Using the Universal Connector › Command Line Interface

Command Line Interface

Use the GCEventAddCmd batch program (GCEventAddCmd.bat) to manage the Universal connector from a command line. All appropriate files (such as GCEventAddCmd batch file, sample XML files) are installed in the CA SOI root directory, for example C:\Program Files\CA\SOI. The batch program lets you create services, CIs, relationships, and alerts in CA SOI from any program that is able to run commands.

Note: For information about the programming interface, see the Programming Interface section.

You can run the GCEventAddCmd batch program based on the following scenarios:

• For publishing a single event, we recommend that you run the batch program using the appropriate command line parameters. However, if you want, you can also use the XML file as described in the next point.
• For publishing multiple events, CIs, and services, run the batch program using the appropriate XML file. In this case, parameters are stored in the appropriate XML files.

Note: Typically, the CA SOI root directory is not in the system search path (Windows %PATH% environment). Therefore, prefix the CA SOI directory, such as C:\Program Files\CA\SOI, while running GCEventAddCmd.bat.