SHOW commands for the backup-archive client
SHOW commands are unsupported diagnostic commands that are used to display information about in-memory control structures and other runtime attributes. The SHOW commands are used by development and service only as diagnostic tools. Several SHOW commands exist for the backup-archive client.
Depending upon the information that is displayed by a SHOW command, there
might be instances where the information is changing, or cases where it might cause the application
(client, server, or storage agent) to stop running. The SHOW commands must be
used only when development or service suggests it. The SHOW commands in table
Table 1 are not all of the available
SHOW commands.
| SHOW Command | Description | Information |
|---|---|---|
| CLUSTER | Displays information about the disk mappings in a Microsoft Cluster. | Useful to display information about the disk mapping (configuration) in a Microsoft Cluster environment. |
| DOMAIN | Displays information about the configured domains to use for incremental backup processing. | Useful to display information and summarize the DOMAIN, DOMAIN.IMAGE, and DOMAIN.NAS client options. |
| OPTIONS | Displays the client options. | Useful to determine the settings of client options. |
| OPTTABLE | Displays information about options that are administered by the server versus the options that are managed by the client option file. | The client might receive its option settings from either the client option file or from the server. To receive the option from the server, a client option set must be defined with the DEFINECLOPTSET command. This command helps you to determine whether the client is using an option that is configured from the option file or an option that is configured from a client option set defined on the server. |
| PLUGINS | Displays information about installed plug-ins for this client. | The client uses plug-ins to provide extra capabilities, such as image backup. This SHOW command displays the plug-ins that are installed for this client and it also displays attributes of the various plug-ins, such as their version, type, and location. |
| SESSION | Displays the capabilities that this client is able to have for this connection to the server. | The client and server report and negotiate the capabilities that each has when a session is started between a client and a server. This SHOW command reports the capabilities available by this server and client. |
| SYSTEMSTATE | For Windows clients, displays the SYSTEM STATE data that is available on this client. | The SYSTEMSTATE SHOW command is helpful in determining which SYSTEM STATE files are installed on this Windows system and the files that might be backed up. |
| TRACEFLAGS | Displays information about trace classes and aggregate trace classes for this client. | The TRACEFLAGS SHOW command is helpful in determining which trace classes and aggregate trace classes might be used for this client. |
| VERSION | Displays the version and build date for this client. | The VERSION SHOW command is helpful in determining which client is running and when it was built. |