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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 ControlMinder 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 ControlMinder 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.