Chapter 7 DMI Command Line Utilities

• 7.1 DMI Command Line Utilities Overview

• 7.2 Using the dmi_cmd Command

• 7.3 Using the dmiget Command

7.1 DMI Command Line Utilities Overview

The Desktop Management Interface(DMI) Protocol command line interface consists of two utilities that retrieve DMI Service Provider (SP) information:

• dmi_cmd

• dmiget

7.1.1 The dmi_cmd Utility

The dmi_cmd utility provides the ability to:

• Obtain version information about the DMI SP

• Set the configuration to describe the language required by the management application

• Obtain the configuration information describing the current language in use for the session

• Install components into the database

• List components in a system to determine what is installed

• Delete an existing component from the database

• Install group schemas to an existing component in the database

• List class names for all groups in a component

• List the groups within a component

• Delete a group from a component

• Install a language schema for an existing component in the database

• List the set of language mappings installed for a specified component

• Delete a specific language mapping for a component

• List properties for one or more attributes in a group

7.1.2 The dmiget Utility

The dmiget utility retrieves the table information of a specific component in the DMI SP.

7.2 Using the dmi_cmd Command

dmi_cmd [-s hostname]
-h |
-V |
-W config |
-X |
-CI mif_filename |
-CL [-c compId] [-r reqMode] [-d] [-p] [-m maxCount] |
-CD -c compId |
-GI schema_filename -c compId |
-GL -c compId -g groupId [-r reqMode] [-d] [-p] [-m maxCount] |
-GM -c compId [-m maxCount] |
-GD -c compId -g groupId |
-NI schema_filename -c compId |
-NL -c compId |
-ND -c compId -l language_string |
-AL -c compId -g groupId [-a attrId] [-r reqMode] [-d] [-p]

[-m maxCount]

The command line arguments for dmi_cmd are shown in Table 7–1.

Table 7–1 dmi_cmd Command Line Arguments

Argument	Description
-s hostname	Specifies the host machine that dmisp is running on; the default host is the local host
-h	Prints usage information
-V	Retrieves version information about the DMI SP
-W config	Sets the configuration specified in config to dmisp
-X	Retrieves configuration information describing the current language in use
-CI mif_filename	Installs the component specified in mif_filename
-CL [-c compId] [-r reqMode] [-d] [-p] [-m maxCount]	Lists components
-CD -c compId	Deletes the component specified by compId
-GI schema_filename -c compId	Installs the group schema specified in schema_filename
-GL -c compId -g groupId [-r reqMode] [-d] [-p] [-m maxCount]	Lists the groups for a specified component
-GM -c compId [-m maxCount]	Lists class names for a specified component
-GD -c compId -g groupId	Deletes specified groups for a specified component
-NI schema_filename -c compId	Installs the language schema specified in schema_filename
-NL -c compId	Lists language mappings for a specified component
-ND -c compId -l language_string	Deletes language mapping for a specified component
-AL -c compId -g groupId [-a attrId] [-r reqMode] [-d] [-p] [-m maxCount]	Lists attributes for a specified component

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Note –

The values for compId, groupId, attrId, and maxCount are positive integers. The default value is 0.

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The valid integer values for reqMode are:

• 1 (DMI_UNIQUE)

• 2 (DMI_FIRST)

• 3 (DMI_NEXT)

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  Note –

  The default value for reqMode is 1 (DMI_UNIQUE). If an invalid reqMode is specified, the default value is used.

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  When listing components (-CL), groups (-GL), or attributes (-AL), use the -d option to display descriptions and the -p option to display the pragma string.

7.2.1 dmi_cmd Examples

7.2.1.1 Example 1

The following command lists the component ID, name, and description of up to 5 components, starting from component 3 in the dmispd running on the host snowbell, by using the default request mode (DMI_UNIQUE).

%dmi_cmd -s snowbell -CL -d -c 3 -m 5

Connecting to dmispd on the snowbell...

CompId:         4
Comp Name:      DMTF Developers -  Direct Interface Version
Description:    A list of the people who actually wrote the code.

CompId:         5
Comp Name:      DMTF Developers -  Direct Interface Version
Description:    A list of the people who actually wrote the code.

CompId:         6
Comp Name:      DMTF Developers -  Direct Interface Version
Description:    A list of the people who actually wrote the code.

CompId:         7
Comp Name:      DMTF Developers -  Direct Interface Version
Description:    A list of the people who actually wrote the code.

CompId:         8
Comp Name:      DMTF Developers -  Direct Interface Version
Description:    A list of the people who actually wrote the code.

7.2.1.2 Example 2

The following command lists the ID, name, storage, access mode, date type, and maximum size of all attributes in group 1 of component 1 in the dmispd running on local host, by using default request mode (DMI_UNIQUE). No description is displayed, and no limitation is set for max count.

%dmi_cmd -AL -g 1 -c 1

Connecting to dmispd on the localhost...

12 attrs listed for group 1 of comp 1

Attr Id:        1
Name:           Manufacturer
Storage:        MIF_COMMON
Access:         MIF_READ_ONLY
Type:           MIF_DISPLAYSTRING
maxSize:        64

Attr Id:        2
Name:           Product
Storage:        MIF_COMMON
Access:         MIF_READ_ONLY
Type:           MIF_DISPLAYSTRING
maxSize:        64

Attr Id:        3
Name:           Version
Storage:        MIF_COMMON
Access:         MIF_READ_ONLY
Type:           MIF_DISPLAYSTRING
maxSize:        64

Attr Id:        4
Name:           Serial Number
Storage:        MIF_SPECIFIC
Access:         MIF_READ_ONLY
Type:           MIF_DISPLAYSTRING
maxSize:        64

Attr Id:        5
Name:           Installation
Storage:        MIF_SPECIFIC
Access:         MIF_READ_ONLY
Type:           MIF_DATE
maxSize:        0

Attr Id:        6
Name:           Verify
Storage:        MIF_SPECIFIC
Access:         MIF_READ_ONLY
Type:           MIF_INTEGER
maxSize:        0

Attr Id:        7
Name:           ComponentId
Storage:        MIF_SPECIFIC
Access:         MIF_READ_ONLY
Type:           MIF_INTEGER
maxSize:        0

Attr Id:        8
Name:           ComponentName
Storage:        MIF_SPECIFIC
Access:         MIF_READ_ONLY
Type:           MIF_DISPLAYSTRING
maxSize:        256

Attr Id:        9
Name:           ComponentDesc
Storage:        MIF_SPECIFIC
Access:         MIF_READ_ONLY
Type:           MIF_DISPLAYSTRING
maxSize:        256

Attr Id:        10
Name:           GroupId
Storage:        MIF_SPECIFIC
Access:         MIF_READ_ONLY
Type:           MIF_INTEGER
maxSize:        0

Attr Id:        11
Name:           GroupName
Storage:        MIF_SPECIFIC
Access:         MIF_READ_ONLY
Type:           MIF_DISPLAYSTRING
maxSize:        256

Attr Id:        12
Name:           LanguageName
Storage:        MIF_SPECIFIC
Access:         MIF_READ_ONLY
Type:           MIF_DISPLAYSTRING
maxSize:        256

7.2.1.3 Example 3

The following command installs namedir.mif in dmispd running on localhost. The file namedir.mif is located in the directory specified in the configuration file.

%dmi_cmd -CI namedir.mif

Connecting to dmispd on the localhost...

"namedir.mif" is installed as comp 21.

7.2.1.4 Example 4

The following command uninstalls component 5 in dmispd running on localhost.

%dmi_cmd -CD -c 5

Connecting to dmispd on the localhost...

comp 5 is uninstalled.

7.2.1.5 Example 5

The following command displays the version of dmispd running on the snowbell machine.

%dmi_cmd -s snowbell -V

Connecting to dmispd on the snowbell...

dmispd version: Dmi2.0
description:    This is a DMI2.0 based on ONC RPC

7.3 Using the dmiget Command

dmiget [-s hostname]

-h |

{-c compId [-g groupId] [-a attrId]}

The command line arguments for dmiget are described in Table 7–2.

Table 7–2 dmiget Command Line Arguments

Argument	Description
-s hostname	Specifies the host machine that dmisp is running on; the default host is the local host
-h	Prints usage information
-c compId	Displays all the table information for a specified component
-g groupId	Displays the group information for a component specified with the -c argument
-a attrId	Displays the attributes for the component specified with the -c argument

7.3.1 dmiget Examples

7.3.1.1 Example 1

The following command displays the table information in group 2 of component 3.

%dmiget -c 3 -g 2

Connecting to dmispd on the localhost...

For group 2 of component 3:

Id: 10,		10
Id: 20,		developer1
Id: 30,		SunSoft
Id: 40,		Solaris 2.6

Id: 10,		20
Id: 20,		developer2
Id: 30,		SunSoft
Id: 40,		Solaris 2.6

Id: 10,		30
Id: 20,		developer3
Id: 30,		SunSoft
Id: 40,		Solaris 2.6

7.3.1.2 Example 2

The following command displays the table information for component 3.

%dmiget -c 3

Connecting to dmispd on the localhost...

For group 1 of component 3:

Id: 1,		SunSoft
Id: 2,		DMTF Demonstration
Id: 3,		Version 1.0
Id: 4,		1.00000
Id: 5,		1994 06 03 09 00 00
Id: 6,		0
Id: 7,		0
Id: 8,
Id: 9,
Id: 10,		0
Id: 11,
Id: 12,

For group 2 of component 3:

Id: 10,		10
Id: 20,		developer1
Id: 30,		SunSoft
Id: 40,		Solaris 2.6

Id: 10,		20
Id: 20,		developer2
Id: 30,		SunSoft
Id: 40,		Solaris 2.6

Id: 10,		30
Id: 20,		developer3
Id: 30,		SunSoft
Id: 40,		Solaris 2.6

For group 42 of component 3:

Id: 1,		Circus
Id: 2,		4.0a

Id: 1,		Disk Blaster
Id: 2,		2.0c

Id: 1,		Oleo
Id: 2,		3.0

Id: 1,		Presenter
Id: 2,		1.2

7.3.1.3 Example 3

The following command displays table information for attribute 20 in group 2 of component 3.

%dmiget -c 3 -g 2 -a 20 -s snowbell

Connecting to dmispd on the snowbell...

For group 2 of component 3:

Id: 20,			developer1
Id: 20,			developer2
Id: 20,			developer3