Cisco Systems 1.0 (1) manual Selecting a System to Use, Selecting a Different Target System

Selecting a System to Use

When run from a command line, unless otherwise specified, Cisco Web utilities assume that the local machine is both:

A)The application server (the machine from which the utility should be run), and

B)The target system (the machine to be queried by the utility).

For example, to run the System Interrogate utility on the local machine, and to target its query at that same machine, enter:

>interrogate /query

Selecting a Different Target System

If desired, you can use the /system option to specify a different machine as the target system of a command. The /system option can only be used when the application server is a Support Tools Server; You cannot target a remote system when using a node as your application server--node can only target themselves.

For example, to target a System Interrogate query at a machine named logger_b, enter:

>interrogate

>system logger_a

>query

In the example above, the System Interrogate utility is being run locally (from a Support Tools Server) and targeted at a node named logger_b.

Note: This command is not available for the Log Group and Log Collection utilities. In those utilities, the target system specification is built into the log group(s) being used in the request.

Selecting a Different Application Server

If desired, you can run a utility remotely from a Support Tools Server. For example, to run the System Interrogate utility from a Support Tools Server named appserver_a, enter:

>interrogate st_server_a

>system logger_a

>query

In the example above, the System Interrogate utility is being run remotely from a Support Tools Server named st_server_a and targeted at a node named logger_b.

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