Sun Management Center 3.6.1 Installation and Configuration Guide

Sun Management Center Validation Tool

The Sun Management Center validation tool es-validate checks and verifies installation and setup information after the software has been installed on your system. The tool is automatically installed when you install any of the base component layers.

es-validate provides the following information, which is based on the parameters you use:

The validation tool also checks functional aspects of your system, including the following items:

es-validate Options

The syntax for the es-validate command is as follows:

es-validate [-s server [-r serverport] [-u user-name [-p password ]]] [-a agenthost [-b agentport] [-d]] [-c] [-o outfile]

The following table describes the es-validate parameters.

Table 7–1 es-validate Options

Option 

Modifying Options 

Description 

-a  

agenthost

Check connectivity with agent host machine agenthost.

-b  

agentport

The SNMP port number associated with agentport.

-c 

 

Show all the agents in the context of the Sun Management Center server specified with -s option.

-d 

 

Show the version number of the agent on agenthost.

-o 

outfile

Store the output of es-validate in file outfile. outfile should be an absolute file path. The default is an arbitrary file name in /tmp.

-p 

password

The password for -uuser-name If not specified, and -uuser-name is specified, you are prompted for the password.

-r  

serverport

The Sun Management Center RMI port number. If not specified, port 2099 is used. 

-s  

server

The Sun Management Center server host name. If not specified, the current host is used. 

-u  

user-name

The user name used to connect with the Sun Management Center server. The -u user name parameter is mandatory for login checks.