Introduction to Utilities

Utilities can be used to perform many common Control-M tasks from the command prompt of any computer where Control-M components are installed.

Although many of the tasks performed by these utilities can be performed using Control‑M or the Control-M Configuration Manager, the utilities enable you to work at computers that do not have the GUI or the Control-M Configuration Manager installed on them. By including a utility command in the command line of a job processing definition, you can automatically run the utility at a predetermined time or under a predetermined set of conditions. For more information about different methods for running utilities, see Methods for running utilities.

Utilities can be run from computers on Control-M/EM, Control-M/Server and Control-M/Agent and are usually run as Administrator. For Control-M/Server and Control-M/Agent, if a user other than an Administrator wants to run the utility, you need to follow the procedure as described in Running Control-M/Server utilities as other users and Control-M/Agent utilities.

For Control-M/EM utilities you must have the appropriate authorization to either copy from or modify entities in Control-M/EM database. For more information, see Control-M/EM Authorizations. Some Control-M/EM database utilities are implemented by using input and argument files written in XML, as described in XML file rules. A valid Control-M/EM database owner user name and password are required to run Control‑M/EM utilities.

The following sections describes the types of utilities:

• Definition, ordering, and monitoring utilities: Creates, modifies, deletes, orders and monitors job processing definitions.
• Folders and Calendars utilities: Creates, and modifies calendar definitions, folders, and SMART Folders and Sub Folders.
• New day procedure and user dailies: Creates and modifies how the job ordering processing is automated.
• Active Jobs Database utilities: Monitors the jobs running in the active database.
• Communication, start up, and troubleshooting: Starts up, shuts down, and troubleshoots various Control-M components.
• Administration and configuration: Monitors and manages selected elements of Control-M.
• Database maintenance: Maintains the Control-M/EM database.
• Security: Implements various levels of security.
• Statistics and reporting: Generates statistics and reports.

To view a general overview video about utilities, see Introduction to Utilities.