Users Guide

Using OpenManage Power Center through
Command Line Interface
All commands supported by the command line interface (CLI) have the following format:
ompc_cli [COMMAND] [GENERIC_OPTIONS] [COMMAND_OPTIONS] [COMMAND_TARGET]
The operation must start with a valid [COMMAND]. Options can be entered anywhere after [COMMAND]. For each option that
has a value, the value must be supplied immediately after the option.
NOTE: If a duplicate or incorrect option value is supplied with a command, the CLI window is closed with an error. For
example, when both the –profile and –protocol options are supplied at the same time in a command, the CLI window is
closed with an error.
GENERIC_OPTIONS is used to run a generic job for this command line.
On Microsoft Windows operating system, user authentication credentials are specified as follows:
● user_auth <POWER_CENTER|WINDOWS_LOCAL|WINDOWS_DOMAIN>
● user_name <user_name>: If user_type is WINDOWS_DOMAIN, then the user_name must be in domain\user format.
● user_password <password>
On Linux operating systems, user authentication credentials are specified as follows:
● user_auth <power_center|linux_local|ldap>
● user_name <user_name>
● user_password <password>
The COMMAND_TARGET specifies the targets on which the command operates. For example, the COMMAND_TARGET for
add_profile is a profile name to be added. For a specific command, the COMMAND_TARGET cannot have the same value with the
name of a generic option or an option supported by this command. For example, the COMMAND_TARGET cannot be –protocol
or –user_name for the command add_profile.
For COMMAND_TARGET, the order of its content must be kept as defined in the specific command definition section. Any valid
option can be mixed with the content of COMMAND_TARGET. For example, the order of COMMAND_TARGET of the move_device
command must be supplied FROM_GROUP_PATH first, then TO_GROUP_PATH.
Topics:
• Command Line Interface error handling
• Command Line Interface commands
• Command line interface error codes
Command Line Interface error handling
On Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems, an exit code is displayed indicating the successful execution of a command.
An error code is displayed, if a command is not executed successfully.
On Microsoft Windows operating system, when the command is successful, the CLI exit code is 0. Refer Command Line
Interface Error Codes to know about specific error codes.
On Linux operating system, when a command is successful, the CLI exit code is 0. If a command is not successful, a generic
error code, 1, is displayed. Use stderr to get a more specific error code, and to find more information on that code, see
Command Line Interface Error Codes.
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