Cisco Systems OL-11291-01 manual Command Description

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IPM Command Reference

	This appendix provides a list of the IPM commands. Table B-1shows the format of the commands and
	a description of the actions they perform.
	If you Telnet into a remote workstation and you do not set the DISPLAY variable to local display, you
	cannot use this command. See Setting the DISPLAY Variable in Solaris for details.
	Some IPM commands can be run only by the root user while the others can be run by the root user and
	also by members of the casusers group.
Table B-1	IPM Commands
Command		Description
ipm		Starts all IPM servers and one IPM client on the local host.
		If you Telnet into a remote workstation and you do not set the DISPLAY variable to local
		display, you cannot use this command. See Setting the DISPLAY Variable in Solaris for details.
		You can use this command only if you have administrative privileges.
ipm addsrc		Adds a source router to the IPM database using command line prompts.
		You can use this command if you are a member of the casusers group.
ipm addtarg		Adds a target device to the IPM database using command line prompts.
		You can use this command if you are a member of the casusers group.
ipm backupdir		Changes the location of the backup directory. Once you have changed the backup directory
		location, the dbbackup and dbrestore functions will happen only with respect to the changed
		directory.
		You can use this command only if you have administrative privileges.
		On Windows, the default backup directory is:
		IPMROOT/Server/sybase
		On Solaris, the default backup directory is:
		IPMROOT/CSCOcwbS/db/CSCOipm/backup.
ipm baseline percentage		Modifies the baseline, increasing the latency threshold for all Running statistical collectors on
		the local host by percentage. The valid range for percentage is 1 to 999. See Setting the
		Baseline for more details.
		You can use this command if you are a member of the casusers group.

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