4.0.0 HP Polyserve Matrix Server Command Reference Guide (T5392-96048, March 2010)

The mx_options affect an entire mx command session. The options are:
--help
Displays a command summary.
--matrix <hostname>
Specifies the cluster that you want to connect with. hostname can be any node
in the cluster.
--config <file>
Specifies an alternate configuration file to be consulted for server, user, and
password information. The file must have the same format as matrixrc.
--file <file>
Executes the commands from the specified file. If you specify – instead of a file,
the commands will be read from standard input. You can also specify --con-
tinue to tell mx to continue processing the batch file if an error occurs.
--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
--file - option. 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 manipulate the following classes of cluster objects. Specify -–help
to see a short command synopsis for each class.
Cluster ObjectClass
Operating system accounts specified in management rolesaccount
Matrix Server alert messagesalert
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