Using the Node Management Services (NMS) Utilities (32022-90053)

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Using NMMGR in Maintenance Mode

ADDNODE

Adds or updates a node in the current network directory.

Syntax

ADDNODE [filename]

Parameters

filename The name of a text ﬁle that contains node name and

address information for each node to be added or

updated in the network directory. The format for the

ﬁle name is:

filename[.groupname[.accountname]]

A ﬁle lockword may not be speciﬁed. The contents of the

ﬁle must be formatted as described here.

Description

ADDNODE adds or updates nodes in the network directory. New nodes

are automatically created when they are entered. New path reports (IP

address/additional address pairs) can be added to new or existing

nodes. Path reports on existing nodes can be modiﬁed.

The directory ﬁle must be opened either via the Open

Conﬁguration/Directory File screen or via the OPENDIR maintenance

mode command before ADDNODE can be used.

This command can be run interactively, by entering maintenance mode

from screen mode and typing the command, or it can be run from a

batch job.

When the command is run interactively and no ﬁlename is speciﬁed,

you are prompted to enter parameters for each node. When the

command is run interactively and a ﬁlename is speciﬁed, or when the

command is run from a job, parameters for each node name entry are

formatted as follows:

nodename[,] “IP address”[,] [additional address type[,][additional address]] [;]

The description of each parameter that must be deﬁned when the

command is run from a job or with a ﬁlename speciﬁed is as follows:

nodename The name of a node to be added or updated with new

path report data. The format is:

nodename.domain.organization

Each of the three names may be from one to sixteen

characters long, must begin with a letter, and may

contain letters, digits, underscores, or dashes.

If the nodename does not exist, it will be created. If it

does exist, the IP address and additional address (if

any) will be added to its path report list in the directory.