User's Manual

Introduction 21
system usage. Command results can be routed to a file for later analysis.
Reports can help administrators gain information that can be used to adjust
usage patterns, to justify purchasing new system resources, or to focus on the
health of a problem component.
Command Syntax Overview
Commands vary in complexity. The simplest command has only command
level 1. The omhelp command is a simple command. When you type
omhelp, a list of the main CLI commands is displayed.
The next level of complexity includes commands that contain command
levels 1 and 2. All of the about commands are examples of command level 2
complexity. The omconfig about and omreport about commands cause a
very brief summary to display. The summary shows version information for
the systems management software installed on your system; for example,
Server Administrator 1.x.
Some commands have command level 1 and command level 2 and one
name=value pair. Consider the following example command that instructs
Server Administrator for more details about the environment for Server
Administrator:
omreport about details=true
Command level 1 is omreport, command level 2 is about, and the name=
value pair is
details=true.
Many commands use command level 1, command level 2, and command
level 3, but do not require any parameters (name=value pairs). Most
omreport commands are of this type. For example:
omreport system alertaction
causes a list of alert actions that are configured for components on your
system to be displayed.
The most complex commands have all three command levels and can
have multiple name=value pairs. An example of two name=value pairs:
omconfig system assetinfo info=depreciation
duration=3
An example of nine name=value pairs: