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  3. Section VI. Data Collector Installation and Troubleshooting
  4. Data Collector Troubleshooting
  5. Host resources: Check the execution of a command on a remote server

Host resources: Check the execution of a command on a remote server

This utility provides the output of a command by running it on the specified remote server.

remoteExecCommand.{sh|bat} HostAddress [enc] userId password [domain=<domain>] 
[wmiserver=<wmiserver>] [cto=<connectTimeout>] [sto=socketTimeout>] [accessCmd=accessControlCommand>]

HostAddresses

The hosts to verify. It can be hostname, IP address, or range of IP addresses, or a comma-separated list of them.

userId password

Use the [enc] option to provide encrypted user ID and password arguments.

domain

The Domain for the Windows hosts (only for connecting to a Windows server)

wmiserver

Name of the WMI Proxy Server

cto

Connection time-out in milliseconds

sto

Socket time-out in milliseconds

accessCmd

An access control command such as sudo

Example

remoteExecCommand.sh 172.16.1.21 myuser mypasswd /usr/bin/df -k
remoteExecCommand.sh 172.16.1.21 myuser mypasswd accessCmd=sudo cto=10000 /usr/bin/df -k

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