Command Line FAQ

What are the argument values used for an agent?

The following table lists the argument values that can be used when specifying the agent type in a command string or arguments file.

Note: Argument values used in a command string or arguments file are case-sensitive.

File System

Argument Value

File System (Generic)

Q_FILESYSTEM

File System Agents

Argument Value

AIX File System Agent

Q_AIX_FS

FreeBSD File System Agent

Q_FREEBSD_FS

FreeBSD File System Agent

Q_FREEBSD_FS

HP-UX File System Agent

Q_HPUX_FS

IRIX File System Agent

Q_SGI_FS

Linux File System Agent

Q_LINUX_FS

Macintosh File System Agent

Q_MAC_FS

NDMP

Q_NDMP

Solaris File System Agent

Q_SOLARIS_FS

Windows File System Agent (Windows XP 32-bit)

Q_WINXP32_FS

Windows File System Agent (Windows XP 64-bit)

Q_WINXP64_FS

Windows File System Agent (Windows Server 2003 32-bit)

Q_WINNET32_FS

Windows File System Agent (Windows Server 2003 64-bit)

Q_WINNET64_FS

Windows File System Agent (Windows Vista 32-bit)

Q_WINDOWS_FS

Windows File System Agent (Windows Vista 64-bit)

Q_WINDOWS_FS

Windows File System Agent (Windows Server 2008 32-bit)

Q_WINDOWS_FS

Windows File System Agent (Windows Server 2008 64-bit)

Q_WINDOWS_FS

Windows File System Agent (Windows Server 2012 32-bit)

Q_WINDOWS_FS

Windows File System Agent (Windows Server 2012 64-bit)

Q_WINDOWS_FS

Agents

Argument Value

Active Directory Agent

Q_ACTIVEDIR

DB2 Agent (Windows)

Q_DB2

DB2 Agent (UNIX)

Q_UNIX_DB2

DB2 MultiNode Agent (UNIX)

Q_DB2_DPF

Documentum Agent

Q_DOCUMENTUM

Image Level Agent (Windows)

Q_IMAGELEVEL_WIN

Image Level Agent (UNIX)

Q_IMAGELEVEL_UNIX

Informix Agent

Q_INFORMIX

IBM Domino Agent (Notes Database for Windows)

Q_LOTUS_DOMINO_DB

IBM Domino Agent (Notes Database for UNIX)

Q_LOTUS6_DB

IBM Domino Agent (Notes Document for Windows)

Q_LOTUS_DOMINO_DOC

IBM Domino Agent (Notes Document for UNIX)

Q_LOTUS_UNIX_DOC

Microsoft Exchange Database Agent

Q_MSEXCH_DB

Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Agent

Q_MSEXCH_MB

Microsoft Exchange Public Folder Agent

Q_MSEX_PUB

Microsoft SQL Server Agent

Q_MSSQL

MySQL Agent (Both Windows and UNIX)

Q_MYSQL

Oracle Database Agent

Q_ORACLE

Oracle RAC Agent

Q_ORACLE_RAC

PostGreSQL Agent

Q_POSTGRESS

SAP Agent (Oracle)

Q_SAP_ORADB

SAP Agent (MAXDB)

Q_SAP_SAPDB

SAP HANA Agent

Q_SAP_HANA

SharePoint Server

Q_SHAREPOINT_SERVER

Sybase Agent

Q_SYBASE

Virtual Server Agent

Q_VIRTUAL_SERVER

Archiver Agents

Argument Value

Content Store

Q_CONTENT_STORE

Domino Mailbox Archiver

Q_LOTUS_DOC_MIG

Exchange Public Folder Archiver

Q_MSEXPF_MIG

File Archiver for Windows

Q_WINFS_MIG

File Archiver for Unix

Q_UNIXFS_MIG

ContinuousDataReplicator

Argument Value

ContinuousDataReplicator

Q_FILE_REPLICATION

External Data Connector

Argument Value

External Data Connector

Q_EXTERNAL_DATA_CONNECTOR

Unknown

Argument Value

Unknown Data Agent type

Q_UNSUPPORTED

What are the argument values used for backup options?

The qoperation backup command was replaced by an XML driven approach.

The following table lists the argument values that were used when backup options where specified in a command string or arguments file.

Note: Argument values used in a command string or arguments file are case-sensitive.

Options

Argument Value

Full Backup

QB_FULL

Incremental Backup

QB_INCREMENTAL

Differential Backup

QB_DIFFERENTIAL

Synthetic full Backup

QB_SYNTHETIC_FULL

Start new media

QB_STARTNEWMEDIA

Mark media full after successful operation

QB_NEWMEDIA_ONSUCCESS

Start the job in suspended state

QB_START_SUSPENDED

Run Incremental Backup Before Synthetic Full

QB_INCR_BEFORE_SYNTH

Run Incremental Backup After Synthetic Full

QB_INCR_AFTER_SYNTH

SAP Oracle: Create new index

QB_CREATEINDEX

Allow Full Content Indexing

QB_FULL_CONT_INDEXING

Backup data in remote storage

QB_BACKUP_RSS_DATABASE

Backup files protected by system file protection

QB_SYSTEMFILE_PROTECT

Stop DHCP service when backing up system state data

QB_STOP_DHCP

Stop WINS service when backing up system state data

QB_STOP_WINS

Truncate Log

QB_TRUNC_LOG

File/File group subclient backup

QB_SQL_BKP_FILE_GROUPS

Transaction Log Backup

QB_TRANLOG

Pre-Selected Backup Type

QB_PRE_SELECT

Backup all subclients

QB_ALLSUBCLIENTS

Skip metafile creation

QB_SKIP_METAFILE_CREATION

Create QR Volume

QB_CREATE_REPLICA

Update QR Volume

QB_UPDATE_REPLICA

Any level

QB_ANYLEVEL

Template

QB_TEMPLATE

Backup all except default subclient

QB_EXCEPT_DEFAULT_SUBCLIENT

Snapshot

QB_SNAPSHOT

Start media movement

QB_START_MEDIA_MOVEMENT

Backup file groups in SQL

QB_SQL_BKP_FILE_GROUPS

Skip meta file creation

QB_SKIP_METAFILE_CREATION

Wait for inline copy resources

QB_WAIT_INLINE_COPY_RES

Reserve resources before scan

QB_RESERVE_RES_BEFORE_SCAN

Workflow task

QB_WORKFLOW_TASK

Job qualifies extended rule

QB_JOB_QUALIFIES_EXTENDED_RULE

Skip full after log backup

QB_SKIP_FULL_AFTER_LOG_BACKUP

Preserve media not copied

QB_PRESERVE_MEDIA_NOT_COPIED

Filter by retention

QB_FILTER_BY_RETENTION

FBR type extended

QB_FBR_TYPE_EXTENDED

On demand source input file

QB_ON_DEMAND_SOURCE_INPUT_FILE

Don't hold reserve during meta data phase

QB_DONT_HOLD_RESV_DURING_METADATA_PHASE

Service pack info

QB_SERVICE_PACK_INFO

Client level backup

QB_CLIENT_LEVEL_BACKUP

Log backup after successful Backup

QB_LOG_BKP_AFTER_BACKUP

Do not use media started by other job

QB_DO_NOT_USE_MEDIA_STARTED_OTHER_JOB

Migration Archiving using Data Classification

QB_ILM_CLASSES_MIGRATION

Consistent Recovery Point creation

QB_CONSISTENCY_POINT_CREATION

Back up Consistent Recovery Point

QB_MOVING_CONSISTENCY_TO_TAPE

Recovery point creation

QB_RECOVERY_POINT_CREATION

Kill job exceeding run time

QB_KILL_JOB_EXCEED_RUN_TIME

Backup recovery point

QB_BACKUP_RECOVERY_POINT

No partial stream

QB_NO_PARTIAL_STREAM

No multiplex stream

QB_NO_MULTIPLEX_STREAM

Clear Read/Write flag

QB_CLEAR_RO_FLAG

Import snapshot flag

QB_IMPORT_SNAPSHOT_FLAG

Activate snapshot flag

QB_ACTIVATE_SNAPSHOT_FLAG

Oracle Options

Argument Value

No logs (logs not saved)

QB_ARCH_LOG_NO_TYPE

Logs older than

QB_ARCH_LOG_OLDER_THAN

Logs not older than

QB_ARCH_LOG_NOT_OLDER_THAN

Logs per a start time, end time

QB_ARCH_LOG_BY_TIME

Logs by Log Sequence Number

QB_ARCH_LOG_BY_LSN

Logs by System Change Number

QB_ARCH_LOG_BY_SCN

Like expression (used to select logs)

QB_ARCH_LOG_LIKE

Archive log destinations

QB_ARCH_LOG_ALL

Do not use Oracle connect string for backup

QB_DO_NOT_USE_ORA_CONNECT_STRING

What are the argument values used for restore options?

The qoperation restore command was replaced by an XML driven approach.

The following table lists the argument values that were used when restore options where specified in a command string or arguments file.

Note

Argument values used in a command string or arguments file are case-sensitive.

Options

Argument Value

Restore/recover all versions of the file/object per time constraints

QR_ALLVERSION

Browse data

QR_BROWSE

Leave database in DBO use only state

QR_DBOONLY

Overwrite existing databases or files

QR_OVERWRITE

Point in time restore

QR_POINT_OF_TIME_RST

Database in fully operational state after recovery

QR_DB_STATE_RECOVER

Database in Offline state after recovery

QR_DB_STATE_NORECOVER

Database in Standby state after recovery

QR_DB_STATE_STANDBY

No loss restore

QR_NOLOSS_RST

Unconditional Overwrite

QR_UNCONDITIONAL

Preserve Level

QR_PRESERVE_LEVEL

Strip Level

QR_STRIP_LEVEL

Restore ACLs

QR_RESTORE_ACLS

Restore ACLs only

QR_RESTORE_ACLS_ONLY

Recreate Mount Points

QR_RECREATE_MOUNT_POINTS

InPlace Restore

QR_INPLACEMENT

Restore Data

QR_RESTORE_DATA

Restore Space Restrictions

QR_RESTORE_SPACE_RESTRICTIONS

Ignore Namespace Requirements

QR_IGNORE_NAMESPACE_REQS

Skip if exists

QR_SKIP_IF_EXISTS

Dismount store during Exchange database restores

QR_DISMOUNT_STORE

Point in Time

QR_RECOVER_POINT_IN_TIME

Overwrite Database Links

QR_OVERWRITE_DATABASE_LINKS

Overwrite Design

QR_OVERWRITE_DESIGN_DOCUMENTS

Overwrite Data

QR_OVERWRITE_DATA_DOCUMENTS

Overwrite Database Links Only

QR_OVERWRITE_DATABASE_LINKS_ONLY

Restore documents in created state

QR_CREATE_DOC

Restore documents in checked-in state

QR_CREATE_AND_CHECKIN

Restore documents in published state

QR_CREATE_AND_PUBLISH

Index free Restore

QR_INDEX_FREE_RESTORE

Restore System State

QR_SYSTEM_STATE

Restore Deleted Files

QR_NOIMAGE

Restore file system

QR_FILE_SYSTEM

Primary (Used for one touch restore)

QR_PRIMARY

Authoritative

QR_AUTHORITATIVE

Non-Authoritative

QR_NON_AUTHORITATIVE

No loss restore

QR_NOLOSS_RST

No recursion

QR_NORECURSE

Image level restore

QR_VOLUME_IMAGE_LEVEL

Real time

QR_RLT_TIME

Kill job exceeding run time

QR_KILL_JOB_EXCEED_RUN_TIME

Create devices for Sybase

QR_SYBASE_CREATE_DEVICES

Step by step

QR_SYBASE_STEP_BY_STEP

SR restore

QR_SR_RESTORE

Auto dismount restore

QR_AUTO_DISM_STORE

Use recovery storage group

QR_USE_RECOVERY_STORAGE_GROUP

Restore only if STUB exists

QR_RESTORE_ONLY_STUB_EXISTS

Search and retrieve

QR_SEARCH_AND_RETRIEVE

Check in restore doc

QR_CHECK_IN_RESTORE_DOC

Restore option if source path has wildcards

QR_WILDCARD

File System and File Archiver Options

Argument Value

Restore only if the source folder or directory exists

QR_RESTORE_ONLY_IF_TARGET_EXISTS

Oracle Options

Argument Value

Restore relocation

QR_ORA_RESTORE_RELOCATION

Restore mode

QR_ORA_RESTORE_MODE

Restore control file

QR_ORA_RESTORE_CONTROL_FILE

Table level Restore

QR_ORA_IS_TABLE_RESTORE

Duplicate the source database

QR_ORA_AUXILIARY_INSTANCE

Deletes existing table before importing table

QR_ORA_DROP_TABLE

Table will be left in staging area

QR_ORA_DO_NOT_IMPORT

Import to the source database

QR_ORA_IMPORT_TO_SOURCE

Import the table to a different database

QR_ORA_IMPORT_TO_ANOTHER

Specify control file

QR_ORA_SPECIFY_CONTROL_FILE

Validate restore

QR_ORA_RESTORE_VALIDATE

Autobackup control file

QR_ORA_CONTROLFILE_AUTOBACKUP

Replicate control file

QR_ORA_CONTROLFILE_REPLICATE

SP file

QR_ORA_SP_FILE

Autobackup SP file

QR_ORA_SP_FILE_AUTOBACKUP

SP file time

QR_ORA_SP_FILE_TIME

Specify SP file

QR_ORA_SPECIFY_SP_FILE

Restore Logs

QR_ORA_RESTORE_LOGS

Start LSN

QR_ORA_START_LSN

End LSN

QR_ORA_END_LSN

Restore

QR_ORA_RESTORE

Recover

QR_ORA_RECOVER

Start Log time

QR_ORA_START_LOG_TIME

No catalog

QR_ORA_NO_CATALOG

Specify control file time

QR_ORA_SPECIFY_CONTROL_FILE_TIME

Start log

QR_ORA_START_LOG

End log

QR_ORA_END_LOG

Check read only

QR_ORA_CHECK_READONLY

Reset database

QR_ORA_RESET_DATABASE

Do not recover redo logs

QR_ORA_DONOT_RECOVER_REDO_LOGS

Open database

QR_ORA_OPEN_DATABASE

Duplicate

QR_ORA_DUPLICATE

No file name check

QR_ORA_DUPLICATE_NOFILENAMECHECK

Duplicate Standby

QR_ORA_DUPLICATE_STANDBY

Duplicate standby no recover

QR_ORA_DUPLICATE_STANDBY_DO_RECOVER

Duplicate to

QR_ORA_DUPLICATE_TO

Skip read only

QR_ORA_DUPLICATE_SKIP_READONLY

Duplicate open restricted

QR_ORA_DUPLICATE_OPEN_RESTRICTED

Duplicate skip tablespace

QR_ORA_DUPLICATE_SKIP_TABLESPACE

Duplicate log file

QR_ORA_DUPLICATE_LOGFILE

Restore maximum open files

QR_ORA_RESTORE_MAXOPENFILES

Do not use Oracle connect string for restore

QR_DO_NOT_USE_ORA_CONNECT_STRING

SQL Server Options

Argument Value

DBO only

QR_SQL_DBO_ONLY

Overwrite

QR_SQL_OVERWRITE

Start server

QR_SQL_STARTSERVER

Point in time restore

QR_SQL_POINT_OF_TIME_RST

Step restore

QR_SQL_STEP_RST

DB state recover

QR_SQL_DB_STATE_RECOVER

DB state no recover

QR_SQL_DB_STATE_NORECOVER

DB state standby

QR_SQL_DB_STATE_STANDBY

Recovery only

QR_SQL_RECOVERYONLY

Latest backup data

QR_SQL_HOTSERVERRESTORE

Discreet time

QR_SQL_DISCREET_TIME

Stop and start SSA

QR_SQL_STOPSTART_SSA

Keep replication

QR_SQL_KEEPREPLICATION

Stop at mark

QR_SQL_STOPATMARK_RST

Stop before mark

QR_SQL_STOPBEFOREMARK_RST

What are token and token files?

A token is an encrypted string that uniquely identifies the user and the CommServe to which he/she is connected to. The user can securely save the token file to a desired location using (-t) option in order to avoid other users from the same machine running qcommands without a valid session.

Running commands on UNIX computers. What should I take into account?

Consider the following when running Command Line operations on a Unix computer:

  • Running multiple CLI commands on the same Unix client may cause one or more of the commands to hang. Therefore, be sure to run multiple simultaneous CLI commands on the client as different Unix users.

  • When running Qcommands, the user must have write permissions to both the logs directory (for the qcommand.log file) and the install directory (for qsession files). To allow access to these files by multiple users on Unix computers, the umask and newgrp commands should be properly set to ensure that files are created with the correct permissions and group ID.

How are XML files used to perform command line operations?

XML files are used as input files by the qoperation execute command in order to perform CommCell operations. These XML files can be created using one of the following methods.

XML Files Created by the Save as Script Option

The CommCell Console provides the Save As Script option for many of the operations performed in the console. Use Save As Script to save CommCell operations as an XML input file which can later be used by either a Windows batch or Unix shell command. Save as Script helps you start a script by filling in most of the parameters you need without having to start from scratch. You can edit and modify the saved script to enhance it or incorporate it into other scripts. For more information, see Save as Script Overview.

Backup and restore operations are frequently saved as a script. For an example on how to generate these scripts, see the backup and restore pages for the Windows File System iDataAgent.

XML Templates

Some of operations do not have the Save as Script option in the CommCell Console. These operations can be executed using XML templates. The template values are populated by the user and executed from the command line interface using the qoperation execute command. For example, there are XML templates available for CommCell Management operations. For more information, see Command Line Interface.

What are QCommands and what agents still use them?

QCommands are a suite of utility programs and commands that are packaged in the software and are available on all computers having any CommServe, MediaAgent, or Agent software installed.

The following table lists the software components using QCommands for all types of configuration:

CommServe

MediaAgent

Image Level iDataAgent

Macintosh File System iDataAgent

Exchange Mailbox (Classic) Agent and OnePass for Exchange Mailbox (Classic)

Exchange Public Folder Agent

Microsoft SharePoint Server Agent

MySQL iDataAgent

OES File System iDataAgent

PostgreSQL iDataAgent

Virtual Server iDataAgent

VMware

Microsoft Hyper-V

ContinuousDataReplicator

Where are the command line errors logged?

All errors originating from QCommand operations are logged in the following locations:

Client Errors

  • Windows: software_installation_folder\Log Files\qcommand.log

  • UNIX: log_directory/Log_Files/qcommand.log

Server Errors

Windows:

  • software_installation_folder\Log Files\QSDK.log

  • software_installation_folder\Log Files\EvMgrS.log

You can also customize the logs by limiting the type of entries that appear in them by following the steps described in Configuring Log File Settings in the CommCell Console.

How do I use argument files in commands

Some commands can read command line arguments from a file. This is useful for complex commands that require many arguments. You can provide this file as an input to the command using the -af <filename> option as follows:

qoperation auxcopy -af ArgumentFilePath

Commands can accept both the input file as well as the command arguments. However, when both exist, arguments provided through the input file will overwrite the command line options.

Some of the Commands that support Argument Files

A few examples of the commands that support argument files are:

  • qcreate backupset

  • qcreate subclient

  • qdelete client

  • qdelete backupset

  • qdelete subclient

  • qmodify instance

  • qmodify subclient

  • qoperation auxcopy

Format

The input file contains a list of options and their value(s). Consider the following rules when creating the argument file:

  • Options must be always surrounded by "[" and "]", and must be written in lower-case letters. Any line that begins with "[" and ends with a "]" in this documentation is treated as an option.

  • Both options and values should always start on a new line.

  • Argument values are case-sensitive.

  • Some options can take more than one value, and each value should be specified in a new line. For example, see input file clients.txt in QCommands - qdelete client.

  • All lines that start with "#" are treated as comments and are ignored.

Note

QCommands that support argument files have the Argument File table listing the argument options that you can specify in the argument file. For example, see qoperation auxcopy.

Sample Argument file
# Sample input file which has three options option1, option2 and option3.
# option1 takes one value "value1"
# option2 takes two values "value2" and "value3"
# option3 takes one value "value4"
[option1]
value1
[option2]
value2
value3
[option3]
value4

Can command line operations limit access to CommCell information?

Similar to the CommCell Console, the Command Line Interface also has the ability to restrict user access for performing various operations. For example, if a user with limited permissions uses the command to obtain the list of all CommCell clients, then only the clients that the user has access to will be displayed.

What do I do when I get an invalid XML error after I download the XML templates?

If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer to download the XML templates, invalid characters can be added to the XML. Download and install Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, download a new version of the template using either browser, and retry the operation.

How do I find out if the backup operation is enabled on the subclient?

Use the XML command to return the file system subclient properties. The backup operation is enabled when the enableBackup element is set to "true".

For information, see Getting Windows File System Subclient Properties from the Command Line Interface.

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