Monitoring Java EE Components

Enterprise Manager Command-Line Client Syntax

The syntax of the Enterprise Manager command-line client is:


em-cmdline-client -l hostname -p port -u username -w password -s service 
-m method -Pparameter=value

The following table describes the arguments.

Table 1–6 Enterprise Manager Command-Line Client Arguments

Argument 

Description 

-h, --help 

Displays help about the command-line client. 

-l, --host 

Enables you to specify the hostname of the computer where Enterprise Manager is running. 

-p, --port 

Enables you to specify the base port number of Enterprise Manager. 

-u, --userid 

Enables you to specify an Enterprise Manager user name. 

-w, --password 

Enables you to specify the password for the Enterprise Manager user name. 

-s, --service 

Enables you to specify the service that you want to use. The runtime service is called RuntimeService51x. The alert service is called AlertService51x.

-m, --method 

Enables you to specify the method that you want to call. 

-P 

Enables you to specify a parameter name and value for a method. Some methods do not require parameters. 

-n, --signatures 

Displays the signatures of the available methods. 

-t, --timeout 

Enables you to specify an HTTP request timeout value for the command (in milliseconds). 

-v, --validate 

Checks for the required number of parameters. 

You use the following arguments to connect to the Enterprise Manager server: -l, -p, -u, and -w.