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Parameters common to all ctl commands

The following table lists the parameters that are present in the syntax of all variations of the ctl command. The parameters specific to each server component are discussed separately in the relevant sections, as follows:

Parameter

Description

em

Prefix to be specified when running this utility on a UNIX operating system.

-U

Control-M/EM owner database user name.

-P

Control-M/EM owner database user password.

-pf

Flat file containing an unencrypted username and password on separate lines in the format:

user=username
password=password

-reg

Checks if the Global Conditions Server is registered in the CommReg table.
-reg cannot be used with -cmd or -cmdstr.

-cmd

Indicates a command to be performed by the Global Conditions Server.

-cmd cannot be used with -reg.

stop

Stops the Global Conditions Server.

This command cannot be specified with other commands in the same run of the ctl utility.

life_check

Checks if the Global Conditions Server is active.

This command cannot be specified with other commands in the same run of the ctl utility.

-timeout

Indicates the period of time (in seconds) that ctl waits for a response from the GUI Server before declaring that communication has failed.

Default: 30. Optional.

-diagon

Activates tracing of ctl work flow (diagnostics). The results are written to the ctl_diag.machine.txt file located in the working directory. Optional.

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