SCP Command-line Options

Various command-line options are available to perform SCP-related tasks, such as installing, starting, and configuring SCP.

>You should execute the commands from the path where the SCP service is running, which is different in Windows and Linux.

The command-line options are categorized as:

>SCP Management Options

>SCP Configuration Options

General Options

Logging Options

Proxy Options

>Examples of Using SCP Command-line Options

Windows

Linux

SCP Management Options

Option

Description

Windows Linux

–install or –i

Installs the SCP service.

a x

–installstart -mode "offline_uploader"

Install and then start the SCP service in offline mode.

a x
-start

Starts the SCP service.

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-start -mode "offline_uploader"

Starts the SCP service in offline mode.

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-stop

Stops the SCP service.

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-restart Restart the SCP service. a a

-restart -mode "offline_uploader"

Restarts the SCP service in offline mode.

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-status

Checks if the SCP service is already running or not.

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-remove or –r

Removes the SCP service.

a x

-help

Displays information on various options.

a a

–fr or –rf

Initiates forced refresh of the SCP service running already. During the refresh operation, the usage is synched.

a a

-hc

Monitors the health of SCP and the RMS License Manager. This option logs the following details in the SCP log file:

>Directory Services URL

>License Manager URL

>List of customers

>Proxy settings, such as proxy mode and .pac file location.

>Logging settings, such as enable/disable status, log level, log type, and log file location.

>The configuration file path

>Previous network communication success time

>Current communication status with the RMS License Manager

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NOTE   On Linux:

>The commands start, stop, restart, and status are executed from the location /etc/init.d.

>Other commands are executed from the /usr/sbin location followed by the service name and list of arguments.

SCP Configuration Options

The command-line options described in this section are used to set SCP configuration properties. Consider the following points before using the command line configuration options:

>On Linux, to use the command line configuration options, you need to first stop SCP and then use the command-line option with SCP start. On Windows, you can directly use the restart option.

>The configuration options must be used in collaboration with the start option.

General Options

Option

Description

-overwrite

Overwrites the values given in the SCP configuration file.

NOTE   This flag is used to permanently write the values given on command-line to the configuration file. When this option is not used, by default, the command-line values temporarily override the values given in the configuration file.

-ypsaddress

Sets the URL of Directory Services (DS) provided as an input. For example: https://demo-yps.com/YPServer.

-UsageUploadMode Sets the mode to upload the usage data.

Logging Options

Option

Description

–logging

Enable/disable logging. Valid values are:

>0: Logging is OFF

>1: Logging is ON

-loglevel

Specify the level of logging (Error/Debug). Possible values are:

>1: Error (Default)

>2: Debug

-logfilepath

Specify the name and path of the log file.

NOTE   Currently, there is no limit on the maximum size of a log file.

-logfilemode

Specify if a new log file should be created or the existing file should be appended. Possible values are:

>1: Create a new file for logging.

>2: Append the existing file for logging.

-logtype

Specify whether to perform logging at system or file level. Possible values are:

>1: Logging is to be done in a file.

>2: Logging is to be done in the OS event logger.

Proxy Options

Option

Description

-proxydisable

Set the no-proxy mode.

Manual Proxy Settings

-proxyhost

Proxy host name or IP address.

-proxyport

Port at which proxy is running.

-proxyuser

User name used for the proxy authentication. Specify this if you want the proxy authentication to be done by credentials other than the system credentials.

-proxypassword

Proxy password used for the proxy authentication. Specify this if you want the proxy authentication to be done by credentials other than the system credentials.

Auto Proxy with PAC File Support Settings

-proxypac

Location of the auto-proxy configuration (.pac) file which is used for the proxy detection. Use this option for auto-proxy with .pac file support. This option takes URL or path of .pac file as input.

Examples of Using SCP Command-line Options

In all the examples given below, sntlcloudps refers to the name of the SCP executable.

Windows

To start scp in offline mode:

sntlcloudps_[vendor_alias].exe  -start -mode "offline_uploader"  

To restart scp in offline mode:

sntlcloudps[vendor_alias].exe  -restart -mode "offline_uploader"  

To set ypsaddress and disable proxy:

sntlcloudps[vendor_alias].exe –start –ypsaddress http://demo-yps/YPServer –proxydisable

To configure ypsaddress and manual proxy settings:

sntlcloudps[vendor_alias].exe –start –ypsaddress http://demo-yps/YPServer -proxyhost localhost –proxyuser sampleuser –proxypassword samplepwd –proxyport 5800 

To configure ypsaddress and specify the auto-proxy through PAC:

sntlcloudps[vendor_alias].exe –start –ypsaddress http://demo-yps/YPServer -proxypac http://test.com/proxy.pac

To configure ypsaddress and logging settings:

sntlcloudps[vendor_alias].exe –start –ypsaddress http://demo-yps/YPServer –logging 1 –loglevel 1 –logfilepath C:/logfilepath/scp.log –logfilemode 1 –logtype 1 

To overwrite ypsaddress in the SCP configuration file:

sntlcloudps[vendor_alias].exe –start –ypsaddress http://demo-yps/YPServer
–overwrite

To refresh sync usage when the SCP service is running:

sntlcloudps[vendor_alias].exe –fr

To run the health check:

sntlcloudps[vendor_alias].exe –hc

Linux

All the below commands are executed from the following path: /usr/sbin/.

NOTE   The commands shown below are for 32-bit applications. For 64-bit applications, replace sntlcloudps by sntlcloudps64.

To start scp in offline mode:

/etc/init.d/sntlcloudps_[vendor_alias] start -mode "offline_uploader" 

To restart scp in offline mode:

/etc/init.d/sntlcloudps_[vendor_alias] restart -mode "offline_uploader"  

To set ypsaddress and disable proxy:

./sntlcloudps_[vendor_alias] –ypsaddress http://demo-yps/YPServer –proxydisable

To configure ypsaddress and manual proxy settings:

./sntlcloudps_[vendor_alias] –ypsaddress http://demo-yps/YPServer -proxyhost localhost –proxyuser sampleuser –proxypassword samplepwd –proxyport 5800 

To configure ypsaddress and specify the auto-proxy through PAC:

./sntlcloudps_[vendor_alias] –ypsaddress http://demo-yps/YPServer -proxypac http://test.com/proxy.pac

To configure ypsaddress and logging settings.

./sntlcloudps_[vendor_alias] –ypsaddress http://demo-yps/YPServer –logging 1 –loglevel 1 –logfilepath /home/logfilepath/scp.log –logfilemode 1 –logtype 1 

To overwrite ypsaddress in the SCP configuration file:

./sntlcloudps_[vendor_alias] –ypsaddress http://demo-yps/YPServer -overwrite

To sync usage when the SCP service is running:

./sntlcloudps_[vendor_alias] –fr

To run the health check:

./sntlcloudps_[vendor_alias] –hc