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User Guide for Internetwork Performance Monitor
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Appendix B IPM Command Reference
ipm browserpath
(Solaris only) Sets a user-defined IPM Web browser path, and verifies that the browser
specified by the user exists.
(Windows only) Resets the IPM Web browser path to the Internet Explorer path. If Internet
Explorer is not found, resets to the Netscape Navigator path. If neither is found, clears the IPM
Web browser path.
You can use this command only if you have administrative privileges.
ipm clientaddr
If the workstation on which an IPM client is running has multiple IP addresses, forces the IPM
client to bind to a specific IP address.
You can use this command if you are a member of the casusers group.
ipm cleanreport
Cleans reports older than n days, where n stands for number of days.
You can use this command if you are a member of the casusers group.
ipm console
Displays the contents of the ipmConsoleLog.log file.
You can use this command if you are a member of the casusers group.
ipm control servername
options
Starts and stops a collector, where servername is the name of the IPM server. The command
server name is optional. If server name is not specified, the local server is used as the IPM
server.
The options include the following:
• –rt collName srcName
Starts a real time chart for the collector named collName on the source router named
srcName.
If you Telnet into a remote workstation and you do not set the DISPLAY variable to local
display, you cannot use this command. See Setting the DISPLAY Variable in Solaris for
details.
• –start collName srcName duration (hrs)
Starts the collector named collName on the source router named srcName, for a number of
hours specified by duration. A ‘0’ duration specifies a ‘forever’ collection.
• –start collName srcName duration -rt
Starts the collector named collName on the source router named srcName, for a number of
hours specified by duration, and starts a real time chart for the collector. A ‘0’ duration
specifies a ‘forever’ collection.
• –stop collName srcName
Cancels the running collector named collName on the source router named srcName.
You can use this command only if you have administrative privileges.
ipm cw2ksetup
Checks to see which files are installed, and installs additional files as necessary. Use this
command to integrate IPM and CiscoWorks in the following instances:
• You installed CiscoWorks after you installed IPM.
• IPM and CiscoWorks are no longer integrated for some reason.
You can use this command only if you have administrative privileges.
Table B-1 IPM Commands (continued)
Command Description