NAME

cdsclient - A dcecp object that represents a Cell Directory Service client

SYNOPSIS

cdsclient disable client_name cdsclient help [operation | -verbose] cdsclient operations cdsclient show client_name

DESCRIPTION

The cdsclient object allows some low-level control over a CDS client in the local cell.  Using it you can disable a running client, which will shut down the client gracefully, and display a limited set of the attribute and counter information currently known to the client. 

ARGUMENTS

The name of one CDS client running somewhere in the local cell.  Specify the client name using one of the formats: /.../cell_name/hosts/host_name/cds-clerk
  /.:/hosts/host_name/cds-clerk The name of the cdsclient operation for which to display help information.

ATTRIBUTES

The number of authentication failures encountered by the client since it started.  The number of times the client bypassed the cache when looking for information.  The number of times the client used the cache when looking for information.  The date-time stamp representing when the current client started.  The number of non-read, non-write operations processed by the client since it started.  The number of protocol errors encountered by the client since it started.  The number of read operations processed by the client since it started.  The number of write operations processed by the client since it started. 

OPERATIONS

cdsclient disable

Disables the specified CDS client.  The syntax is as follows: cdsclient disable client_name

The specified client must be running somewhere in the local cell, and you must have the privileges to access that machine.   This operation returns an empty string on success. 

Privileges Required

You must have d (delete), w (write), and c (create) permissions on the namespace entry of the clerk. 

Example

dcecp> cdsclient disable /.:/hosts/blech/cds-clerk dcecp>

cdsclient help

Returns help information about the cdsclient object and its operations.  The syntax is as follows: cdsclient help [operation | -verbose]

Option Displays information about the cdsclient object. 

Used without an argument or option, cdsclient help returns brief information about each cdsclient operation.  The optional operation argument is the name of an operation about which you want detailed information.  Alternatively, you can use the -verbose option to display detailed information about the cdsclient object itself. 

Privileges Required

No special privileges are needed to use the cdsclient help command. 

Examples

dcecp> cdsclient help disable             Disables the specified CDS client.  show                Returns attribute information about the named CDS client.  help                Prints a summary of command-line options.  operations          Returns a list of the valid operations for this command.  dcecp>

cdsclient operations

Returns a list of the operations supported by the cdsclient object.  The syntax is as follows: cdsclient operations

The list of available operations is in alphabetical order except for help and operations, which are listed last. 

Privileges Required

No special privileges are needed to use the cdsclient operations command. 

Examples

dcecp> cdsclient operations disable show help operations dcecp>

cdsclient show

Returns attribute information about the specified CDS client.  The syntax is as follows: cdsclient show client_name

The attributes returned mostly represent counter information, which can be used to help isolate a problems with a CDS client.  The order the attributes are returned is fixed within CDS. 

Privileges Required

You must have r (read) permissions on the namespace entry. 

Example

dcecp> cdsclient show /.:/hosts/blech/cds-server {Creation_Time 1995-10-11-15:09:45.187-04:00I-----} {Protocol_Errors 0} {Authentication_Failures 0} {Read_Operations 78935} {Cache_Hits 55007} {Cache_Bypasses 23726} {Write_Operations 50} {Miscellaneous_Operations 53} dcecp>

RELATED INFORMATION

Commands:

cdsadv(1m),  dcecp(1m),  dcecp_cds(1m),  dcecp_clearinghouse(1m),  dcecp_directory(1m). 

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