Appendix B IPM Command Reference

Table B-1

IPM Commands (continued)

 

 

 

Command

 

Description

 

 

ipm browserpath

(Solaris only) Sets a user-defined IPM Web browser path, and verifies that the browser

 

 

specified by the user exists.

 

 

(Windows only) Resets the IPM Web browser path to the Internet Explorer path. If Internet

 

 

Explorer is not found, resets to the Netscape Navigator path. If neither is found, clears the IPM

 

 

Web browser path.

 

 

You can use this command only if you have administrative privileges.

 

 

 

ipm clientaddr

 

If the workstation on which an IPM client is running has multiple IP addresses, forces the IPM

 

 

client to bind to a specific IP address.

 

 

You can use this command if you are a member of the casusers group.

 

 

ipm cleanreport

Cleans reports older than n days, where n stands for number of days.

 

 

You can use this command if you are a member of the casusers group.

 

 

 

ipm console

 

Displays the contents of the ipmConsoleLog.log file.

 

 

You can use this command if you are a member of the casusers group.

 

 

ipm control servername

Starts and stops a collector, where servername is the name of the IPM server. The command

options

 

server name is optional. If server name is not specified, the local server is used as the IPM

 

 

server.

 

 

The options include the following:

 

 

–rtcollName srcName

 

 

 

Starts a real time chart for the collector named collName on the source router named

 

 

 

srcName.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

–startcollName srcName duration (hrs)

 

 

 

Starts the collector named collName on the source router named srcName, for a number of

 

 

 

hours specified by duration. A ‘0’ duration specifies a ‘forever’ collection.

 

 

–startcollName srcName duration -rt

 

 

 

Starts the collector named collName on the source router named srcName, for a number of

 

 

 

hours specified by duration, and starts a real time chart for the collector. A ‘0’ duration

 

 

 

specifies a ‘forever’ collection.

 

 

–stopcollName srcName

 

 

 

Cancels the running collector named collName on the source router named srcName.

 

 

You can use this command only if you have administrative privileges.

 

 

 

ipm cw2ksetup

 

Checks to see which files are installed, and installs additional files as necessary. Use this

 

 

command to integrate IPM and CiscoWorks in the following instances:

 

 

You installed CiscoWorks after you installed IPM.

 

 

IPM and CiscoWorks are no longer integrated for some reason.

 

 

You can use this command only if you have administrative privileges.

 

 

 

 

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