esacli suspend

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Use the esacli suspend command to suspend Electronic Service Agent™.

Synopsis

esacli suspend

Description

The esacli suspend command suspends all communication from Electronic Service Agent to IBM. When ESA is suspended, you cannot do the following operations: .
  • Send the test problem.
  • Save the system location settings.
  • Delete the problems.
  • Send authorizations to the IBM ID.
  • Delete the systems.
  • Verify connectivity setting.
  • Verify connectivity and discovery of systems.
  • Run an operational test.
  • Collect the service information.
  • Import configuration settings.
  • Save the service contact settings.
  • Perform manual check on the expiration date of an update access key.

Exit status

The following table contains the codes that are returned by this command.
  • 0: The operation completed successfully.
  • 1: IBM® Electronic Service Agent instance is not running.
  • 30: The IBM Electronic Service Agent instance is currently suspended.

Example

  • Suspending Electronic Service Agent
    This example illustrates running esacli suspend to suspend Electronic Service Agent. 
    esacli suspend
The system is NOT being monitored. IBM Electronic Service Agent is currently suspended.