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User Guide for Internetwork Performance Monitor
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APPENDIX
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IPM Command Reference
This appendix provides a list of the IPM commands. Table B-1 shows the format of the commands and
a description of the actions they perform.
If you Telnet into a remote workstation and you do not set the DISPLAY variable to local display, you
cannot use this command. See Setting the DISPLAY Variable in Solaris for details.
Some IPM commands can be run only by the root user while the others can be run by the root user and
also by members of the casusers group.
Table B-1 IPM Commands
Command Description
ipm
Starts all IPM servers and one IPM client on the local host.
If you Telnet into a remote workstation and you do not set the DISPLAY variable to local
display, you cannot use this command. See Setting the DISPLAY Variable in Solaris for details.
You can use this command only if you have administrative privileges.
ipm addsrc
Adds a source router to the IPM database using command line prompts.
You can use this command if you are a member of the casusers group.
ipm addtarg
Adds a target device to the IPM database using command line prompts.
You can use this command if you are a member of the casusers group.
ipm backupdir
Changes the location of the backup directory. Once you have changed the backup directory
location, the dbbackup and dbrestore functions will happen only with respect to the changed
directory.
You can use this command only if you have administrative privileges.
On Windows, the default backup directory is:
IPMROOT/Server/sybase
On Solaris, the default backup directory is:
IPMROOT/CSCOcwbS/db/CSCOipm/backup.
ipm baseline percentage
Modifies the baseline, increasing the latency threshold for all Running statistical collectors on
the local host by percentage. The valid range for percentage is 1 to 999. See Setting the
Baseline for more details.
You can use this command if you are a member of the casusers group.