HP Clustered Gateway Device Management Software manual Mx --matrix srv8 server status

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In the following command, --matrix srv8 matches the wildcard. When the --matrixoption is not specified, the connection is made to srv3, the default; the machine specified as the default cannot contain a wildcard.

mx --matrix srv8 server status

Group servers

This method allows mx to connect to any available server in the cluster without the need to specify a server name on the command line. To use this method, enclose the server entries in brackets, as in the following example for the prod matrix.

#production cluster prod {

srv1 admin secret1 srv2 admin secret1

srv3 admin secret1 default

}

To connect to the matrix, include the option --matrix prod in the mx command. mx first attempts to access srv3, the default. If that server is not available, the command tries the other servers in the group.

If your servers mostly use the same username and password, to simplify configuring the .matrixrc file, you can specify those values following the cluster name. You then only need to specify the values if they are different for a particular server.

In the following example, the values “admin,” “secret1,” and “default” are specified. The “default” value tells mx to first attempt to connect to the default server, and then try the other servers in the list. If “default” is omitted, the mx command will attempt to connect to the servers in the order that they are specified in the list.

# production cluster

prod admin secret1 default { srv1

srv2

srv3 admin secret1 default srv4 admin secret2

}

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