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Starting the Remote Viewer Using a Command Line

The following two examples show ways of starting CA Automation Point remotely using a command line. These are alternatives to using the dialog discussed previously.

Examples

• To connect to the host named DataCenter, start CA Automation Point (if it is not already running) and view the Merged Msg window:

  APVIEW /hDataCenter /s"Merged Msg" /x
  

• To connect to the IP address 172.24.123.456 on port 7000, start CA Automation Point (if it is not already running) and view the session named PCON:

  APVIEW /h172.24.123.456:7000 /s"Session PCON" /x
  

In the preceding two scenarios, the /x switch without the session definition set name causes the active session definition set to be used.

Notes:

• The name of the function window or session must be in double quotes. Single quotes are not allowed.
• To connect to a session, you must prefix the name of the session with the word "session."

To remotely start CA Automation Point using a different session definition set, first verify that the following conditions are true:

• The new session definition set exists
• CA Automation Point is not running

If either of the conditions listed previously are not met, you will not be able to access CA Automation Point from the remote workstation using a different session definition set. Someone at the host workstation site must then either terminate CA Automation Point so that you can try again, or you can restart CA Automation Point using the different session definition set so that it is already running when you connect to the host workstation. For example:

APVIEW /hDataCenter:7000 /x"SessDefSet"

In the preceding example, the session definition set, SessDefSet is used to remotely start CA Automation Point.

Note: You must enclose the name of the session definition set in double quotes. Single quotes are not allowed.