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The command line syntax of agentcmd is:
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agentcmd <-/+s> <-p #> hostname command |
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Where:
-s
= do not use an SSL connection to the agent (default).+s
= connect to the agent using SSL.If SSL is not enabled on the host, the following error message appears:
ERR The host was not configured to use SSL
-p #
= connect to the agent on the specified port (default is 9998).hostname
= the name or IP address of the host on which the agent is running.command
= the agent command to run.
For example, to get basic system information from an agent running on the server Solaris1, type the following command:
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agentcmd +s Solaris1 sysinfo |
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SYSNAME=Solaris1 DOMAIN=myDomain.com ARCH="SunOS Solaris1 5.9 Generic_118558-03 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise" OSVER=5.9 NUMCPUS=4 MEMSIZE=1048576 PAGESIZE=8192 SWAPSIZE=1021624 GPGSLO=25 VXVM="" SDS="YES" HOSTID="808cf673" CPU0=" 0 - - 168 - UltraSPARC - " CPU1=" 1 - - 168 - UltraSPARC - " CPU4=" 4 - - 168 - UltraSPARC - " CPU5=" 5 - - 168 - UltraSPARC - " NET0=lo0=127.0.0.1 NET1=hme0=10.0.0.010
Using agentcmd in an agent-side script
As with netcat, agentcmd is typically used in a script on the monitoring station to perform the following tasks:
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The following example illustrates how to run agentcmd in an agent side script:
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If you use netcat in your scripts, see the following Knowledge Base articles for information on replacing netcat with agentcmd: