Executing a task (executetask), Managing tasks with scripts, Example task cli procedure – HP 9000 rp5405 Servers User Manual

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Output

The information output by the

GetTasks

command is as follows:

Task ID, MF/Open, Host(Primary), Host(Secondary), Target, Copy Type, TaskType, Status, Creation
Time, Execution Start Time, Execution End Time, Message, Detail Message

Executing a task (ExecuteTask)

The

ExecuteTasks

command executes a task that was created for execution by the Replication

Manager CLI. When you run the

ExecuteTask

command, you must specify parameters for user

authentication.

Syntax

ExecuteTask {-u | --user} user-id {-p | --password} password taskID=task-id

Parameters

Each of the following parameters is required.

Description

Parameter

Specify a user id that is used to log in to the management server. The spe-
cified user must have the Admin or Modify authority of Replication Manager,
and must belong to the All Resources group.

-u user-id

or

--user user-id

Specifies the password associated with the user ID.

-p password

or

-- password password

Specifies the ID of a CLI task. You can only specify a single

taskID

.

taskID

Return values

Description

Value

Normal termination

0

An error occurred

1

Managing tasks with scripts

A task created using the Replication Manager GUI can be registered as a task to be executed using
the CLI. By creating a user script to execute the task in conjunction with performing a quiesce operation,
you can perform data backup linking with the application. By placing such a script on the management
server, copy pair operations on each host can be managed collectively and the execution results
confirmed from Replication Manager GUI.

Example task CLI procedure

This an example of how to perform an application (DBMS) backup using the following configuration:

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