HELP (Get help on commands and error messages)

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Use this command to display administrative commands and error messages. You can issue the command from an administrative command line client.

Privilege class

Any administrator can issue this command.

Syntax

Parameters

help_topic_number

Specifies the number of your selection from the help topics. This parameter is optional.

Topic numbers are displayed in the table of contents, for example:

3.0 Administrative commands
  ...
  3.13.10 DEFINE DEVCLASS (Define a device class)
      3.13.10.1 DEFINE DEVCLASS (Define a 3590 device class)
      3.13.10.2 DEFINE DEVCLASS (Define a 3592 device class)
      ...

The topic number for the command DEFINE DEVCLASS for a 3592 device class is 3.13.10.2.

command_name

Specifies the name of the administrative command you want to display. This parameter is optional.

subcommand_name: Specifies up to two of the subcommand names that are associated with the name of the administrative command that you want to display. This parameter is optional.

message_number

Specifies the number of the message for which you want to display information. This parameter is optional. You can get help information about server messages (prefixed by ANR) and client messages (prefixed by ANE or ANS). Do not include the prefix and severity code when specifying an error message number.

server_option_name

Specifies the name of the server option for which you want to display information. This parameter is optional.

utility_name

Specifies the name of the server utility for which you want to display information. This parameter is optional.

Example: Display the help topics

Display the help topics for the command-line interface.

help

Partial output:


1.0 Administering the server from the command line
  1.1 Issuing commands from the administrative client
     1.1.1 Starting and stopping the administrative client
     1.1.2 Monitoring server activities from the administrative client

Example: Display a help topic by using the help topic number

Display help information by using the help topic number. The topic number for the command DEFINE DEVCLASS for a 3592 device class is 3.13.10.2.

help 3.13.10.2

Example: Display help for one command

Display help information about the REMOVE commands.

help remove

3.44 REMOVE commands
Use the REMOVE commands to remove an object.
The following is a list of REMOVE commands:
*  3.44.1, "REMOVE ADMIN (Delete an administrator)"
*  3.44.2, "REMOVE NODE (Delete a node or an associated machine node)"

Example: Display help for a specific error message

Display help information about the error message ANR2535E.

help 2535

ANR2535E  Command: The node node name cannot be removed or renamed
      because it has an associated data mover.
Explanation: You attempted to remove or rename a node that has an
associated data mover.
System action: The server does not remove or rename the node.
User response: To remove or rename the node, delete the associated data
mover and reissue the command.

Example: Display help for a specific option

Display the description, syntax, and an example for the COMMMETHOD server option.

help commmethod

Example: Display help for a specific utility

Display the description, syntax, and an example for the DSMSERV utility.

help dsmserv