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dmsmgr -create Function—Create a DMS or a DH

The dmsmgr -create function creates a Deployment Map Server (DMS) or a Distribution Host (DH) on a computer where CA Access Control is installed.

Note: You can also create a DMS or a DH during installation.

Note: The user running the utility is always granted administration rights for the created DMS or DH.

This command has the following format:

dmsmgr -create -auto [-osgroups] [-admin user [,user...]] [-xadmin user [,user...]] \
[-desktop hosts]

dmsmgr -create -dms name \
[-admin user [,user...]] [-xadmin user [,user...]] \
[-desktop hosts] [-subscriber dh-names]

dmsmgr -create -dh name [-parent dms_name@hostname] \
[-admin user [,user...]] [-xadmin user [,user...]] \
[-desktop hosts]

-admin user [,user...]]

(Optional) Defines internal users as administrators of the created DMS or DH.

-auto

Creates a DMS and a DH with default names (DMS__, DH__, and DH__WRITER).

Use this option to easily create a DMS and a DH and the required associations between them.

-osgroups

(Optional) Specifies to create predefined host groups when you create a DMS.

-desktop hosts

(Optional) Defines a comma-separated list of computers that have TERMINAL access rights to the computer with the created DMS or DH.

Note: Whether specified or not, the terminal running the utility is always granted administration rights for the created DMS or DH.

-dh name

Creates a DH with the name specified on the local host.

Note: If you use this option to create a DH, CA Access Control lets you know that you then need to synchronize the DMS and DH even if the DH is already subscribed and no policies were previously sent. This message is a reminder of the steps you need to take and may not be indicative of the actual situation. If you completed all required steps, you can safely ignore it.

-dms name

Creates a DMS with the name specified on the local host.

-parent dms_name@hostname

(Optional) Defines a DMS that the created DH will send endpoint notifications to. Specify the DMS in the following format: DMS_name@hostname.

-subscriber dh_names

(Optional) Defines a comma-separated list of DH PMDBs that the created DMS will policy updates to. Specify each DH in the following format: DH_name@hostname.

-xadmin user [,user...]]

(Optional) Defines enterprise users as administrators of the created DMS or DH.