getdscfg

Use the getdscfg command to list the current value of a property from the property file for the Device server. You must have Administrator authority to use this command.

Syntax

-user user_name

Specifies an IBM Spectrum Control™ user ID.

-pwd password

Specifies the password for the IBM Spectrum Control user ID.

-url url

Specifies the Device server. The format of the URL is system:port_number, where system represents either the host name or IP address, and port_number represents the IBM Spectrum Control Device server port.

-property property_key

Specifies the property key. The property_key variable is the property key.

-context context

Specifies a classification or category for a configuration property. The context variable is the context properties. For example, The following parameter applies to the IBM Spectrum® Control Device server only.

-context DeviceServer

The following parameter applies to the IBM Spectrum Control performance manager only.

-context PerformanceManager

-fs character

Specifies the 7-bit character that separates the information in the output. If you omit this parameter, the information is separated by blank spaces.

-header

Suppresses the column headings in the output. If you omit this parameter, the column headings are included.

-help | -h | -?

Lists help information for the command.

-qs character

Specifies the 7-bit character that surrounds character strings and date stamps in the output. If you omit this parameter, character strings and date stamps are enclosed by double quotation marks (").

-silent

Suppresses all output for the command. If you omit this parameter, output is included.

Example: Listing a property value

The following command lists the value of the SnmpRetryCount property:

tpctool> getdscfg -url localhost:9550 -user ***** -pwd ***** -property 
SnmpRetryCount -context DeviceServer

The following output is returned:


Property       Context      Value
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SnmpRetryCount DeviceServer 3