IBM Remote Support Manager for Storage
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Command Line Utilities

There are a number of command line utilities and programs that are required or useful in managing the RSM for Storage system.

To use these programs, click the icon of a terminal in the lower left tray.
Name PermissionsDescription
passwd rootThis is the Linux password change program. Use it to change the passwords for the root, admin and lservice users.
rsm-passwd rootThis is used to change the RSM for Storage browser interface passwords for the admin and lservice users
rsm-cfg-save rootUsed to save compressed file of the RSM for Storage configuration. If the system running RSM for Storage has a diskette drive, this program will save the configuration files to the diskette. If no diskette drive is available, a compressed file is stored as /packages/rsm-config-files.zip
rsm-cfg-restore rootRestores a previously saved configuration. The saved configuration may be on a diskette or in the file /packages/rsm-config-files.zip
rsm-stop rootThis is used to stop the server component of the RSM for Storage application. This should be used when you think there may be a problem with the server running the RSM for Storage application and you want to prevent the application from interfering with Problem Determination tools and procedures for the server.

This program will disable the internal firewall, stop the RSM for Server application and prevent it from automatically starting on the next reboot of the system. The browser interface will return an error after this program has been run.

Note:Stopping the RSM for Storage application will clear all active alerts.

rsm-start root This is used to re-start the server component of the RSM for Storage application after a rsm-stop command.



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