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Conventions

This guide uses the following conventions:

Case-Sensitivity

All names of classes, commands, directives, environment parameters, functions, and properties mentioned in this guide are case‑sensitive and you must spell them exactly as shown. System command and environment variable names may be case‑sensitive, depending on your operating system's requirements.

Cross-References

References to information in other guides or in other sections in this guide appear in the following format:

Guide Name

Indicates the name of another guide.

"Chapter Name"

Indicates the name of a chapter in this or another guide.

Synonyms

Terms such as attribute, object, object identifier (OID) are synonymous to the term 'variable' in this document.

Terms such as SystemEDGE Agent, CA SystemEDGE are synonymous to SystemEDGE in this document.

Syntax

Syntax and user input use the following form:

Italic

Indicates a variable name or placeholder for which you must supply an actual value.

{a|b}

Indicates a choice of mandatory operands, a or b.

[ ] or [[ ]]

Indicates optional operands.

Syntax Example

The following example uses these conventions:

modify -t ZONE [-m zoneserver] -p psetname {-min mincpu|-max maxcpu} pset -session ssh

The operands -min and -max are mandatory, but you can only use one of them depending on what you want to define, the minimum number of CPUs in the processor set or the maximum number. The operand -m is not required for this command to function. All other parts of the command must be entered as shown.

Default Directory

CASYSEDGE used in path statements indicates the directory in which SystemEDGE is installed. Default: C:\Program Files\CA\SystemEDGE.

Installation Path

Install_Path used in path statements indicates the directory in which CA Server Automation or components of CA Server Automation are installed.

Defaults: