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--prompt <prompt>

Specifies the prompt string that will be printed when mx is ready for another

command. This option is useful when you initiate an interactive session with

the option --file -. For example, if you invoke an interactive session with the

following command, mx will print a % prompt when it completes a

command.

mx --prompt ’%’ --file –

--numeric

Causes hosts to be specified by their numeric IP addresses instead of by their

hostnames.

--user <username>

Specifies the user to be logged in.

--password <password>

Specifies the user’s password.

Class syntax

The mx utility can configure and monitor these classes of matrix objects.

Specify --help to see a short command synopsis for each class

Class Matrix Object

account Operating system accounts specified in management roles

alert Matrix Server alert messages

application A grouping of Matrix Server resources (virtual hosts,

service and device monitors)

config Initial matrix configuration

config mp Membership partition configuration

config snapshot Snapshot method configuration

device Device monitor

disk SAN disk

dynvolume Dynamic volume

eventnotifier Event notification service

fs PSFS filesystem

matrix The entire matrix

mfs Matrix File Share

mni Multi-Node Installer for SQL instances