Commands Reference, Volume 2

dsmit Command

Purpose

Starts the Distributed System Management Interface Tool (DSMIT).

dsmit [ -C ] [ -D ] [ -f ] [ -h ] [ -l PathName ] [ -o PathName ] [ -s PathName ] [ -t ] [ -v ] [ [ -m | -n | -d ] FastPath ] [ -X ] [ -x ] [ -w Machine [ ,Machine ] ... ] [ -W Domain [ ,Domain ] ... ]

Note: Do not put a space between the comma and multiple values for the Machine and DomainName parameters.

Description

The dsmit command starts the Distributed System Management Interface Tool (DSMIT). DSMIT is an interface designed to simplify system management tasks. The dsmit command displays a hierarchy of menus that lead to interactive dialogs. DSMIT builds and runs commands as directed by the user. Because DSMIT runs system management commands, you must be a registered DSMIT administrator to use it. The server must specify the working collective, a list of machines authorized to receive commands. The working collective is a temporary list. It must be reset beginning each DSMIT session by the DSMIT administrator.

Flags

-C	Starts the Distributed System Management Interface Tool (DSMIT) using the ASCII interface (also called the Curses interface).
-D	Sets the debug mode; sets -t and -v flags.
-d FastPath	Identifies that the FastPath is the name of a dialog.
-f	Allows standard input and output from DSMIT to be redirected.
-h	Displays the command usage message.
-l PathName	Redirects the smit.log file to the specified PathName file.
-M	Starts DSMIT in the windows mode.
-m FastPath	Identifies that the FastPath is the name of a menu.
-n FastPath	Identifies that the FastPath is the name of a selector.
-o PathName	Specifies the directory PathName of an alternate repository for DSMIT objects.
-s PathName	Redirects the smit.script file to the specified PathName file.
-t	Records detailed trace information in the smit.log file.
-v	Records the command strings for intermediate and target task commands run by DSMIT, and also records their output in the smit.log file.
-w Machine	Specifies the machines to be in the working collective.
-W Domain	Specifies the domains to be in the working collective.
-x	Does not run any cmd_to_execute, but logs them for later execution.
-X	Does not run any cmd_to_discover, cmd_to_list, cmd_to_classify or cmd_to_execute.
-z	Starts DSMIT in the distributed mode.

Security

Access Control: You must be a registered DSMIT administrator to run this command.

Files

/usr/share/DSMIT/domains	Contains the list of domains used by DSMIT.
/usr/share/DSMIT/dsmitos	Contains the list of operating systems of DSMIT clients.
/usr/share/DSMIT/hosts	Contains the list of machines with DSMIT installed that can run commands built by the DSMIT server.
/usr/share/DSMIT/secuity/v5srvtab	Stores the local machine's unique DSMIT principal key.
/usr/share/DSMIT/secuity/admin.cfg	Stores the DSMIT administrator's keys.
/usr/share/DSMIT/secuity/managing.cfg	Stores intermediate keys used by the managing systems.
/usr/share/DSMIT/secuity/managed.cfg	Stores the managed machine's DSMIT principal keys.
/usr/share/DSMIT/secuity/dsmit.ptr	Stores the name of the DSMIT configuration file server.

Related Information

Distributed System Management Interface Tool (DSMIT) Overview in the Distributed SMIT 2.2 for AIX: Guide and Reference.

System Management Interface Tool (SMIT): Overview in AIX 5L Version 5.1 System User's Guide: Operating System and Devices.

System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) Overview for Programmers in AIX 5L Version 5.1 General Programming Concepts: Writing and Debugging Programs.