standby Group Manager and all member hosts has been

 

previously established before the use of the icapmanage

 

-Qcommand. Normally this occurs automatically when

 

adding a new member to a group, updating the host list

 

for an existing member, or adding a standby Group

 

Manager.

 

This command can be issued on an active Group Manager.

 

In this case, the active Group Manager continues as the

 

active Group Manager. It attempts to contact all group

 

members and the previously active Group Manager and

 

informs them that this system is the active Group Manager.

 

This is useful if a prior icapmanage -Qcommand failed

 

to contact some group members or the previously active

 

Group Manager.

 

Note that if the active Group Manager manages multiple

 

groups, all members of all such groups must be contacted

 

during this operation.

-R[<host>[,<host>]...]

Report hardware grouping information. When used with

 

a list of host names, report all hardware types with which

 

the hosts might be grouped. The hosts can be specified

 

using either the IP address or the name of the host. If the

 

hosts are not compatible with each other, no hardware is

 

reported. Without a list of host names, report all supported

 

hardware and grouping rules. Specification of the -U

 

option reports hardware associated with the specified rule

 

file instead of the installed rule file, and can be used to

 

evaluate a new grouping rules file before installing it with

 

the -ioption.

-S

When used in combination with the -aoption, identifies

 

a host system to be set up as a standby Group Manager.

 

This command will prompt for the root password of the

 

host so that the active Group Manager can exchange SSL

 

keys with the designated standby host, establishing the

 

ability to communicate with it. The active Group Manager

 

proceeds to update all member hosts of all managed groups

 

with information about the standby Group Manager,

 

establish secure communications between the member

 

hosts and the standby Group Manager, and set up a cron

 

job responsible for the periodic transfer of the GiCAP

 

database to the standby Group Manager. Note that a

 

transfer also occurs whenever the database is updated on

 

the active Group Manager until such time as the standby

 

Group Manager takes control or is removed from use as a

 

standby Group Manager.

 

When used in combination with the -roption, identifies

 

a host system which is to be removed from use as a standby

 

Group Manager. The active Group Manager updates all

 

member hosts of all managed groups about the removal,

 

discontinues the GiCAP database transfer operations

 

(removes the cron job created when the standby Group

 

Manager was set up), and directs the identified host system

 

to remove its copy of the GiCAP database.

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