man mksimachine () - command shell to Update, Delete, & List SIS machine definitions
NAME
mksiimachine - command shell to Update, Delete, & List SIS machine definitions
SYNOPSIS
mksimachine
DESCRIPTION
The mksimachine command is used to update, delete, and list machines defined to SIS.
Syntax
mksimachine [ operation ] [ options ]
Operations
Recognized operations include:
- -A, --Add
- Defines a new machine. Requires --name, --image and --ipaddress.
- -D, --Delete
- Delete machine definitions. Requires --all or --name.
- -L, --List
- List all machine definitions.
- -U, --Update
- Update machine definitions. Requires --all or --name and --image.
- --Sync
- Regenerate the /etc/hosts file to match the SIS database. No other options are valid.
Options
Recognized options include:
- --name
- The name of the machine to operate on. Only valid with --Add, --Delete & --Update. With --Delete & --Update, it can be a comma-delimited list of machine names. With --Add, it must be a single name.
- --all
- Apply operation to all machines, only valid with --Delete & --Update.
- --ipaddress
- The ip address to assign to the machine.
- --MACaddress
- The MAC address to assign to the machine.
- --gateway
- The default route for the machine.
- --netmask
- The netmask for the machine. The default is 255.255.255.0.
- --domain
- The domain name for the machines. The default is the server's domain.
- --image
- The name of the image to use for these machines.
- -v, --verbose
- Lots of trace and debug output.
- --parse
- Print output in a colon-delimited format for parsing. Only valid with the --List option.
NOTES
If no operation is specified, --List is assumed and all other parameters ignored.
If multiple machines are specified for the --name option, or the --all option is specified, only --domain, --gateway, --netmask, & --image may be updated.
AUTHOR
Michael Chase-Salerno, mchasal@users.sf.net