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Command Line client

There are three different methods of executing commands from the Command Line client.

• Interactive Entry—At the directory prompt where Double-Take Availability is installed, type the command DTCL –i. A Command prompt will appear and the scripting commands can be entered from that prompt. Any resulting errors are immediately displayed.

C:\Program Files\DoubleTake> dtcl -i    Command: login alpha administrator ******* domain_name       User access level set to DT_FULL_ACCESS    Command:

• File Entry—Create a file with all of the scripting commands you want to run. At the directory prompt where Double-Take Availability is installed, type DTCL –f filename where filename is the name of the file containing the scripting commands. For example, you might use the following dtcl.txt file to log on to a machine and display its replication sets.

C:\Program Files\DoubleTake> type dtcl.txt login alpha administrator password domain; source alpha; repset list;   C:\Program Files\DoubleTake> dtcl -f dtcl.txt    User access level set to DT_FULL_ACCESS    - List of rep sets -       DataFiles             enabled   C:\Program Files\DoubleTake>

• Single Line Entry—Determine all of the scripting commands you want to run, and enter them in a single line (separated by semi-colons) at the command prompt where Double-Take Availability is installed. For example, you might use the following command to log on to a machine and display its replication sets.

C:\Program Files\DoubleTake> dtcl login alpha administrator password domain; source alpha; repset list    User access level set to DT_FULL_ACCESS     - List of rep sets -       DataFiles             enabled   C:\Program Files\DoubleTake>

Note:

Because the Windows command process (cmd.exe) strips two layers of quotation marks during processing, any scripting command that you use that requires quotation marks must have three quotation marks around it. For example, if your machine name had a space in it, login "machine name" username password would be sufficient for the Command Line client interactive entry or file entry. But for the Command Line client single line entry, you would have to use login """machine name""" username password.