Location of the istool command line

The istool command line is available on the client and engine tiers.

On Windows computers, you can open the istool command prompt in console mode from Start > All Programs > IBM InfoSphere Information Server > IBM InfoSphere Information Server Command Line Interface. The istool command framework is located in: installation_directory\Clients\istools\cli, where installation_directory is the directory where you installed InfoSphere® Information Server. For example, c:\IBM\InformationServer.

For UNIX or Linux, the istool command framework is located in: installation_directory/Clients/istools/cli, where installation_directory is the directory where you installed InfoSphere Information Server. For example, /opt/IBM/InformationServer.

When you run an istool command, details are written to a log file:

On Windows computers, the log file is located in %USERPROFILE%\istool_workspace\.metadata\.log.
On UNIX or Linux computers the log file is located in user_home/user_name/istool_workspace/.metadata/.log.

The istool framework is installed on all client and engine tier computers.

Command options for most products and areas are installed with the framework when the suite is installed.

InfoSphere Streams commands are installed on the client tier only.

Command options for each of the following tools are installed with the framework only when the tool is installed:

InfoSphere Data Quality Console – client and engine
InfoSphere Information Analyzer – client and engine
InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog – client and engine
InfoSphere FastTrack – client only

This means, for example, that to move InfoSphere DataStage® and QualityStage® assets, you can run the build package, deploy package, and send package commands, and the -datastage parameter from any computer on the client or engine tier. To move InfoSphere FastTrack assets, you must run the istool command line from the client computer where InfoSphere FastTrack is installed.