Users Guide

332 Deploying Your Operating System Using iVMCLI
For example, using the greater-than character (>) followed by a filename
overwrites the specified file with the printed output of the iVMCLI utility.
NOTE: The iVMCLI utility does not read from standard input (stdin). As a
result, stdin redirection is not required.
• Background execution — By default, the iVMCLI utility runs in the
foreground. Use the operating system's command shell features to cause
the utility to run in the background. For example, under a Linux operating
system, the ampersand character (&) following the command causes the
program to be spawned as a new background process.
The latter technique is useful in script programs, as it allows the script to
proceed after a new process is started for the iVMCLI command (otherwise,
the script would block until the iVMCLI program terminates).
When multiple iVMCLI instances are started in this way, and one or more of
the command instances must be manually terminated, use the operating
system-specific facilities for listing and terminating processes.
iVMCLI Return Codes
0 = No error
1 = Unable to connect
2 = iVMCLI command line error
3 = RAC firmware connection dropped
English-only text messages are also issued to standard error output whenever
errors are encountered.