Managing the server from the command line
IBM Spectrum® Protect provides several different command-line interfaces for managing IBM Spectrum Protect servers.
About this task
- Administrative command-line client
- The administrative command-line client is a program that runs
on a file server, workstation, or mainframe. It is installed as part
of the IBM Spectrum Protect server
installation process. The administrative client can be accessed remotely.
From the administrative client, you can issue any server commands.
- Server console
- The server console is a command-line window on the system where
the server is installed. Therefore, to use the server console, you
must be at the physical location of the server system.
Compared to the administrative client, the capabilities of the server console are limited. From the server console, you cannot issue certain commands, and you cannot route commands to other servers. Also, you cannot specify that certain commands process before other commands can be issued. However, this limitation can be useful if, for example, you want to run two commands in quick succession.
- Operations Center command line
- From the Operations Center, you can access the IBM Spectrum Protect command line. You might want to use this command line to issue server commands to complete certain IBM Spectrum Protect tasks that are not supported in the Operations Center.
Server scripts provide for automation of common administrative tasks. A macro is a file that contains one or more IBM Spectrum Protect administrative commands. When you issue the MACRO command, the server processes all commands in the macro file in order, including commands that are contained in any nested macros.