The icosutil utility

The icosutil utility performs such tasks as encrypting passwords and importing quantities of network resources into the database.

The icosutil utility uses the following syntax:

./icosutil admin_task admin_task_options

Where:

./icosutil — Invokes the icosutil utility.
admin_task — Specifies the keyword associated with a system administration task. An optional -help parameter can be appended after the admin_task to view the task’s usage information.
admin_task_options — Specifies the options associated with the keyword specified in admin_task.

The following table describes the function of each keyword.

icosutil keyword	Description
`Archive`	Archives the UOW.
`ArchiveDelete`	Clears the archive.
`BulkLoader`	Imports quantities of network resources into the database.
`CalculateChecksum`	Used to calculate the check sum of a file and create a file with that value in it (only to be used when instructed to do so by IBM L2 Support).
`ConfigArchive`	Archives and deletes versioned configuration information from the database.
`ConfigRestore`	Reverses the ConfigArchive process by restoring a versioned configuration from the specified archive file.
`CmdSetMigration`	Used to update Command Sets whose driver is now out of date.
`Encrypt`	Encrypts the specified password.
`IDTArchive`	Archives IDT session logs from ITNCM - Base network resources.
`Restore`	Reverses the archive process by restoring UOW and UOW logs from the specified archive.
`ReevaluateGroups`	Determines if the addition or deletion of drivers has an impact on the coverage of the command set groups and updates them accordingly.
`ResourceUtility`	Loads a given resource.
`TaskSleepResume`	Used to test drivers that support sleep and resume functionality (only to be used when instructed to do so by IBM L2 Support).
`VerifyPermissions`	Used to check all account permissions are correct for each group (only to be used when instructed to do so by IBM L2 Support).
`WorkAnalyser`	This utility is used to analyze and produce reports on failed UoWs for the support team.
`WorkHousekeeping`	Deletes completed UOWs from the database.

The options for each keyword are given in individual topics in this section.

Keywords that relate to housekeeping are in the Housekeeping section.