Introduction › CA VM:Secure and CA VM:Director Commands

CA VM:Secure and CA VM:Director Commands

You can enter CA VM:Secure and CA VM:Director commands from two places:

• CMS, either directly or through CP SMSG
• CA VM:Secure or CA VM:Director console

The format in which you must enter a CA VM:Secure or CA VM:Director command depends on where you enter it:

• From CMS directly, you must precede CA VM:Secure or CA VM:Director commands with the name of the service virtual machine:
  • For CA VM:Secure, use this syntax:

    vmsecure command [ parameters]
    

  • For CA VM:Director, use this syntax:

    vmdirect command [ parameters]
    

  All CA VM:Secure and CA VM:Director commands can be entered from CMS.

• Through CP SMSG, you must precede CA VM:Secure and CA VM:Director commands with #CP SMSG and the name of the CA VM:Secure or CA VM:Director service virtual machine:
  • For CA VM:Secure, use this syntax:

    #cp smsg vmsecure command [parameters]
    

  • For CA VM:Director, use this syntax:

    #cp smsg vmdirect command [parameters]
    

  Only some commands are enterable through CP SMSG, and you must have NOPASS authorization in the AUTHORIZ CONFIG file to issue these commands through CP SMSG. These commands are:

  • ABEND
  • CMS
  • END
  • EXPIRE
  • HISTORY (CA VM:Secure only)
  • JOURNAL
  • MAP
  • NOLOG
  • QCPCFG (CA VM:Secure only)
  • QPCB
  • QRULES (CA VM:Secure only)
  • QUERY
  • RESET
  • TRACE
• From the CA VM:Secure or CA VM:Director console, do not precede CA VM:Secure or CA VM:Director commands with the name of the CA VM:Secure or CA VM:Director service virtual machine:

  command [parameters]
  

  Only some CA VM:Secure and CA VM:Director commands can be entered at the CA VM:Secure or CA VM:Director console, and only when the CA VM:Secure or CA VM:Director console is running connected. These commands are:

  • ABEND
  • CMS
  • END
  • HISTORY (CA VM:Secure only)
  • GROUP (CA VM:Secure only)
  • JOURNAL
  • MAP
  • QCPCFG (CA VM:Secure only)
  • QLOCK
  • QPCB
  • QRULES (CA VM:Secure only)
  • RESET

Important! Do not enter other commands from the CA VM:Secure or CA VM:Director service virtual machine console. Further, never issue commands to other CA products from the CA VM:Secure or CA VM:Director console. CA VM:Secure and CA VM:Director operation will cease while that command executes, and this can cause your entire system to hang.