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.