Sun Microsystems V40Z Server User Manual


 
62 Sun Fire V20z and Sun Fire V40z Servers, Server Management Guide May, 2004
Data for each column is left-aligned with at least one space between columns.
Numeric data might be right-aligned.
The -D argument allows you to specify a delimiter character when scripting. This
is very useful in parsing fields with white space.
If all lines have the same number and type of data values, each row is printed to
a separate line so variable data can be parsed easily. For example, executing
access get users -g monitor returns a list of monitor users each on a
separate line.
Commands that return multiple columns (such as inventory get hardware) may
have a minimal default set of columns and a --verbose argument to display all
columns. Some commands include arguments that allow you to select specific
columns to output.
Other Tips For Best Results
Externalize the set of SP IP addresses into a file to be shared across all of your
scripts.
Consider using a script to create the initial manager account and upload its public
key on your SPs.
Test the output and return codes of each command manually by using SSH to log
in to the SP and run the commands individually.
Test your scripts on a single staging machine before applying them to your
remaining machines.
To configure all of your SPs identically, consider configuring a single SP and then
using the sp load settings command to synchronize that configuration on
the remaining machines.
Note If running the script from the SP, there are a limited number of commands
(not a full bash environment).