NAME

tkadmin help - lists all tkadmin commands or shows the syntax of a specific command

SYNOPSIS

tkadmin help {command | keyword...}

ARGUMENTS

{command | keyword...}
Specifies the command or keyword for which description and syntax are needed.

DESCRIPTION

The tkadmin help command provides help on the tkadmin commands. There are several forms of help provided:

To view a list of all administrative commands, enter the administrative tool name followed by help. For example:

% tkadmin help

To view the syntax of a specific command, enter the administrative tool name tkadmin help, and the command name, in that order. For instance:

% tkadmin help init disk

To display a list of all commands in the tkadmin command suite that contain the keyword “add,” enter tkadmin help followed by a keyword.  For example:

% tkadmin help add

EXAMPLES

The following command shows the syntax for the tkadmin list disks command:

% tkadmin help list disks

NAME
 tkadmin list disks -- List all known disks.
SYNOPSIS
 tkadmin list disks [-server <server>]

The following command lists all tkadmin commands:

% tkadmin help

tkadmin help {<command | key word>...}
Example: tkadmin help stop server
Available commands:
tkadmin abort transaction -- Abort a server transaction.
tkadmin add mirror -- Add a mirror to a logical volume.
tkadmin backup lvol -- Backup a logical volume.
tkadmin clear exclusiveauthority -- Clear the server exclusive authority.
tkadmin create logfile -- Create a log file.
tkadmin create lvol -- Create a logical volume.
tkadmin create pvol -- Create a physical volume.
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The following command lists all tkadmin commands containing the word “list”:

% tkadmin help list

The commands containing the word "list" are
tkadmin list disks -- List all known disks.
tkadmin list pvols -- List all known physical volumes.
tkadmin list lvols -- List all known logical volumes.
tkadmin list transactions -- List unresolved transactions in the server.
tkadmin list components -- List tracing levels of all the components.
tkadmin list products -- List tracing levels of all the products.
tkadmin list versions -- List versions of all the components.

  —  March 1997