About the Command Line Admin Utility
The Command Line Admin Utility lets you to perform the
same functions you can perform in the Search Cluster Manager as well
as change the run level of the cluster and purge and reset the search
collection.
The Command Line
Admin Utility is located in bin\native folder
in the Search Service installation folder (for example, C:\bea\alui\ptsearchserver\6.5\bin\native\cadmin.exe). Invoking the command with no arguments displays a summary of the
available options:
% $RFHOME/bin/native/cadmin
Usage: cadmin <command> [command-args-and-options] [--cluster-home <CLUSTER_HOME>]
This Command Line Admin Utility lets you perform the following
actions:
- Requesting Search Cluster StatusYou can use the Command Line Admin Utility to view the status of your search cluster.
- Requesting Search Cluster Status for a Particular NodeYou can use the Command Line Admin Utility to request information about specific nodes within the cluster.
- Changing the Run Level of the ClusterYou can use the Command Line Admin Utility to modify the run level of the cluster, or of individual nodes within the cluster. For example, you might want to place nodes in standby mode prior to changing cluster topology or shutting them down.
- Initiating a Cluster CheckpointA checkpoint is a snapshot of your search cluster that is stored in the cluster folder (for example, C:\bea\alui\cluster), a shared repository available to all nodes in the cluster. When initializing a new cluster node, or recovering from a catastrophic node failure, the last known good checkpoint will provide the initial index data for the node's partition and any transaction data added since the checkpoint was written will be replayed to bring the node up to date with the rest of the cluster.
- Reloading from a CheckpointYou can use the Command Line Admin Utility to reload your cluster from a saved checkpoint.
- Changing Cluster TopologyYou can use the Command Line Admin Utility to add or remove nodes from the search cluster or repartition the search cluster.
- Aborting a Checkpoint or Reconfiguration OperationYou can abort a long-running checkpoint or cluster reconfiguration operation by exiting from the command line utility.
