The ACM Control Command (acmctl)

The acmctl command controls the ACM. Running it with the –h (Help) option displays the available command options:

# /opt/aspera/acm/bin/acmctl -h
Aspera Cluster Manager Control Command
Version: 0.5
Usage: acmctl {option}
List of options:
-i: Display the current state of ACM
-s: Perform a sanity check of ACM
-D: Disable ACM globally
-E: Enable ACM globally
-d: Disable ACM locally
-e: Enable ACM locally
-b: Back up the MySQL database (active node only)
-A: Display information about the version

You can use the ‐i option to display the current status of ACM on a node output shown from the active node:

Aspera Cluster Manager status
-----------------------------
Local hostname:         con2 
Active node:            con2 (me)
Status of this node:    active
Status file:            current
Disabled globally:      no
Disabled on this node:  no

Database configuration file
---------------------------
Database host:        10.0.115.102

Console active/passive services status
------------------------------------
Apache:      running
MySQL:       running
Console:     running

AsperaBackground::SshTunnelManager       running
AsperaBackground::Controller             running
AsperaBackground::MongrelManager         running
AsperaBackground::DatabaseIngest         running
AsperaBackground::SessionDataCollector   running
AsperaBackground::NodeInfoCollector      running
AsperaBackground::FileDataCollector      running
AsperaBackground::DataCanonicalizer      running
AsperaBackground::CustomField            running
AsperaBackground::DatabaseUtility        running
AsperaBackground::TransferInitiator      running
AsperaBackground::Email                  running
AsperaBackground::Report                 running

Aspera Cluster Manager status
-----------------------------
Local hostname:         con1 
Active node:            con2
Status of this node:    passive
Status file:            current
Disabled globally:      no
Disabled on this node:  no

Database configuration file
---------------------------
Database host:        10.0.115.102


Console active/passive services status
------------------------------------
Apache:      stopped
MySQL:       stopped
Console:     stopped

On both the active and passive systems, the output of the acmctl -i command provides useful information about the status of the Shares servers:

Output Element	Definition
Hostname	The name of the local system.
Active node	The name and IP address of the node that is currently the active node.
Status [of] file	Whether the /opt/aspera/acm/run/acm4console.status file is current or has expired. A status of expired usually indicates a fail-over situation. The status file may not be available for a short period during fail-over, and the Status file may report as Unable to find.
Disabled globally	Answers the question: Is ACM disabled for all Shares servers?
Disabled on this node	Answers the question: Is ACM disabled on this node?
Database host	The system that is currently managing the MySQL database files.
Console active/passive service status	The active Console should show Apache, MySQL, and Console services running, as well as all Console background processes. If run on the passive system, all services should be shown as “stopped”.