HP Instant Capacity user's guide for Version 10.x (March 2011)

established before the use of the icapmanage -Q
command. Normally this occurs automatically when adding
a new member to a group, updating the host list for an
existing member, or adding a standby Group Manager.
This command can be issued on an active Group Manager.
In this case, the active Group Manager continues as the
active Group Manager. It attempts to contact all group
members and the previously active Group Manager and
informs them that this system is the active Group Manager.
This is useful if a prior icapmanage -Q command failed
to contact some group members or the previously active
Group Manager.
Note that if the active Group Manager manages multiple
groups, all members of all such groups must be contacted
during this operation.
-R [<host>[,<host>]...] Report hardware grouping information. When used with a
list of host names, report all hardware types with which the
hosts might be grouped. The hosts can be specified using
either the IP address or the name of the host. If the hosts are
not compatible with each other, no hardware is reported.
Without a list of host names, report all supported hardware
and grouping rules. Specification of the -U option reports
hardware associated with the specified rule file instead of
the installed rule file, and can be used to evaluate a new
grouping rules file before installing it with the -i option.
-S When used in combination with the -a option, identifies a
host system to be set up as a standby Group Manager. This
command will prompt for the root password of the host so
that the active Group Manager can exchange SSL keys with
the designated standby host, establishing the ability to
communicate with it. The active Group Manager proceeds
to update all member hosts of all managed groups with
information about the standby Group Manager, establish
secure communications between the member hosts and the
standby Group Manager, and set up a cron job responsible
for the periodic transfer of the GiCAP database to the
standby Group Manager. Note that a transfer also occurs
whenever the database is updated on the active Group
Manager until such time as the standby Group Manager
takes control or is removed from use as a standby Group
Manager.
When used in combination with the -r option, identifies a
host system which is to be removed from use as a standby
Group Manager. The active Group Manager updates all
member hosts of all managed groups about the removal,
discontinues the GiCAP database transfer operations
(removes the cron job created when the standby Group
Manager was set up), and directs the identified host system
to remove its copy of the GiCAP database.
A standby Group Manager can be added anytime after the
active Group Manager has grouping rules installed on it
(before or after the application of sharing rights to the active
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