Review a list of available command-line tools and their descriptions.
The following command-line utilities are available, which can be run in interactive, noninteractive, or script mode.
Command-Line Tool | Description |
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Run full or incremental backups on one or more PingDataMetrics Server backends. This utility also supports the use of a properties file to pass predefined command-line arguments. See Managing the tools.properties File for more information. |
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Encode raw data using the base64 algorithm or decode base64-encoded data back to its raw representation. |
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Collect and package system information useful in troubleshooting problems. The information is packaged as a .zip archive that can be sent to a technical support representative. |
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Create an Run Control (RC) script that may be used to start, stop, and restart the server on UNIX-based systems. |
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Generate a summary of the configuration changes in a local or remote server instance. The tool can be used to compare configuration settings when troubleshooting issues, or when verifying configuration settings on new servers. |
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View and edit the server configuration. |
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Manage administrative server groups or the global administrative user accounts that are used to configure servers within server groups. |
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Configure the Java virtual machine (JVM) arguments used to run
the server and associated tools. Before launching the command,
edit the properties file located in
config/java.properties to specify the
desired JVM options and |
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Perform LDAP modify, add, delete, and modify DN operations. |
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Perform LDAP password modify operations. |
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Perform LDAP search operations. |
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Compare the contents of two LDIF files, the output being an LDIF file needed to bring. |
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Apply a set of modify, add, and delete operations against data in an LDIF file. |
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Install or update extension bundles. An extension bundle is a package of extension(s) that utilize the Server SDK to extend the functionality of the server. Extension bundles are installed from a .zip archive or file system directory. The server is restarted to activate the extension(s). |
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Show current and required DBMS schema version information. |
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Configure the set of servers to be monitored by this PingDataMetrics Server and prepare external servers for monitoring. |
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Explore collected monitoring data by forming queries for data. |
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Execute metric queries. |
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Restore a backup of the server backend. |
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Returns a server to the version before the last update was performed. |
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Review or accept the product license. |
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View information about the current state of the server process. |
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Perform the initial setup for the server instance. |
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Start the server |
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Display basic server information. |
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Stop or restart the server. |
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Calculate the sum of the sizes for a set of files. |
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Uninstall the server |
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Update the server to a newer version by downloading and unzipping
the new server install package on the same host as the server to
update. Use the update tool from the new server package to update
the older version of the server. During the update process, the
server is stopped if running, then the update is performed. A check
is performed to determine if the newly updated server starts without
major errors. If it cannot start cleanly, the update is backed out
and the server is returned to its prior state. See the
revert-update tool for information on reverting
an update. |