Viewing information about an instance with the command-line utility

Use the idsilist command to view information about an existing instance.

Procedure

  1. Log in as root user on AIX® or Linux™, and as an administrator member on Windows™.
  2. Change the current working directory to the sbin subdirectory in the IBM® Security Verify Directory installation location.
  3. To view information about the instances on a computer, run the appropriate idsilist command:
    Task to completeCommand to run:
    List all instances idsilist
    List all instances with complete information and description idsilist -a
    List all instances with complete information raw format idsilist -r
    List a specific instance idsilist -I instance_name
    List a specific instance with complete information and description idsilist -I instance_name -a
    List a specific instance with complete information in raw format idsilist -I instance_name -r
    For more information about the idsilist command, see Command Reference.