Issuing commands

You can configure and manage servers by issuing commands from the Operations Center, which includes a command-line interface that is called the Command Builder. You can keep the Command Builder open while you open different pages of the Operations Center.

Server commands

For information about server commands, see the IBM Spectrum Protect documentation.

Command assistance

You can interactively build commands in the Command Builder by turning command assistance on. When command assistance is on, the command line provides completion suggestions for command and parameter names as you type. Command assistance also prompts you to specify parameter values.

Tip: For detailed command information, issue the following command: HELP command_name

Opening and manipulating the command-line interface

Task	Procedure	Keyboard shortcut
Open	In the Operations Center menu bar, hover over the settings icon , and select Command Builder.	Ctrl+Shift+Z
Turn command assistance on and off	Click the Assist toggle.
Resize	Drag the lower-right corner of the command-line interface.
Move	Drag the menu bar of the command-line interface.
Close	Click the close icon. Tip: Alternatively, enter `EXIT` or `QUIT` on the command line.	Ctrl+Shift+Z

Issuing commands and managing output

Task	Procedure
Issue a command	From the server list in the command-line interface, select the server to which you want to issue a command. Enter the command.
Accept an autocomplete suggestion from command assist	Command assist displays lists of choices and inline suggestions. For list suggestions, click an item in the list. Alternatively, use the arrow keys to highlight an item in the list, and press the Enter or Tab key. For inline suggestions, press the Tab key.
Get help information about a command	Enter the following command: `HELP command_name`
Scroll through the command history		Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys.
Cancel a command that is running	On the command line, click the loading icon.	Ctrl+Shift+Q
Clear the command line		Esc
Display output with continuous scrolling	Enter the following command: `PAGEOUTPUT NO`
Display output page by page	Enter the following command: `PAGEOUTPUT YES`
Display output in table format	Enter the following command: `DISPLAYMODE TABLE`
Display output in list format	Enter the following command: `DISPLAYMODE LIST`
Display output as a table or as a list, depending on which of these two display modes best suits the size of the window	Enter the following command: `DISPLAYMODE AUTO`
Clear all output from the display	Enter the following command: `CLEAR`
Find text	Use the find function of your web browser.	Ctrl+F
Copy and paste text	Use the copy and paste functions of your web browser.	Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V
Send output to a file	You cannot redirect output from the command-line interface of the Operations Center to a file. However, you can choose one of the following alternatives: You can copy output from the display and paste it into a file. You can switch to the command-line interface of the administrative client, where you can redirect output to a file by including the OUTFILE option in the command. For information about the command-line interface of the administrative client, see the IBM Spectrum Protect documentation.

Command options that are not available in the Command Builder

You cannot include the following command options when you issue commands from the Command Builder. To include these command options, issue the commands instead from the command-line interface of the administrative client. For information about these options and about the command-line interface of the administrative client, see the IBM Spectrum Protect documentation.

-ALWAYSPROMPT
-CHECKALIASHALT
-COMMADELIMITED
-CONSOLEMODE
-DATAONLY=NO or YES
-DISPLAYMODE=LIST or TABLE
-ID=userid
-ITEMCOMMIT
-MOUNTMODE
-NEWLINEAFTERPROMPT
-NOCONFIRM
-OUTFILE
-OUTFILE=filename
-PASSWORD=password
-QUIET
-TABDELIMITED
-TCPPORT
-TCPSERVERADDRESS