3.9 Walkthrough: Using the zosadmin Command to Gather Information

You can use the zosadmin command line to learn what users or nodes are defined in your PlateSpin Orchestrate system. Follow these steps to learn about the users and nodes in your system.

  1. Log in to the PlateSpin Orchestrate system by using the following command:

    zosadmin login

    You can also use the server’s host name as an argument when you log in.

    If you use the grid= parameter, you can specify the grid name you want to log into. If other Orchestrate Servers are installed on the local host, the system cannot log in to any of them unless you use this parameter. For more information, see The zosadmin Command Line Tool in the PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.5 Command Line Reference.

  2. Enter the administrator’s user name and password.

    If the login was successful, the command line tool returns a message like this:

    Logged into tszen4_grid on server 'tszen4.provo.novell.com'

  3. Enter the following command to list the active users on your PlateSpin Orchestrate system:

    zosadmin users

    You can add the --help option at the command line to determine the run options for this command.

  4. Enter the following command to list the active nodes on your PlateSpin Orchestrate system:

    zosadmin nodes

    You can add the --help option at the command line to determine the run options for this command.

With the completion of this part of the walkthrough, you have a good understanding of the parts of PlateSpin Orchestrate and how they work. If you want more information about the details of the PlateSpin Orchestrate Development Client, see the PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.5 Administrator Reference. If you want to learn about the job manager’s role, see the PlateSpin Orchestrate 2.5 Server Portal ReferencePlateSpin Orchestrate 2.5 Developer Guide and Reference.