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Indicate the parameters or arguments you can choose to specify for the
command. Optional keywords appear below the main path line. Mutually
exclusive optional keywords are stacked vertically.
Variable
►► variable ►◄
Represents the value you need to supply for a parameter or argument,
such as a file name, user name, or password. Variables are in italics.
Special characters
- (minus) or -- (double minus)
Flags are prefixed with a - (minus) sign. Flags define the action of a
command or modify the operation of a command. You can use multiple
flags, followed by parameters, when you issue a command.
[ ] square brackets
Optional values are enclosed in square brackets.
| vertical bar
A vertical bar indicates that you have a choice between two or more
options or arguments.
For example, [ a | b ] indicates that you can choose a, b, or nothing.
Similarly, { a | b } indicates that you must choose either a or b.
ptcli
This topic describes how to use ptcli through the command-line interface (CLI) .
The ptcli is loaded during the installation of ProtecTIER software and ProtecTIER
Manager software.
Usage
When ptcli is running, the available ptcli commands are listed according to the
version of ProtecTIER that is installed. If the ptcli for version 3.4.1 is running on
older versions of ProtecTIER, several operations might not be supported.
Use ptcli to do any of the following tasks:
v Configure ProtecTIER (including configuration of a ProtecTIER repository ).
v Monitor ProtecTIER (including statistics about the ProtecTIER repository).
To run
ptcli
on a ProtecTIER node, move into the following directory:
/opt/dtc/ptcli
.
To run
ptcli
on a host running ProtecTIER Manager, move into the ProtecTIER
Manager directory (in Windows, C:\Program Files\IBM\ProtecTIER Manager).
The ptcli command is issued from the command line as follows:
►► ./ptcli <command name> <--server options>
<processing options> <--command specific options>
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For more information, see:
v “Processing options” on page 53
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