivoli Enterprise Portal custom navigator and all workspaces, queries, and situation associations referenced within the custom navigator from the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server to an XML file. This command can only be run from a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server, Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, or Tivoli Enterprise Portal Desktop Client installation.

tacmd exportqueries

Exports one or more Tivoli Enterprise Portal queries from the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server to an XML file. This command can only be run from a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server, Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, or Tivoli Enterprise Portal Desktop Client installation.

tacmd exportsitassociations

Exports all situation associations for a Tivoli Enterprise Portal navigator, or optionally, a particular navigator item within the navigator, to an XML file.

tacmd exportsysassignments

Exports all managed system assignments for a Tivoli Enterprise Portal navigator, or optionally, a particular navigator item within the navigator, to an XML file.

tacmd exportworkspaces

Exports one or more Tivoli Enterprise Portal workspaces from the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server to an XML file. This command can only be run from a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server, Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, or Tivoli Enterprise Portal Desktop Client installation.

tacmd getdeploystatus

Displays the status of the asynchronous agent deployment operations.

tacmd getfile

Transfers a file from a remote managed system to a local destination.

tacmd help | ? {command}

Displays complete help for a specified command.

tacmd histconfiguregroups

Configures the specified attribute groups for history collection.

tacmd histcreatecollection

Creates the historical data collection of specified attribute groups.

tacmd histdeletecollection

Deletes the historical data collection of specified attribute groups.

tacmd histeditcollection

Edits the historical data collection of specified attribute groups.

tacmd histlistattributegroups

Lists all the attribute groupnames for the specified product that are available for History Configuration.

tacmd histlistcollections

Lists historical data collection for the specified managed system.

tacmd histlistproduct

Lists all the products that are available for History Configuration.

tacmd histstartcollection

Starts the historical data collection of specified attribute groups.

tacmd histstopcollection

Stops the historical data collection of specified attribute groups.

tacmd histunconfiguregroups

Unconfigures the history configuration details of the specified attribute groups.

tacmd histviewattributegroup

Displays the history configuration details of the specified attribute group.

tacmd histviewcollection

Displays historical data collection configuration information for the specified collection.

tacmd importcalendarentries

Imports all the calendar entries available in the specified XML file to the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server.

tacmd importnavigator

Imports a Tivoli Enterprise Portal custom navigator view, workspaces, queries, and situation associations from an XML file to the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server. This command can only be run from a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server, Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, or Tivoli Enterprise Portal Desktop Client installation.

tacmd importqueries

Imports Tivoli Enterprise Portal queries from an XML file to the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server. This command can only be run from a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server, Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, or Tivoli Enterprise Portal Desktop Client installation.

tacmd importsitassociations

Imports all situation associations from an XML file to the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server.

tacmd importsysassignments

Imports all managed system assignments from an XML file to the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server.

tacmd importworkspaces

Imports Tivoli Enterprise Portal workspaces from an XML file to the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server. This command can only be run from a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server, Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, or Tivoli Enterprise Portal Desktop Client installation.

tacmd listaction

Displays a list of Take Action commands.

tacmd listappinstallrecs

Displays the application install records.

tacmd listbundles

Displays details for component bundles not yet added to a deployment depot. This command can only be run from a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server installation with a depot.

tacmd listcalendarentries

Displays calendar entry name, type and data for each calendar entry definition on the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.

tacmd listeventdest

Displays the server ID, server name, and server type for every event destination server definition on the server.

tacmd listgroups

Displays the name and bundle type for each group definition on the server.

tacmd listnavigators

Displays a list of Tivoli Enterprise Portal custom navigator views assigned to the specified Tivoli Enterprise Portal user on the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server. The custom navigator name and description are displayed for each custom navigator. This command can only be run from a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server, Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, or Tivoli Enterprise Portal Desktop Client installation.

tacmd listoverrideablesits

Displays a list of override-eligible situations for a given application.

tacmd listoverrides

Displays the situation overrides defined for a specified situation on a managed system or list of managed systems.

tacmd listqueries

Displays a list of Tivoli Enterprise Portal queries on the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server. You can optionally filter the list by query names or product codes. The query name and product code are displayed for each query. This command can only be run from a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server, Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, or Tivoli Enterprise Portal Desktop Client installation.

tacmd listsdainstalloptions

Lists the Self-Describing Agent (SDA) install options records.

tacmd listSdaOptions

Lists Self-Describing Agent (SDA) option configuration entries.

tacmd listSdaStatus

List the Self-Describing Agent (SDA) Enablement information.

tacmd listsit

Lists known situations.

tacmd listsitassociations

Displays a list of all situations associated with or eligible for association with a Tivoli Enterprise Portal navigator item.

tacmd listsitattributes

Displays a list situation attribute names that are eligible for use with dynamic thresholding (override) commands for a given situation. The command distinguishes between attributes that can be used as part of a predicate expression and attributes that can be used as part of a condition expression.

tacmd listsysassignments

Displays a list of managed systems or managed system lists that are assigned to a Tivoli Enterprise Portal navigator item. Optionally, the command can display a list of situations that are eligible for association with the specified navigator item.

tacmd listsystemlist

Displays a list of known system lists.

tacmd listsystems

Displays a list of known systems.

tacmd listtrace

Displays the current RAS1 tracing level on a managed system.

tacmd listusers

Lists all the users or the users belonging to a particular group.

tacmd listusergroups

Lists all existing user groups.

tacmd listworkspaces

Displays a list of Tivoli Enterprise Portal workspaces on the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server. You can optionally filter the list by workspace names, product codes, or workspace users. The workspace name, product code, and user ID are displayed for each workspace. This command can only be run from a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server, Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, or Tivoli Enterprise Portal Desktop Client installation.

tacmd login

Authenticates a username and password with a hub monitoring server so that a user can execute subsequent commands from the local computer.

tacmd logout

Logs a user off the server.

tacmd managesit

Starts or stops the specified situations in the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.

tacmd pdcollect

Remotely invoke PDCollect tool and transfer the compressed file to the local computer.

tacmd putfile

Transfers a file from a local source to a remote managed system.

tacmd refreshcatalog

Refresh the catalog file, allows the data server to reread the catalog files and refresh the affinity information.

tacmd refreshTECinfo

Refresh Tivoli Enterprise Console® Event Integration Facility configuration or event mapping files.

tacmd removebundles

Removes component bundles from a deployment depot.

tacmd removesystem

Remove one or more instances of an agent or uninstall an agent from a managed system. By using the bulk deployment option, the command will remove all agents in a deployment and bundle group combination.

tacmd restartagent

Restarts a monitoring agent.

tacmd restartfaileddeploy

Restarts a failed deployment command.

tacmd resumesda

Resumes the Self-Describing Agent (SDA) installation functions.

tacmd setagentconnection

Updates the connection properties and environment variables for the agent.

tacmd setoverride

Defines a situation override for a specified situation on a managed system or list of managed systems.

tacmd settrace

Changes the RAS1 tracing level on a managed system to the specified new value.

tacmd startagent

Starts a monitoring agent.

tacmd stopagent

Stops a monitoring agent.

tacmd suggestbaseline

Calculates a baseline (situation override) value by using one of several statistical functions for a situation attribute based on historical data from the Tivoli Data Warehouse.

tacmd suspendsda

Suspends the Self-Describing Agent (SDA) installation functions.

tacmd tepslogin

Logs on to the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server.

tacmd tepslogout

Logs off of the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server.

tacmd updateagent

Updates a monitoring agent to a new version.

tacmd viewaction

Displays a Take Action command definition.

tacmd viewagent

Displays the details and status of a monitoring agent.

tacmd viewcalendarentry

Displays a calendar entry definition.

tacmd viewdepot

Displays the components that you can deploy remotely.

tacmd vieweventdest

Displays all properties for the specified event destination definition on the monitoring server.

tacmd viewgroup

Displays the details of a group definition.

tacmd viewgroupmember

Displays the properties of a specific group member, depending upon the group type of the group member.

tacmd viewnode

Displays the versions and patch levels of the systems that are installed on a node or a group of nodes.

tacmd viewsit

Displays or exports a situation definition.

tacmd viewsystemlist

Displays or exports a system list definition.

tacmd viewuser

Displays the details of a specified user.

tacmd viewusergroup

Displays the details of a specified user group.