Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference - VMware Communities

Basic Commandsremoteconfig -setconfig (not supported on AX4-5 series)Changes configuration information for a host or SP agentDescriptionThe naviseccli or navicli remoteconfig command with -setconfigchanges the configuration information for the agent running on anSP. To change configuration information for the agent running on thespecified host, use navicli in the command line.Note: The comments in the host agent configuration file are removed. Whenyour changes to the configuration file take effect, comments that previouslyresided in the file are permanently lost.The CLI prompts for confirmation of every change you specify unlessyou use the -o (override) or -f switch. To change the setting for theagent, enter y. The confirmation queries for all settings are as follows.Entries marked with an asterisk (*) would appear only if you usenavicli and issue the command to a host.Change host description from old to new [y]?Change contact information from old to new [y]?*Add device device to managed device list [y] ?*Remove device device from managed device list [y]?*Scan devices and manage all of them [y]?Add user in the authorized user list [y] ?Remove user from the authorized user list [y] ?Change polling interval to new-interval [y] ?*Change baud rate to baud-rate [y]?*Change log size to size [y]?*Enable/Disable Mega-Poll [y]?*Enable/Disable use of explicit device names [y]?To have the CLI obtain the agent information from a file (perhaps afile written with the getconfig -write function), use the -f filenameswitch. Only the -o (override) switch is allowed with the -f switch.You can use the -getconfig function to see how settings are formatted.Make sure that your entries are valid for the agent you areconfiguring. A wrong setting can make an agent inaccessible.Syntaxremoteconfig -setconfig is used with naviseccli (described onpage 37) or navicli (described on page 45) as follows:remoteconfig -setconfig [-o] [-adduser userlist] [-contact contactinfo][-description description] [-f filename][-interval interval] [-rmuseruserlist]251